All Stars fans SLAM ITV for bringing back ‘atrocious’ Love Islander Anton Danyluk despite race row
All Stars fans have slammed ITV for bringing back Anton Danyluk despite his historic race row.
The hunk made his highly anticipated return to the Love Island villa for the special edition of the series.
Back when he first entered the villa in 2019, Anton, 28, was plunged into a race row after pictures emerged blacked up as Mr T.
He made a successful comeback to the villa where he was voted by the public to be coupled up with series one star Hannah Elizabeth, 33.
However, fans took issue with his presence on the show owing to a former race row as they took to X, formerly known as Twitter.
Before Maya Jama revealed the new couples, one user wrote: “Omg if they put kaz with blackface anton………. #loveisland.”
Another irked fan remarked: “This guy is atrocious… blackface is not something to brush past.”
And a third viewer added: “I just can’t believe they’re brought anton ago again despite his racist past ??? #loveisland.”
At the time it caused outrage as 2017 finalist Marcel Somerville called for him to be booted off the show.
The photo was from over a decade ago in 2013 when he was pictured on a Halloween night out with pals and colleagues in South Lanarkshire.
He is dressed as Mr T, aka black US actor Laurence Turead, 71, who was famous for playing B A Baracus in the action series The A Team in the 80s.
In photos on the Facebook page for Anton’s gym The Ranch, he was snapped larking about in Mr T-style dungarees, clunky jewellery, a fake mohican and, controversially, black face paint.
When approached for comment ITV insisted that all the Islanders underwent inclusion training.
The course took place prior to entry into the villa and it explored language and behaviour.
It covered disability, sexuality, race and ethnicity, behaviours and microaggressions.
Ade Rawcliffe, Group Director of Diversity and Inclusion at the commercial broadcaster, explained: “The world we live in is changing every day, and we want all of our Islanders to feel they are part of an inclusive environment in the Villa.
“As part of our duty of care process, it is also important we play our part in educating our participants to understand and empathise with different perspectives and lived experiences.”
