"And he looked at me and he was like, 'Ugh, it's dirty'."
Love Island 2023 star Lochan Nowacki is reportedly taking legal action against his ex-girlfriend Whitney Adebayo after she claimed he made “racial slurs” about her.
The pair, who finished runners-up in the 2023 series, split up in April 2025.
However, things have turned bitter, with both trading public blows.
Lochan has now reportedly instructed Brandsmiths, the law firm that represented David Walliams in his dispute with Britain’s Got Talent.
A source told The Sun: “There have been repeated attempts to step back from the abyss. Whitney was given the opportunity to apologise publicly for her remarks, but she doubled down instead.
“Lochan wants the world to know he is taking action against her. Half the people out there still think he’s a racist because of what she’s said about him. It’s just not right and it has to be corrected.
“He would rather avoid court, but there doesn’t appear to be any alternative.”
A spokesperson for Whitney said: “Whitney has instructed her own legal team and is very confident in her position. If any claim is issued by Mr Nowacki, it will be vigorously defended.”
Whitney had made the allegations against her former partner in a TikTok video.
In the video, she said: “Lochan, are we doing this? Are we really going to go for the nice boy, puppy dog eye, look? Really?
“We were walking back from lunch, going back to his place, and I was like, ‘Babe, look how my skin glistens in the sun’.
“And he looked at me and he was like, ‘Ugh, it’s dirty’.
“And then only when I lashed out, he was like, it was a joke, it was a joke. He was crying. He called all my family members, saying it was a joke, it was a joke.
“And because Lochan gives off this golden retriever energy no one would ever believe that he would ever say it maliciously.
“But you guys know I have dark humour, so I know when something’s a joke and when something’s being said seriously.”
Whitney also accused his mother of making racial remarks:
“When I used to come to your house, what did your mum used to say to me?
“Guys, the lights would go off, and she would say, ‘Oh, where’s Whit gone? Whit, smile’. And that was an on-running joke in that household. Like, Whit, smile, Whit, smile.
“So I just hate the fact that he’s coming on the internet acting so, like, innocent.
“I’m not even here saying that Lochan is a racist. I’m here saying that he made racial slurs towards me.”
Whitney also claimed his friends used the n-word:
“We broke up when that racial slur happened. He clocks that his audience obviously is predominantly black so he’s constantly trying to tap into the culture.
“The same culture he stripped me of. He told me I was too ghetto, I was too loud.”
@whitneyadebay0? original sound – Whitney Adebayo
Lochan Nowacki denied the accusations in a subsequent video:
“We were on a walk close to my flat. She had got her nails done and she annoyingly put them in my face and was like, ‘Oh, my hands are so clean, yours aren’t’. I was like, ‘No, they’re not’.
“And she looked at me in shock and was like, ‘You’re calling me dirty’. She was saying ‘the world is going to see you for the racist that you are’.
“I just want to first of all say, I’ve never called anyone’s skin dirty and I would never. That never happened.”
“That to me is the most upsetting comment. I’ve got no other choice now but to stand up and defend myself.
“I really wanted Whit and I just to move on happily with our lives and just be happy…but it’s reached a point where I do need to stand up for myself and talk about this whole incident.
“It’s hard to even say these words because it just goes against everything that I’ve been raised coming from like a multicultural background. My mum being Indian, my dad is Scottish, Polish, English.
“It feels like this was done to cause harm. And, you know, it is.”
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