Love Island star Haris Namani has been seemingly exposed after claiming to have never had a girlfriend. Shortly after the ninth series of the ITV2 reality show kicked off on Monday night, January 16, TV salesman Haris confided in his fellow contestants that he had never been in a relationship.
The 21-year-old, who is from Doncaster, confessed on national television that he had never had a girlfriend or brought a girl home to meet his family. However, his claims of being single seem to have been debunked by a girl by the name of Courtney Hodgson, who appears to be his ex-girlfriend.
Arguably, Courtney has pretty strong evidence. Questions regarding Haris' honesty were first raised when he was announced as a contestant for this year's series last week.
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On January 9, the official Love Island social media channels revealed this year's Islanders and, of course, they posted a shot of Haris, writing: "TV salesman Haris can talk the talk, but can he walk the (slow-mo) walk?"
Underneath the post on Love Island's Instagram account, Courtney drew the attention of the show's viewers when she wrote: "Biggest game player going, leaving me for a TV show and I called it from the second he left me."
Of course, anyone could claim to have dated Haris. But there's some pretty damning evidence on Courtney's other social media channels, especially on her TikTok account, which now appears to have been deleted.
TikToks posted by Courtney clearly showed her and Haris spending lots of time together. The former couple could be seen having meals together, going on walks, sharing a bed, and going abroad together.
Last August, Courtney posted a video of her and Haris on holiday together, which she dubbed a 'baecation' in the caption. In the caption of another video, she blatantly refers to the reality star as her boyfriend, writing: "Anyone else’s boyfriend shadowbox at any given moment. So content with life."
Despite Haris' claims that he has never been in a relationship, Courtney has alleged that she and Haris visited couples' hotspot Winter Wonderland in London's Hyde Park with her family, just weeks before he reportedly dumped her to appear on Love Island.
To make things more awkward, Haris told his version of events to The Sun shortly before he joined the season nine cast. He told the publication: "I didn’t see her as like actually being my girlfriend, we were just sleeping together and then I just called it off.
"She never saw my family, she never came to my house or anything like that. She never had that privilege. I never wanted that to happen. I didn’t leave her for the show because I didn’t see her as being my girlfriend. We were sleeping together and then it ended, and that’s it."
At present, Haris is coupled up with Welsh contestant Anna-May, although tonight's episode will see him have doubts about his current partner. Despite only being with Anna-May for a short while, Haris' head is starting to turn as he eyes up Olivia, who is partnered with newcomer Tom.
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