Love Islander slams 'gaslighting' show star and reveals why she quit WhatsApp group
ok.co.ukLove Island's Diamante Laiva has spilled the beans that she's left the show's WhatsApp group.The Casa Amor stunner was harshly dumped from the ITV2 dating series and it appears she's decided to cut ties with her former villa mates.
In a recent chat, Diamante confessed she's severed connections with all her co-stars except for Lucy Graybill and Matilda Draper.
She shared that she felt compelled to defend herself to her ex-villa mates and didn't want to remain in that environment. She said: "I don't really mix with everyone else because I'm sick and tired of defending myself." "There have been times when I've felt majorly disrespected in a situation, and I'd go to the girls' group chat and ask, 'Am I mad to be feeling like this?' I'm just explaining how I feel, and then I get gaslit into thinking this treatment is okay, with people saying, 'Oh, you're overthinking it,'" she revealed to The Sun. "But no, this person is literally lying about me and defaming my character in front of millions of people in the UK, and now everyone thinks Diamante is a witch." Sign up to OK!'s TV newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free The Love Island beauty admitted she didn't feel her emotions were being acknowledged and exited the WhatsApp group chat as she feels she's "better off on [her] own," reports the Mirror.The group chat consisted of just the Casa Amor girls from the series.
Diamante's revelation follows a heated argument between her and Ruby Dale during the show's reunion. Casa Amor boy Lionel Awudu attempted to intervene and calm the situation while filming the altercation, which showed Ruby trying to grab the camera.
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