Dumped Love Islander Amber quits Twitter after cruel trolling
LOVE Island star Amber Beckford's family and friends have disabled her Twitter account due to vile troll abuse.
Viewers watched Amber get dumped from the villa last night alongside Ikenna, after they were voted the least popular contestants.
While the majority of the messages aimed at Amber on social media in the aftermath have been positive, a minority caused deep upset.
It prompted Amber’s sister Haylie, friends Hannah and Taz, and the Beckford family to issue a statement urging viewers to be kind.
It read: "Hey all, Amber's time in the villa has come to an end. We have received some lovely comments & messages and thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
"However as most of you are probably aware of some of the vile tweets, messages and posts that are being written about Amber. As Amber’s family and friends this has been extremely hard to see and sometimes sickening.
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"We didn’t want to have to post something like this but please remember that bullying somebody over an hour episode of a televised show is damaging.
"Bullying and negative comments can be extremely harmful to someone’s mental health and sometimes in worse cases can be fatal.
"We will not stand for bullying and harassment.’
Explaining they were taking steps to protect Amber on her arrival home, they continued: "For this reason, we have unfortunately decided to deactivate Amber’s twitter before her arrival home to protect her mental well-being.
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"This is a decision that has been made by Amber’s close friends and family as it has been extremely for her family and friends to see, and we still want to make this an exciting time for Amber; not a negative one.
"We’d like to thank everyone again for some of the love and to those who have supported Amber on her journey. We wish Amber’s new friends the best of luck in the villa and will continue to support them, please remember to be kind to them also; we're only human.
"If you have nothing nice to say, keep it to yourself."
Amber and Ikenna's departure paved the way for their pals Dami and Indiyah to get together, delighting viewers.
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With no awkward conversations to be had, Dami and Indiyah's relationship blossomed at warp speed, with the pair sharing several passionate snogs last night.
It led to Ikenna joking on Twitter that his "corpse wasn't even cold yet."
