Love Island star Zachariah Noble has broken his silence on recent viral rumours about him.
Over the weekend, rumours started circulating that Zach behaved inappropriately at a star-studded event alongside his co-star Mitchel Taylor.
In a video that went viral on TikTok, UK influencer Ashleigh Huish claimed two unnamed Love Island stars were asked to leave the bash.
While she didn’t name them in the video, fans quickly started speculating she was talking about Mitch and Zach.
The woman in the video said: “The event was slightly soiled on by two Love Islanders who are just the most vile pieces of s**t that I believe could ever have walked the planet.
“Turns out they weren’t even invited, they just turned up. Do you know what they said? I don’t even know if I can say this out loud without cringing because I’m embarrassed for them: ‘We’re actually the most famous people here.’
“They’re bowling around like the most famous people there, which is embarrassing.”
“But where I draw the line is where I am stood outside in the rain with my friend having a chat and this homeless man walks past,” she alleged.
“He’s like, ‘has anybody got any money?’ and [the Love Islander] puts his hand in his pocket, pulls out money and throws it at him. I see this with my own eyes.
“So the homeless man has to pick it up. They then proceeded to be incredibly homophobic and that is when the organisers were told and made them leave immediately because they do not tolerate homophobia or any other kind of disgusting behaviour.
“And when they heard what happened with the homeless man, they took zero tolerance and kicked them out,” she claimed.
“There was other things that happened as well but I didn’t see any of that. So I can’t speak of that but they were the most obnoxious, disgusting, vile cretins I’ve been in the room with.
“I have never been in contact with two people who are so out of touch of reality and their behaviour is so disgusting,” she added.
Earlier today, Mitch posted a TikTok video addressing the situation, saying: “Hey everyone, I’m making the statement because obviously over the weekend there were a lot of accusations and I want to start by apologising to Zach because these accusations have nothing to do with him.”
“They are solely about me so I do want to talk about each one individually and put it to bed and give my side of the story.”
Mitch admitted to saying “we are the most famous people in here” but insisted he was joking.
He denied the accusation that he “threw money” at a homeless person, and also denied being homophobic.
Zach has since addressed the situation in a statement shared to his Instagram Stories.
He wrote: “Hey guys, what a long week it’s been. I’m embarrassed to have to address this and never imagined I’d be here writing this. Over the past few days, I’ve received a number of hateful messages regarding accusations from last week that are currently circulating the internet.”
“So I would like to address this from my side and give clarity that the narrative circulating about me is 100 per cent untrue.”
Zach went on to tell his followers that he has “never” in his “life” been “homophobic,” and that it was “hurtful” to hear the accusations – which he branded “extremely wrong”.
He continued: “I am truly saddened to hear that someone was upset that evening but this has nothing to do with me. I wasn’t even present at the time of this incident/ misunderstanding.”
“We live in a society where everyone wants to consider mental health and look out for one another, yet there is still some people online who have clearly forgotten how impactful their words can be and just jump on bandwagons.”
“Everyone is so quick to judge and believe and hear things they hear and read even if it’s untrue.”
“We really need to realise how powerful words can be and find out the real facts before coming at people, especially with people with high platforms as it’s these people who has pushed this false narrative onto my name and influence the way people think.”
“This is all I have to say on the matter and I hope it brings you lot of closure,” Zach added.
