Ron took Shaq away from Haris, as the pair continued to fume over each other (Picture: ITV2)

Several of the stars of Love Island 2023 stepped in to avoid a fight from breaking out when Haris Namani and Shaq Muhammad locked horns on tonight’s episode.

Earlier in the evening, the islanders had taken part in a game of beer pong, complete with raunchy dares on the bottom of each of the cups.

Shaq didn’t look best-pleased when bombshell David Salako kissed Tanya Mahenga, who he’s coupled with, particularly as the pair had only recently shared a first date away from his prying eyes.

Later on, the boys were having a debrief together while sitting by the pool, when Haris turned to David and asked how his kiss with Tanya was.

David instantly made it clear that he felt uncomfortable answering with Shaq sitting right by him, as he replied: ‘That’s f**king… what’s wrong with you bro?’

Overhearing, Shaq stressed to Haris: ‘She snogged him,’ before expressing how ‘annoying’ he found the salesman for getting involved in the situation.

Shaq accused Haris of being a ‘s**t stirrer’ (Picture: ITV2)

‘You’re so annoying bro. You do this all the time bro, like relax,’ the airport security officer told the salesman.

‘Shut the f**k up man,’ Haris responded, while an increasingly irate Shaq told him: ‘You shut the f**k up you f**king p***k.’

David tried to calm the situation, standing up from his seat as the girls – who were having their own private chat on the balcony – peered over to try to figure out what the commotion was all about.

‘You do this all the time bro, you just try and f**king s**t stir,’ Shaq claimed.

Will pushed Haris away from Shaq to separate them (Picture: ITV2)

‘Don’t speak to me like that,’ Haris stated, as his fellow islander added: ‘I’ll speak to you however I want bro,’ refusing to back down.

Farmer Will Young dragged Haris away, while financial advisor Ron Hall escorted Shaq in a different direction.

Haris insisted he wasn’t going to do anything as the boys stressed to him to ‘leave it’, as Shaq raged: ‘I don’t care who the f**k you are.’

Tanya, who’d been sitting on a beanbag with new bombshell Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown, didn’t seem that bothered by the incident, claiming: ‘There’s nothing we can do. They’re boys.’

Meanwhile, viewers at home couldn’t believe how quickly the verbal scuffle had escalated.

‘Where did Shaq and Haris beef come from?’ a confused fan questioned, while another admitted: ‘Why did Shaq and Haris even start fighting for?? I’m so confused.’

‘I swear tf i looked away for two seconds then Shaq calls Haris a p***k out of nowhere??’ someone else remarked.

One viewer expressed their belief that the reason behind the boys’ argument might have been cut from the final edit, commenting: ‘I don’t believe this tension between Haris and Shaq came out of nowhere. They’re editing out the good stuff.’

Love Island returns tomorrow at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX.

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