Love Island Australia’s Shawnee loses brand deal over comments about another islander’s body
'Fake everything'
Love Island Australia star Shawnee Schein has come under fire recently after making comments about a fellow islander’s body and has since been dropped from a brand deal.
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Shawnee made comments about Ava Toulson after she made a connection with Lachie Cubi, who Shawnee was coupled up with. She said that Ava had a “flat a**” and then continued, saying: “Fake t*ts, fake lips, fake everything.”
Shawnee’s an Australian entrepreneur and online fitness coach with over 38.8k Instagram followers.
She’s received tons of online backlash and has just been dropped from a brand deal with Nu Harvest after the founder, Georgie Stevenson, spoke out.
Shawnee’s a fitness instructor and had a brand deal with the supplement brand. Georgie’s since called out Shawnee’s behaviour: “It came to our attention that Shawnee said some very disappointing comments, where she was basically shaming another female’s body.”
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“We have always been about female empowerment. We have always wanted to welcome everyone into our community and celebrate full bodies, no matter what.”
“So, this is so unaligned with our brand and our values and what we stand for,” Georgie summed up. “So we have made the decision that we will not be sharing any more content of this campaign.”
Shawnee hasn’t spoken out about the comments she made about Ava, but she did admit that she was “kidding” and “being a little bit mean” on the show before apologising to those she was around.
It’s only been a little over a week for season eight of Love Island Australia, and Shawnee’s already sparked some backlash outside of the villa.