Love Island’s Antigoni Buxton hits back at claims the Islanders are helped with their recoupling speeches

LOVE Island star Antigoni Buxton has insisted the Islanders’ recoupling speeches are their own work – despite conflicting claims from another former star.

This week Shaughna Phillips, who shot to fame on the winter series of Love Island in 2020, insisted producers helped with writing the romantic declarations.

But Antigoni, 26, insists that isn’t the case.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun, the stunning blonde singer said: “That’s not true. You definitely make up your own speeches.”

But Shaughna has claimed they’re guided on what to say by producers.

She said: “You kind of go over it with a producer before, that night. 

“So like during dinner time you kind of talk through it. It’s really produced.

“They kind of ask you to go for chats and certain things. It’s a TV show, so I get it.”

Antigoni, who who was at Kensington’s Restaurant Ours for the Paul Strank Charitable Trust Summer Party sponsored by Fuller Gilbert, also told us which couple she wants to see win the show.

Despite Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti and Gemma Owen and Luca Bish being the favourites at the moment, Antigoni is supporting another couple.

She told us: “I really want Dami [Hope] and Indiyah [Polack] to win, I’m rooting for them. Even though he was an idiot in Casa Amor I think he’s realised.”

And, on the subject of Ekin-Su – who has undoubtedly brought a lot of the drama to this series, Antigoni added: “She is great for the show, I think she’s the best person for it and she brings all the fun.”