Love Island’s Tasha reveals Andrew’s new tattoo tribute to her – and sweet meaning behind it
Love Island’s Tasha has revealed boyfriend Andrew Le Page has had a sweet tattoo dedicated to her.
Tasha Ghouri opened up about her journey with a hearing impairment during her time on the reality TV show, where she made history as the first deaf contestant in the villa.
Her boyfriend Andrew, dedicated a meaningful tattoo to support her journey, which Tasha revealed on twitter.
Alongside an image of the ink, she gushed: “So Andrew came home and surprised me with his new tattoo, I actually can’t even!!!!!!!
“How beautiful it’s “ily” in BSL with my cochlear implant wrapped around”
The 24-year-old was born deaf and received her first cochlear implant at 5-years-old, to help her process sounds and speech.
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Talking about her deafness before appearing on Love Island, she said: “I call it my superpower.
“I don’t call it a disability because it’s something I don’t like — it sounds negative. With boys, because I’m so confident about it, I think they find that attractive.
“I don’t shy away from it. It’s like, if you don’t accept it that’s your loss, but I’m a fun, wild girl.”
Despite the pair both being unfaithful during the show, since their departure from the villa the couple have gone from strength to strength with Andrew consistently supporting the blonde bombshell’s journey with her superpower.
Tasha has even introduced Andrew to her parents and they made headlines after moving in together.
The former islanders also have other matching inks, sporting matching rose tattoos that hold a special meaning for their relationship.
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Explaining the meaning of the rose tattoos during a youtube video, Andrew said: “When we were in the villa we were talking what we’d like for our final date
“and Tasha actually said ‘I’d love like hotel room where you come in and there are like loads and loads of roses and this was before our date.
“And then anyway, obviously our date happened and we had literally thousands of roses and it was kind of like a sign.
“Obviously that is a massive part of it and then obviously when we had your birthday, I got you 100 roses and it became a thing of what it means to me and Tasha. It means a lot to both of us.”
Tasha added regarding the rose: “I think the rose is just a staple of our relationship.”
Tasha sports the rose on her neck and Andrew matches her with one on his hand.
Now Andrew has dedicated his second tattoo to his beloved girlfriend and her superpower, but social media trolls haven’t been as accepting of Tasha’s deafness.
Tasha discussed with The star that trolls had stated they would like to “rip [her] hearing aid out.”
Speaking to Glamour she opened up further about the hate she was receiving, saying: “People were taking the mick out of my voice. It was so shocking to me as I’d never experienced overt ableism before entering the villa.
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“I don’t mind people having opinions about me, but it’s never OK to use someone’s superpower against them because that quickly turns into ableism.
“Some of the ableist responses to my Love Island journey showed me that there’s still a long way to go in changing people’s perceptions of disability.”
