TASHA Ghouri’s dad has shared what it’s like seeing the public troll his daughter while she’s in the Love Island villa.
Tarek, 55, opened up on the “horrific” abuse his hearing impaired daughter has received, especially targeting her disability.
Love Island dad Tarek Ghouri has revealed the cruel trolling aimed at his daughter, Tasha[/caption]
The hearing-impaired model and dancer, 23, is Love Island’s first deaf contestants.
She wears a cochlear implant and lip-reads in the villa.
Tarek has been active on social media since Tasha joined Love Island and after all the Islanders’ families got social media training by ITV2.
He’s seen first hand the terrible things people are saying about his daughter.
“It’s just shocking,” Tarek tells the Mirror. “It’s been some horrific. ‘deaf and dumb cow. B****. S***. She’s screwed every guy in the villa,’ type thing,” he told the Mirror.
“It’s nasty and unnecessary. It makes me stick to the stomach, actually.
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“I don’t know what fuels people to even think like that. They don’t even know them. It’s quite bizarre.”
Tarek and Tasha discussed the trolling she may face over her disability while in the villa, with his dancer daughter assuring him she would be ok.
“She said, ‘Dad, it’s not the first time I’ve had this’,” he explained.
“We’ve got no place for hate comments, this show’s about love.”
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Tarek previously said he was happy with the level of care Love Island producers had in place for the Islanders.
He said: “I was initially concerned because of the history of some of these types of shows.
“But as we talked it through and as I got more involved in the process, ITV were very inclusive – including the family in that – and that just built confidence very quickly.
“The duty of care they’ve got is fantastic. I have to say it’s been thorough.
“I have personal numbers of people that can ring if I see something on TV that I’m not, you know, not happy with or if Tasha is behaving in a way that wouldn’t be normal for her.
“And I know that I can get a hold of someone and they can intervene and find out what’s going on.”
The channel extended its duty of care procedure of this eighth series of Love Island.
Islanders were offered video training and guidance covering inclusive language around disability, sexuality, race and ethnicity, behaviours and microaggressions.
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And they watched videos featuring past Islanders that covered what they should expect, how to cope, dealing with social media trolling, and adapting to life away from the show.
Watch Tasha on Love Island, at 9pm on ITV2.
Tasha wears a cochlear implant which is visible on the show[/caption]
