Love Island’s Amber Gill denies she’s racist after deleting post saying she ‘doesn’t like black guys’
LOVE Island’s Amber Gill has denied she’s racist after she deleted a post saying she “doesn’t like black guys”.
The 21-year-old, who will be entering the villa next week, insisted the comment had been taken out of context after the old post, from December 2018, was unearthed.
In the image, which has now been deleted, Amber can be seen sticking up her middle fingers as a black man approached her in a club.
She wrote alongside it: “Look at my face u know I’m about to boot off. [sic]”
She then quoted the man as saying: “I seen you staring at me all night”, to which she replied: “First of all I don’t like black guys X’.”
The original image was shared by a friend, who wrote alongside it: “Amber SICK of her life with another lad talking s***e.”
Her rep denied she was racist, revealing her father is from Trinidad/Tobago and the post was taken out of context.
They told the Mirror: “We deleted the post as it was being taken out of context in regards to what actually happened.
“The guy was pestering Amber all evening, and she said he was old enough to be her Dad, so was referring to “I don’t date black guys” because he reminded her of her own Father.
“The next part of [her] story stated this, but as the whole thing was being taken out of context we simply deleted.”
They added: “Obviously she’s not racist – her own father is from Trinidad/Tobago.
“She just didn’t want to date someone that looked the double of her Dad.”
But despite seeming to make her feelings clear about the type of men she fancies, Amber has said she isn’t too fussy when it comes to men.
Speaking ahead of going in the villa, she said: “I like tall guys who are muscly and athletic, I like people that go to the gym because that’s what I like.
“I want someone who is funny and that I can have fun with and doesn’t take themselves too seriously because I am daft.
“Looking at my past relationships, I don’t really have a type, it’s quite broad. If someone catches my eye then I’ll go for them.”
Amber, who was a beauty therapist, is no stranger to show as she is already good mates with Adam Collard and Ellie Brown.
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