Love Island viewers ‘heartbroken’ for Shaq Muhammad after Tanya Manhenga ditches him for Martin Akinola

Shaq is currently the only islander single (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

Love Island viewers couldn’t cope after Shaq Muhammad was left standing alone, while former flame Tanya Manhenga walked in with Martin Akinola.

Before Thursday’s dramatic episode, Tanya, 24, found herself getting closer to Martin despite dropping the L-bomb with Shaq, 25, just days prior.

Since then, the two have been flirting non-stop and even shared cheeky kisses in bed leaving viewers on edge about what that means for her romance with Shaq, and whether a showdown awaits when they’re face-to-face again.

Tonight it all came to a head after Tanya ultimately decided to couple up with Martin – leaving the OG villa boys and Shaq stunned.

‘I’m a bit lost for words. I actually meant it when I said I love you. Not everyone means it,’ he said.

Tanya added: ‘From the beginning I was coupled up with Shaq and it was amazing. But I feel like it would be silly of me to not give it more time with Martin. But it’s definitely not the end’.

It was time for Tanya to face the music (Picture: ITV)

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Fans rushed to Twitter to show their support for Shaq, with one person writing: ‘Sorry but I’m with Shaq on this one, I actually feel sorry for him, yes he’s very emotional but he loved Tanya and was super respectful.’

‘Im sorry but if the roles were reversed for Tanya and Shaq he would be getting crucified now on twitter,’ another added.

‘I feel sorry for shaq but dont at the same time they were never gonna work out anyways tbh,’ a third person wrote.

The explosive recoupling provided plenty of other surprises, including Olivia Hawkins and Kai Fagan’s bitter exchange.

‘It’s very telling, and I can’t say I’m shocked,’ she said when asked by host Maya Jama about him recoupling.

‘Missing me already? Clearly not enough,’ she added.

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‘After a couple of days apart I could tell what is genuine and what isn’t…and I think I’ve got a real genuine now,’ Kai retorted.

Elsewhere, Will Young burst into tears after confessing his shocking kiss with Layla Al-Momani to Jessie Wynter.

Love Island returns tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2.

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