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Love Island’s Sophie Gradon sparks outrage with insensitive Remembrance Day tweet amid ‘stupid’ fight with ex Tom Powell

The reality TV star immediately hit back at her haters and insisted she spent her afternoon with a "lovely" veteran

LOVE Island star Sophie Gradon sparked outrage on Twitter today as she lashed out in an angry rant on Remembrance Day, asking: "What am I meant to do, tweet about soldiers all day?"

The star has been sharing a series of screenshots of texts, allegedly sent between her ex boyfriend Tom and a mystery girl, before accusing him of cheating on her.

 Sophie Gradon has sparked outrage on Twitter with the post
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Sophie Gradon has sparked outrage on Twitter with the postCredit: Xposure

But, as she continued to post photos following the two minute's silence earlier today, one fan tweeted: "Its Rememberance Day, and you are having a stupid fight on social media. That's one way to thank the veterans and soldiers!"

An angry Sophie quickly replied: "What am I meant to do like... Tweet about soldiers all day? I did my two minute silence. I have my poppy. Do you?"

She deleted the tweet shortly after, but not before eagle-eyed fans spotted the shock outburst.

One user even branded the star "vile", while another added: "Hopefully you both sort it out between you and not on social media! Love you both."

 The star hit out when a fan called her out for the message
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The star hit out when a fan called her out for the messageCredit: Twitter
 Sophie Gradon and Tom recently broke up in a public spat
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Sophie Gradon and Tom recently broke up in a public spatCredit: Fame Flynet

After deleting her initial tweet, Sophie branded the user a "f***ing idiot", before adding: "In the mood to kill a b***h."

However, she later added a photo with a veteran she had spent her afternoon with, proudly wearing his medals in the snap.

 Sophie defended her tweet and insisted she has supported the Poppy Appeal throughout
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Sophie defended her tweet and insisted she has supported the Poppy Appeal throughoutCredit: Twitter
 Sophie shot to fame when she starred on Love Island
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Sophie shot to fame when she starred on Love IslandCredit: PA:Press Association

She wrote: "How dare someone reprimand me for tweeting on rememberance day (sic) when I spent part of my afternooon with this lovely chap swing it b***h."

The veteran, who was selling poppies, sparked huge love online as one of Sophie's fans asked: "Is this in Jesmond?? Sits there every day - Mass respect to him."

And she replied: "He's awesome. X."

 Sophie posted an inspirational comment after she apparently broke up with Tom
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Sophie posted an inspirational comment after she apparently broke up with TomCredit: instagram

It comes after Sophie and her ex Tom Powell dramatically broke up on Twitter with both of them accusing the other of cheating.

The drama started Thursday night Sophie posted a now deleted quote on Instagram which insinuated that the pair had split.

It read: “Some people are meant to fall in love with each other, but not be together”

 The pair fell for each other while on Love Island
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The pair fell for each other while on Love IslandCredit: Rex Features

However despite the amicable seeming post, two hours later she posted and then deleted screen grabs from a Twitter DMs of Tom apparently asking a girl for her number, captioned “When I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Minutes later on Twitter Tom responded to these claims on Twitter and accused Sophie of cheating on him in a lengthy rant.



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