Shakira Khan opened up about her expertise on Love Island throughout a chat on Paul C. Brunson’s We Want To Speak podcast. She spoke about feeling like an outcast and the divide within the villa.

Love Island star, Shakira Khan, 22 has opened up about what life contained in the Love Island villa was actually like, claiming the present’s “outcasts” all had one factor in frequent.

Shakira took to Paul C. Brunson’s We Want To Speak podcast to delve into how she and different ladies of color had been pushed to the margins within the villa saying a troubling “outcast” sample shortly emerged.

She revealed that she, together with fellow Islanders Toni Laites and Yasmine Pettet referred to as themselves “the outcasts” after feeling pushed out by the primary group however quickly seen it wasn’t simply them.

“Folks couldn’t sit there and say there was no divide, there was a divide and that’s okay,” she defined. “As a lot as individuals need to sh*t on that, that was my lived expertise and my pals will say the identical.”

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“Me, Toni and Yas name ourselves the outcasts however you might collectively add Billykiss to that, Malisha, Andrada, Emma and there’s a sample right here which I don’t assume anybody desires to speak about,” she stated. “Ladies of color.”

It was clear in the course of the season there was a divide within the present, many viewers took to social media to share their opinions and what facet of the fence they had been sitting on. Shakira stated viewers weren’t incorrect to sense a divide on the present, however insisted it ran far deeper than what made it to air.

The divide began on one of many very first days, when Shakira discovered herself single within the villa, subsequently placing her susceptible to being despatched residence. After she pulled islanders for chat’s with every dialog being reciprocated which led to women started to speak and the shortly there was a shift – the divide started.

Based on Shakira, anybody seen as a “risk” to the primary group was shortly remoted. “We banded collectively, the outcasts,” she stated.

She drew a direct hyperlink between her villa expertise and wider society, saying it reminded her of segregation rising up. “It boils all the way down to childhood, individuals had been banned from the group, even in my hometown,” she stated.

“We speak concerning the segregation of white communities, Asian communities individuals discover group in their very own and folks they’ve shared experiences with.”

Shakira revealed that these moments within the villa quickly had an influence on her. “For those who get advised 100 occasions a day ‘you’re incorrect, you’re irrelevant’, that’s what you begin to internalise. You consider that’s the opinion on the skin since you’ve acquired nothing else to go off,” she stated.

Fortunately there was a change for Shakira and her fellow Islanders, Toni and Yasmin. In only a small period of time they’ve redefined what post-villa success seems like

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Who’s Shakira Khan?

Shakira Khan, 23, from Burnley is an former contestant from season 12 of Love Island She was one of many predominant villa women, ranging from day one. All through the season, we watched Shakira face many challenges from a chaotic love triangle to villa rivalries, nevertheless she made all of it the best way to the Love Island closing regardless of feeling her being combined heritage, Pakistan and White might hinder her expertise.

“I went to a predominantly white highschool, I used to be not the wonder normal, so I used to be considering, ‘What have I signed up for?’ she advised I-D Journal. “Everybody’s gonna love the blonde hair, blue-eyed women, we see 12 months in 12 months out on Love Island. I believed, primarily based on preliminary attraction, it wasn’t going to go effectively for me, however I used to be pleasantly shocked.”

The place can I take heed to the We Want To Speak with Paul C. Brunson podcast?

The podcast might be watched on a number of platforms, together with Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and the We Want To Speak Youtube channel right here.

Did Shakira win Love Island?

No, Shakira didn’t win Love Island 2025, nevertheless she got here second place along with her companion Harry Cooksley. Toni Laites and Money Mercer gained the present and the £50K prize.

Are Shakira Khan and Harry Cooksley nonetheless collectively?

Sure the pair are nonetheless courting and going robust for the reason that Villa, Shakira defined on the podcast he treats her effectively. “He is witty, he is charming, he is clever – all these issues that I stated I search for in a companion.”

“We’re courting one another, cannot put a label on it.” she stated, “I am not courting anybody else, he is not courting anybody else so you’ll be able to say we’re solely courting one another.” she added

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