I was on Love Island and Luca is NOT a bully – he stuck up for me all the time but it wasn’t shown on TV
A LOVE Island star has admitted that Luca Bish “is not” a bully, despite the backlash he’s received on the show.
Coco Lodge, 27, entered the reality series as a bombshell and spoke to The Sun in an exclusive chat at the Reality TV Awards about the trolling Luca has received while on the show.
Over the course of the series, Love Island fans have slammed Luca Bish as showing “sickening” behaviour towards Tasha Ghouri.
The show has received Ofcom complaints as a result, and fans were left seriously unimpressed with his behaviour – with some even being brought to tears by the scenes.
But brunette beauty Coco said it’s just not the case, and told The Sun: “I never saw the boys or Luca being fake or bullies. I just saw nice boys.
“Luca stuck up for me actually quite a bit and I don’t think he’s a bad person at all.”
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Despite having an unsuccessful romance with Andrew Le Page, Coco also added that she’s a big fan of him and girlfriend Tasha together.
She added: “I am a big fan of ‘Tandrew’ why not? I had feelings for Andrew but at the same I think they’re great together and Tasha was so lovely to me. No hard feelings toward her.”
Josh Le Grove, who recently exited the villa, also defended Luca’s character at the awards, and told The Sun: “Luca was a genuine and proper nice guy when I was in the villa. I got along with him really well.”
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The fishmonger has come under fire for his alleged treatment of his partner Gemma too – but others on the show have insisted that it’s not as it seems.
Quizzed on his behaviour, Summer told Mured Mureli on his YouTube channel: “I was upset when I came out and saw Luca was getting hate. I was like ‘what’. I respect Luca. He is probably one of the realist in there, he will tell you how it is no matter what.”
Deji agreed saying: “I don’t think Luca is a bully, I don’t think Dami is a bully. They have your best intentions at heart.”