Love Island 2021 bombshell Danny Bibby has honestly opened up about his struggle to find work following controversy surrounding him.
It all began after Danny posted a TikTok of his house tour. It was then that one of his followers claimed they weren't surprised by his interior following his time on Love Island.
Danny then clapped back and said, "If anyone saw what actually happened to me on Love Island, when I came out all the work that I had lined up, all the sponsorship deals, everything, all got cancelled.
"I lost everything. So I went back straight into work after the show. Not many people know that. So this is just all hard work, so don't be bitter."
After Danny arrived in the villa last summer, it came to light that he had previously used the N-word on Instagram.
In a now deleted comment after one of his friends commented "Champ 👊" underneath his photo, he responded, "My n----".
His comment was written in November 2019, when he was 23 years old, but that didn't stop eagle-eyed fans from noticing his comment.
Fans quickly called the Islander out for his comment with one person writing, "Yeah don’t even unpack your bags because you’re going home that same night you enter Kmt about you’re using the N word😐".
Someone else said, "Not you saying the n word in the comments section".
A third commented, "Get this man out of the villa‼️‼️‼️"
One more person added, "And the entire following is women of no colour. Picked Kaz cuz she’s a public favourite kmt".
A year on, Danny has also reflected on his use of the N-word. In another TikTok, he replied to a comment that said 'Ok and? He still used a racial slur'.
"I'm not here crying over what happened and that I lost everything. I said something I shouldn't have said, I didn't mean it in a malicious way," he began.
"I'm not racist. I said a racist slur, referring to one of my friends as my brother. I should have said my brother, not what I said because that's how I meant it. I've obviously been desensitised to the word because it's in every rap song that I listen to."
He added, "I said a stupid comment that I shouldn't have said. I apologised to anyone who got offended by it. I'm not here saying i shouldn't have had everything taken from me. Everything happened and I'm over it."
Danny also came under fire for his 'possessiveness' of Lucinda Strafford just days after meeting her.
Check out: Love Island rules inside the villa
Love Island: what are the rules? slider
1. Alcohol
It is suggested that one of Love Island's main rules is that contestants follow the strict alcohol policy.Eyal Booker from Series four of Love Island exclusively told Closer about the villa's very strict drinks policy.When asked about how much the Islanders were allowed to drink, he told us, "it was very, very limited. Max two glasses of wine a night and that's max!"
2. Eating
According to 2018 Islander Alexandra Cane, one of the Love Island rules insists that contestants food intake is monitored.Viewers are always wondering when the contestants eat as we never see them sit down for meals unless they leave the villa to go on dates. Alexandra Cane revealed to Closer, "We do have to be monitored on what we eat. This is to make sure everyone in the house is eating sufficient amounts of food and no one is going to get ill."So, lunch and dinner times were never shown because we had to eat certain amounts."She added, "Sometimes we would be split up so the girls would sit on their own and the boys would sit on their own to eat food, but it was mainly for monitoring purposes".
3. Smoking
In the first few seasons of Love Island, smoking was openly seen on camera and the smoking area seemed the most popular hotspot for the best conversations and gossiping. However, the show then faced backlash as it was seen to encourage and glamourise the habit. So in 2018, the ITV2 show introduced strict rules which meant Islanders could only smoke off screen. Smokers now have to ask for a cigarette and enter the designated area one at a time, it's said.The 2018 smoking ban inside the villa grounds seems to have carried on for the fifth series.
4. Health checks
Love Island Bosses recently revealed that the 2019 cast had to pass mental health checks before entering the villa.This rule comes after the reality show received criticism for its aftercare in the wake of the deaths of former contestants Mike Thalassitis and Sophie Gradon.Niall Aslam, from 2018, left the villa just days into the series and later shared his daily struggles with Asperger's syndrome and mental health. Each Islander now follows a continuous duty of care process which covers pre-filming, filming and aftercare.
5. Fighting
Kady McDermott recently claimed that she was punched and left with a bleeding nose during her time on Love Island.Kady came third in 2016 alongside her then boyfriend Scott Thomas, but has now admitted her feud with fellow Islander Malia Arkian extended far beyond what was shown on TV.Kady shared an apparent extra insight into the infamous fight as she shared a video of the altercation on her Twitter page.At the time viewers were told that Malia had "shoved" Kady and subsequently been removed from the house.It seems that the no-fighting policy on the ITV2 show is very strict and those who break it, are removed from the villa immediately.
6. Microphones
We are assuming that Love Island has one quite obvious rule - keep the microphone packs on at all times. The producers like to capture every conversation that takes place on the show and Dani Dyer revealed that while everything on the show is real, some things are tweaked.She told the Capital Breakfast show, "The only direction you have is just on your conversations, so that they space them out a little bit because you can't have like 10 conversations going on at once so they'll be like, 'just wait a little bit longer' or 'leave it 'til the morning'."
7. No nudity
This rumoured rule has definitely been broken in the past...It's claimed that Love Island's apparent no nudity policy means contestants are not allowed to be fully naked in front of each other or even in the shower, as the villa is a public place.
8. Masturbation
One of Love Island's rules apparently includes a ban on solo sex acts.We are assuming that masturbating, along with full nudity, is banned for contestants so others are not made to feel uncomfortable in the villa.According to The Mirror, "Despite islanders being told to get frisky whenever they wish, this must be with a partner. No solo acts are permitted on the premises".However Elma Pazar hinted that all the boys broke this rule in the villa.
9. The Handbook
Former Islander of series three, Simon Searles, told The Sunabout Love Island's strict booklet, that is given to each contestant on the show. He told the publication, "They give you a bit of a handbook before and it's in regards to consent, nakedness, condoms, what's right and what's not."You never really get a lot of drink but they do say if someone's had too much to drink do not have sex with them."
10. Language
Sherif was kicked out of the Love Island villa on day 9 after he play fought with Molly-Mae Hughes and described it as a "c--t punch".However the TV star admitted that it wasn't the first time he was told off for saying something controversial. He explained to The Sun: "There were so many things I was pulled aside on. The first was calling Amber 'lighty,' which I know is a poor choice of words but she did not get offended."He went on to say: "I asked them, 'Can you give me a list of the words I can use?' They said, 'No, but you cannot use that one.'"Arabella Chi also revealed she was told off for saying something deemed controversial.
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Danny wouldn't be the first Islander to head into the villa and have a controversial past.
When Anton Danyluk went on the show it wasn't long before photos of him dressed up in blackface surfaced but he stayed in the villa.
In 2020, photos of Ollie Williams trophy hunting surfaced and shortly after he left the villa but his exit was because he was still in love with his ex-girlfriend.
Also during last year's series while Connor Durman was in the villa racist text message he sent to his girlfriend came to light and it was only in June (months later) that he addressed the controversy.