THE final is looming and the gloves are off, as the remaining Love Island contestants compete to get their hands on the £50,000 prize money.
But motor mouth Sean Stone, 25, is employing a backhanded tactic to score high on the popularity chart ready for the show’s climax next week.
Avid viewers are suggesting that he’s targeting fan favourite Mimii Ngulube, using undermining tactics in a bid to boost his chances.
During the programmes faux awards ceremony, the Grafties, Sean was shooting his mouth off criticizing Mimi’s new exclusive relationship with Josh Oyinsan, despite his connection with Grace Jackson and her ongoing feelings for her Casa Amor ex, Ayo Odukoya.
Mimii was dumped by Ayo at Casa Amor after he found a better connection with Jessica Spencer and she has since found a connection with one of the villa’s newest members, Josh.
Sean, who is in a relationship with Matilda Draper, was left questioning Mimii’s bond with Josh and his decision to make the relationship exclusive just days after the pair appeared to be unsure of their connection with one another.
He hit out at the decision to make things “exclusive” and asked for it to “make sense” before Mimii said to him: “No one actually forced you to say anything.
“It seems like you have an issue?”
He hit back: “No, I don’t! It’s just the topic of conversation that we are talking about.”
But the fans were left unimpressed by Sean’s directness.
One said: “Something isn’t sitting right with Sour man Sean! He’s constantly coming for Mimii, he’s either critiquing Mimii & Josh or he’s accusing Ayo & Mimii of still liking each other. He’s figured out that Mimii is popular and it’s burning him.”
Another said: “
“Sean and Joey need someone to knock their daylights out and I’m so serious. Sean hates that it’s clear Mimii is a favorite and therefore wants Josh to be seen as a scammer when he’s the real scammer.”
One viewer accused him of being a bully, they said: “Sean’s behaviour towards Mimii has been disgusting since day 1!!! It’s like he knows she’s liked by the public and he’s trying everything to make others dislike her, starting to look like bullying.”
Meanwhile another put it very simply by saying: “He’s clocked that Mimi is popular, something he could never be.”
Indeed suspicions are rife that Sean’s is being played by his love interest Matilda who also has her own agenda for getting to the final.
Following the row between Sean, Mimi and Josh, fans also commented on how Matilda remained strategically quiet during the heated exchange.
One wrote: “Kudos to Matilda for pretending that she’s not getting the ick to bag the 50k.”
A second tweeted: “How on earth does Matilda not have the ick. Is she being fake?”
A third chimed in: “I want to believe Matilda is just sticking with Sean for the finale cos she should have gotten the ick at this point.”
Another said: “Matilda is definitely playing a game cause how tf are you not getting the ick ?!!”
A fourth added: “I just know Sean is giving Matilda the absolute ICK! Someone called her man a k**bhead and she laughed.”
The Islanders are all 'coupled up' in the villa.
The couples so far include:
