Love Island’s Zara and Tom called it quits following a dramatic challenge (Picture: Shutterstock)

Love Island fans weren’t happy with Tom Clare’s behaviour in the villa and accused the footballer of ‘gaslighting’ former partner Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown. 

The model and dancer revealed she got the ‘ick’ after her villa flame failed to pick her features as his favourite during a challenge. 

Opting instead for other contestants’ attributes as he described his ideal woman, the athlete snubbed his partner and got a little too close to other females in the house. 

Taking to social media, eagle-eyed fans slammed the sportsman for flirting with Olivia Hawkins and Ellie Spence as he vocalised his loss of attraction towards Zara in multiple video diaries. 

The model attempted to lean on her fellow female islanders for support but many viewers felt she was left to deal with her emotions alone. 

One fan noted: ‘The way these lot are all siding with Olivia and making their disregard for Zara clear is crazy. They’re all going out of their way to justify what Tom said during the game [sic]’. 

Tom flirted with Ellie while Zara remained upset over how the footballer was treating her (Picture: Shutterstock)

Olivia also made her feelings towards Tom known during the challenge (Picture: Shutterstock)

Another warned against the semi-pro footballer: ‘men like tom are very dangerous. he was sexually attracted to zara & just saw her as a body, and then the second she’s established a boundary hes no longer interested. he doesn’t want a woman with opinions. he wants a sex doll. [sic]’

‘In case we’ve not all clocked it….. Tom hates zara. The way he spoke to both Olivia and Ellie but didn’t say a word to zara. Him talking to her in the kitchen was just circumstance [sic],’ a Twitter user said. 

Zara’s arrival caused friction when she entered as a bombshell (Picture: ITV)

Tom hasn’t been able to settle on a girl since entering the South African villa (Picture: Shutterstock)

Throughout the series, the pair have hit rocky seas as they navigated tests in the form of bomb shells and unfinished business.

Towards the middle of Sunday’s episode, after pulling Tom for a chat Zara decided to call things quits and the fiery duo went their separate ways. 

Fans rushed to social media to share their support for the beauty, writing: ‘let it be known that ZARA ended things with tom not the other way round he sat and contributed nothing to that convo [sic]’. 

Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX

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