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George Fensom, 24, has already divided Love Island fans during the second episode of the new series.
ITV viewers took to Twitter to voice their opinions on the Business Development Executive from Bedford, who has initially been coupled up with Aesthetics practitioner Jess Harding via public vote.
Fans cringed as Jess rejected George once and for all tonight, making it clear that there was no spark between them.
George has already had a rocky start to his time in the Love Island villa, after he faced backlash for previous homophobic tweets, as well as accusations of controlling behaviour by his ex Ebony Keeley.
While there has been a great deal of public backlash, there are also some ITV viewers defending the star online.
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Tammi penned: “I dont trust this man george…” (sic)
Another user said: “When is George going to ‘decide the show isn’t for him’ and leave? Those tweets aren’t going away and I don’t care to see him on my screen.”
Arisa wrote: “Counting down the days for george to leave the villa.” (sic)
While Candice tweeted: “George was really forcing it with that convo. His time is definitely up.”
Yesterday, Women’s Aid called on Love Island to take abuse accusations from his ex-girlfriend seriously.
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They tweeted: “We hope the producers will be taking allegations of controlling behaviour seriously.
“And look into them as part of their due diligence before the #LoveIsland series begins,” they added.
Speaking to Express.co.uk ahead of the show’s launch, George spoke about his ex’s claims insisting he wants to be “respectful”.
He explained: “I want to be as respectful as I can towards her because I appreciate that she isn’t in the public eye as I am in this scenario.
“It’s really unfortunate and actually quite upsetting on my behalf that a picture has been painted about me in that light.
“I’m looking forward to moving forward with things and going into the villa and just providing a new wave of energy and to prove that the things that have been written about me aren’t true. People can see a different light to me.
He added: “Every day is a learning day and everyday you learn things, no matter if it’s regards to a work aspect or relationships and things. People react differently to different things and people feel a certain way about different things as well.”
ITV’s Duty of Care protocols for Islanders, which train contestants around language and behaviour, can be found here.
A full statement from ITV, as well as a statement from George’s family, can be found here.
Love Island continues tomorrow on ITV2 at 9pm.
