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Love Island season 9 returned with a brand new episode on Sunday, January 22, wherein tension brewed between contestants Zara Deniz and Olivia Hawkins.
The feud between the girls escalated when the former bombshell stole the latter’s partner Tom Clare on Friday’s recoupling round. Since then, the two ladies couldn’t tolerate Tom speaking to any one of them in front of the other. But it was Olivia who created the most drama and made the situation worse.
Fans claimed that Olivia felt threatened by Zara and thus was creating drama in the latest episode.
Zara and Olivia locked horns multiple times on Sunday’s episode, which ended with their heated conversation that is all set to escalate in the next episode. A preview for the upcoming installment showed the former shouting at Olivia, asking the latter to get over herself, which led to her crying.
"It's annoying me to bits": Viewers find Olivia “childish” and “annoying”
Love Island viewers believed that Olivia was creating unnecessary drama and was behaving like a child in the latest episode.
She not only planned to rattle Zara by talking to Tom in front of her but also annoyed the former by stating that her and Tom’s conversation was private. Olivia also accused Zara of playing a game, and started crying after the latter fought back.
Take a look at fans reacting to Olivia’s “childish” behavior in these tweets below:
Olivia and Zara’s feud started the day the latter entered the villa. Both belong to the entertainment industry and know each other from work.
On Zara’s first day, the group played a beer pong game where the bombshell was asked to kiss both cheeks of the person she believed was “two-faced.” The game was supposed to be a fun take on the contestants, but when Zara picked Olivia as the two-faced contestant, the latter got angry.
Since the incident, the two didn’t see each other eye to eye, especially after Zara stole Olivia’s partner Tom in the recoupling. On the January 22 episode of Love Island UK 2023, Olivia planned to annoy Zara by talking to Tom. When the latter asked her about the conversation, Olivia responded by saying, “private.”
Zara mentioned that she and Tom are partners so she would like to know what he was talking to Olivia about. The latter smirked and repeated her statement, mentioning that the conversation was private. Rattled by now, Zara mentioned that the truth will come out soon, to which Olivia said that it was not about them and Tom. Zara still insisted on knowing the topic.
Olivia responded by asking whether Zara and Tom were married as the former was adamant to find out the topic of conversation. In response, the bombshell said:
“I'm here to find someone Liv, I am here to find someone and at the minute, I really see something... I see a future with him, so yeah.”
Olivia then took a jibe at Zara by accusing her of playing games. From there, the fight escalated, which will continue in the upcoming episode.
Zara and Olivia’s feud will get intense in Love Island’s next episode
At the end of Love Island’s Sunday episode, the show aired a preview for the next episode, in which Zara and Olivia’s argument took a dark turn.
In the clip, Zara yelled at Olivia by saying:
“I'm here for myself. You think I flew 11 hours from England to p**s you off? Get over yourself Liv, get over yourself.”
Olivia replied:
“You are just trying to cause drama right now. I'm f***ing not having it.”
She then stormed off inside, started crying, and called Zara a “b**ch.” Outside, Ron Hall was seen telling Zara to calm down and understand the situation. The new Love Island star then replied:
“No, I don't have to understand anything. I think she is being childish and I feel how I feel, and that's that.”
It looks like the upcoming episode is going to be filled with drama and entertainment. Only time will tell whether the feud between the two will be sorted.
Meanwhile, viewers can tune in to ITV2 at 9.00 pm GMT (4.00 pm ET) every day to watch Love Island UK season 9.
