Love Island star Amber Gill has taken a pop at Brad McClelland, following the drama surrounding him and his former co-star Rachel Finni.
The 24-year-old, who won the 2019 series of the dating show, appeared at Soccer Aid over the weekend to show her support for the event – which raises money for UNICEF.
While at the charity event, Amber shared a TikTok with her fans where she poked fun at former One Direction star Liam Payne, who acted as England’s captain on the evening.
@amberrosegill No hand balls for Liam Payne or there will be a high likelihood he’ll never use those hands again xx #socceraid ♬ original sound – Amber Rose
In the video, Amber says: “So we’re just at soccer aid, and Liam Payne’s here. Let’s hope he doesn’t do a handball – cause there’s a high likelihood that he’ll never use those hands again!”
Fans of the reality star took to the comments to share their admiration for the joke, which was poking fun at Liam’s recent comments on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast.
However, other eagle-eyed fans were quick to point out that Love Island 2021 star Brad McClelland could be seen in the background of her video.
One fan wrote: “Brad being in the back (crying face emoji),” while another fan said, “Brad in the back, looking happy as Larry (crying laughing face).”
A third fan noticed Brad too, as they commented: “No one noticing Brad form Love Island 2021 in the back?!??!”
After noticing all the comments about Brad, Amber responded savagely saying: “We don’t talk about Brad no no no.”
Amber’s comment comes after Love Island 2021 star Rachel Finni accused Brad and a number of Islanders of “bullying” her.
The drama kicked off last week when Brad and 2021 Islanders Tyler Cruickshank, Jake Cornish, and Aaron Francis discussed their season’s bombshells as part of an Instagram Live.
@loveislanduk00 😳. Hope Rachel is ok ❤️ #loveisland #loveislanduk #foryou #fyp #rachelfinni ♬ original sound – loveislandbestbits
During their chat, Brad pulled a face and scoffed when Rachel Finni’s name was mentioned, as she was one of the first bombshells of the season.
The other three boys went into hysterics, unable to control their fits of laughter for a few moments.
The conversation shifted onwards, but Brad brought it back to Rachel, saying: “Again, Rachel, NOT a bombshell.”
Rachel then caught wind of the comments, as they made the rounds on social media.
Rachel addressed the issue in an Instagram Story, writing: “I don’t want an apology. It won’t be authentic. TRUE feelings have already been put out there.”
“You can’t apologise when you don’t mean it. You can’t apologise when you do not care about or respect a person.”
“They all protected themselves by turning off comments before reaching out to apologise. That says it all,” she continued.
“There’s interviews, videos, TikTok’s, quotes and so much MORE from these islanders showing disrespect towards me WAY before this,” she said, claiming that this wasn’t “the first occurrence”.
Tyler, Brad, Jake and Aaron have since apologised for their actions during the Instagram Live, but Rachel has refused to accept their apologies.
“You can apologise, but it can’t be received. I’m not receiving any of these apologies. I’m not taking any of these false PR statements saving your back,” she said on her IG Story.
“You are all disgusting, the evidence is out there that you are all disgusting. People trying to return from their involvement in it, anything, just know that we never had any relationship anyway, we never had any friendship anyway.”
“I have no involvement, no forgiveness, no nothing to any of these people because it’s happened multiple times before and they’ll f*****g do it again, simple as,” she continued.
“Do what you can, put out your PR statements, protect your back but the only real thing to come out of your mouths was the hate and the discrimination.”
Rachel appeared on the 2021 series of Love Island alongside Brad, Tyler, Jake and Aaron.
The bombshell entered the villa on day 5, and had to choose whether to couple up with Brad or Chuggs – starting a brief romance with Brad.
She was then dumped from the villa on Day 14.
