Love Island fans praise Conor as he delivers stern warning to Harry after his actions are exposed at the Grafties
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Conor Phillips gave Harry Cooksley a stern warning in the villa
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Harry's flirty conversations with Shakira were exposed at The Grafties, leaving Helena devestated
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The footballer then admitted that he felt just a 'friendly' connection to Helena
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In recent weeks on Love Island,
After this,
Later, Harry pulled Shakira for a chat where he flirted with her and
Later, this clip was shown to all the islanders on the big screen leaving Helena fuming and the
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"I trust someone, and there's a level of respect there. And, like, the level of respect isn't there.
"Because for me, what is the crack like? What's the story like? Is it just sort of a thing where you want what you can't have?
"Why are you doing this? Because you're prodding her [Shakira], because she's trying to get over [you] and she's trying to move on, but flirting with her and stuff is still prodding her.
"And so what is like? What is that for? I'm so close to
Shakira
, [I can see] how actually hurt she is, her experience in here is nearly ruined.
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"Then obviously having a situation, like her experiences here is nearly going to be ruined if she doesn't get over this."
He added: "And for what reason like just, that's what I'm trying to know."
Love Island star Harry makes very honest confession to Shakira as they chat after explosive Grafties and Helena split
Harry then said that hearing what Shakira had to say in their conversation on the
steps
inside the villa "changed things for him".
But Conor warned Harry to properly think about the connection he does share with Helena before he makes a rash decision.
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"Just before you do anything with Helena, just think about honestly what you do want, because I don't know if Shakira will [get back with you]," he continued.
"I'm only trying to say that as a friend, it's just that f******, you might end up with nobody.
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Connor added: "Just think about what you have first with Helena. And like, I think it's quite rare to be honest, like, what, like, what you do have."
This is when Harry thought that his partnership with Helena was "more friendly" and his connection with Shakira was more "relationship focussed".
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Conor replied: "That's fine. Man, that's like, you know, that's how you feel.
"No one can blame you for how you feel, but you just need to communicate it man.
Just think about honestly what you do want, because I don't know if Shakira will [get back with you]
Conor Phillips
Love Island
"You know what I mean? Rather than coasting along and then people getting blindsided."
In his beach hut confessional, Conor couldn't help but dissect the situation further.
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"I don't feel bad for Harry unfortunately. You're [a] 30 year old man, I think you should maybe know a bit better than to play around with people's emotions like that."
Droves of fans took to social media to praise Conor for his stern words after watching scenes.
You're [a] 30 year old man, I think you should maybe know a bit better
Conor Phillips
Love Island
Writing on Instagram, one wrote: "Connor stood on
business
with this statement."
A second quoted: "Connor 'I don't feel sorry for Harry … he shouldn't play with people's emotions … he's a 30 year old man," followed by three clapping hand applause emojis.
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"One thing about Conor is he's gonna tell the truth," stated a third fan.
As a fourth said: "Liked how Conor really asked the right questions and showed that's not fine how he acted."
Adding: "He also kept it to himself what Harry said until Helena sorted her relationship with him. Respect
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Harry and Conor went for a serious chat in the aftermath of the awards
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Conor gave Harry a stern warning as he cared about Shakira's feelings and experience on the show
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He was not impressed as he quizzed his co-star about his motives
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Conor later lambasted Harry in his beach hut confessional
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The islanders were all left completely shocked and cringing at what they witnessed
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