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Zara Woodcock

Love Island's Shaughna Phillips pays tribute to late dad ahead of giving birth

Pregnant Love Island star Shaughna Phillips paid tribute to her late father ahead of her due date.

Shaughna, who starred in winter Love Island in 2020, revealed in October that she and her partner Billy Webb are expecting.

The star's due date is quickly approaching and she took a moment of her day on Friday to pay tribute to her father, Eddie, who died in 2016.

She shared a picture of his Arsenal memorial plaque with her 1.4 million Instagram followers.

"Eddie Phillips. Husband and dad. Gooner forever," the plaque read.

She captioned the post: "Been waiting months for this to be installed, but it was worth the wait. I haven’t been to a game at the Emirates without my dad yet, but now his name will be at every home game, I know you would have loved this dad."

Shaughna paid tribute to her father (Instagram/ @shaughnaphillips)

Fans flooded to the comment section to share their support for the Love Island star.

"Great job Shaughna this is lovely," one user said while another person commented: "Hope you're okay, proud of you."

Demi Jones posted a few heart emojis while one follower posted: "Aww that’s such a lovely memory of your dad and for him too."

Shaughna's father passed away in 2016 (Instagram/ @shaughnaphillips)

Meanwhile, Shaughna recently broke her silence after fans wondered whether she already gave birth.

The 28-year-old shared an update with her curious fans after speculation spread that she had given birth after she revealed she had gone into labour earlier this month.

Earlier this week, Shaughna confirmed that she is still very much pregnant.

Last week, the expectant mum spent the night in the hospital thinking she was going to be induced as her due date approached.

The star recently shared an update on her pregnancy (Instagram/shaughnaphillips)
The Love Island star confirmed that she is still very much pregnant (INSTAGRAM)

But, Shaughna later revealed that she had to wait it out.

On Tuesday, the former Love Island star took to Instagram to show off her bump as she confirmed that she had not yet given birth to her first child.

Posing in her underwear to show off her huge bump, she penned: "Sorry guys I think I made a few of you think the baby was here after I shared my placenta plus box!

"Baby is still very much snug as a bug it was just the preparation kit that was delivered."

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