Sherif Lanre has given his first TV interview since being kicked out of the Love Island villa after just nine days.
Last week, producers announced that Sherif had left the show after "breaking the rules".
Over the weekend, Sherif revealed he was removed from the show after he accidentally kicked Molly-Mae in the groin during a play fight. He says he then proceeded to make a crude comment.
Sherif spoke to Victoria Derbyshire about the incident.
The 20-year-old said: "I was mucking about with Molly-Mae and it’s been blown out of proportion. I accidentally caught her in the groin while I was playing about and went on to joke about it using some crude language which I don’t condone."
"In hindsight...that was against the rules and regulations set out before I went in there."
“I feel that the people in charge of the show have an unconscious bias around the regulations for boys and girls, and maybe different races”#LoveIsland’s Sherif Lanre on why he was axed from villa for using c-word, but Ellie was kept in last yearhttps://t.co/hlc8oOXuRj pic.twitter.com/U98T93rYFg
— Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE) June 17, 2019
Sherif also said that be believes the show has an "unconscious bias" based on race and gender.
“I feel like the airtime contestants of my race get was disproportionate to our value in the villa"
Axed #LoveIsland star Sherif Lanre says the show has an "unconscious bias" based on race and gender.https://t.co/hlc8oOXuRj pic.twitter.com/ZxWxE4Gl1a
— Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE) June 17, 2019
Love Island continues tonight on Virgin Media Two from 9pm.
