KADY McDermott has slammed Love Island fans claiming the result was “fixed”.
The returning bombshell backed Sammy Root and Jess Harding‘s win after massive backlash.
Kady McDermott defended the ITV show’s public vote
Jess and Sammy were crowned winners
Whitney and Lochan placed second on the show
She shut down accusations runner-ups Whitney and Lochan had been robbed at the eleventh hour after a production glitch.
Some fans insisted that even ITV thought the pair had won the show until the last moment when video of Jess and Sammy played instead of Whitney and Lochan’s best bits.
Others insisted it didn’t make sense that Whitney and Lochan had been voted the public’s favourite couple before being overtaken by the winning duo.
But Kady slammed any thoughts of a fix, writing on Instagram: “The comments I’ve seen all over socials with people arguing and not being happy who the winners of LI are is totally ridiculous.
“No one deserves to read this nasty stuff when coming out of the villa, everyone in the villa are real people with feelings.
“No one deserved to win more than anyone else, the finalists all deserved to win equally.”
Another fan theory saw some claim they’d worked out the 2023 winners before host Maya Jama announced them on screen.
Usually the pair standing on the right hand side go on to be crowned winners and true to form on Monday night, Jess and Sammy, both 22, were stood on the right, and were announced by Maya, 28, as the triumphant pair.
Addressing their ups and downs Jess, from West London, told host Maya Jama: “I feel like the road I have been on is so unexpected, but we’re here now.
“When we got voted least compatible couple, I feel like that was a kick in the teeth, I knew what we had was special.”
Sammy, who said that he loved Jess in his final speech earlier in the show, added: “For me, feelings is a big thing and I’m not great at it.
“But at the same time when you’ve got a connection like this you end up going back.”
Whitney and Lochan were beaten to the top spot by Jess and Sammy
