“Second place suits you.”
Love Island may have recently ended but runners-up Shakira Khan and Harry Cooksley have sparked rumours their romance could already be on the rocks as she appeared to take a swipe at him.
It comes just days after the semi-professional footballer vowed to move to Burnley to be with the northern lass.
Toni Laites and Cach Mercer won the show and the £50,000 prize during the final.
Toni’s villa friends Shakira and Yasmin finished second and third, respectively.
Now, Shakira appeared to aim a jibe at Harry on Instagram.
She re-shared a post from Love Island’s official account that joked about her facing two “pests” in the villa – Harrison and Harry.
The video clip featured Shakira calling Harrison an “absolute little ant” and “f***ing cockroach” in a heated villa moment.
She then called Harry “cockroach number two”, who was standing next to him.
The ITV2 team superimposed the men’s faces onto cockroach bodies. Harrison wore a number one medal, Harry a number two.
Shakira posted the images to her own story and joked about Harry: “Second place suits you.”
Fans quickly reacted, as one wrote: “We are with you Shakira.”
Another said: “Shakira is a legend.”
A third added: “Absolute little ANT.”
One comment read: “Shakira is 100% right.”
The series ended with a final battle between Toni and Cach, Shakira and Harry, Angel Swift and Ty Isherwood, and Yasmin Pettet and Jamie Rhodes.
Many fans expected Shakira to win but Harry’s villa behaviour left some viewers doubting the pair’s chances.
Aftersun host Sam Thompson agreed, saying: “Shakira was slightly held back by Harry yeah, but do you know what he had a bit of a personality transplant at the end.
“Now, I think he’s madly in love with her and that won’t change.
“They’ll come out and he’ll see how well she’s doing and probably even more in love with her.”
Believing that their relationship will grow stronger on the outside, Sam added:
“I think they’ll go strong for a while.
“She could’ve won it, but I think Toni and Cach are amazing.”
As well as her on-off relationship with Harry, Shakira was involved in tense feuds with Helena Ford and Meg Moore.
Speaking about the feuds, Shakira said: “What it stems from is on day one or day two I was put in a position where I had to graft and so was deemed as a threat.
“From then on, I was treated differently.”
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