Love Island fans fume as Harry charms Helena's parents after heartache and is branded a ‘lovable villain'
Fans of the ITV2 reality dating show watched in horror as Harry approached his recent ex's parents, Jasmine and Phil, who'd come to the Spanish villa for the Meet the Family segment.
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Harry and Helena had split just days prior in an emotional breakup before recoupling with Shakira and Blu, respectively.
Helena's parents were full of praise for their daughter and how she'd handled Harry's controversial behaviour.
"From my end, it was so genuine and so real," Helena told her mum, Jasmine who replied, "Helena, you're a winner."
Her dad, Phil, managed to steal the show while in the villa saying Harry "wore his d*** on his sleeve," referring to the footballer's high rotation of women while appearing on Love Island.
But as Helena bonded with her parents, the Islanders watched on as Harry approached them for a chat.
"Ah the man himself," Phil said to Harry who responded, "I just wanted to come and say to you both in person - I apologise for a lot of my behaviour towards your daughter."
They chatted for a bit longer and Harry managed to win them over with his charm and was even dubbed a "lovable villain," by Blu's mum as they bid farewell.
Love Island viewers were left furious that Harry was able to charm so many of the parents, despite his behaviour.
"Helena's dad hasn't got a clue does he 'it is what it is,' are you having a laugh! If I had a daughter and Harry treated her like that I would be ripping Harry a new a***hole, Harry knows he can get away with anything, he will NEVER change," wrote one angry fan on X, formerly Twitter.
Another added: "Can't understand why Helena's mum would hug Harry and her dad shake his hand, weird."
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And a third wrote: "If that was my dad and he met someone like Harry & he hurt me my dad wouldn't be complimenting the man or laughing with him and mum would be the same."
But it was not all friendly for Harry with some of the mums, including Shakira's mum, giving him a wide berth.
Shakira's sister Shanti and mum Sukina arrived to the villa, but the latter gave Harry a very icy reception.
'What I will say, with him, he can prove himself to you before he has to prove himself to me,' she told Shakira as he then approached them at the Firepit with his own mum and best mate, Harry.
As Harry walked over to the Firepit, Shakira's mum refused to stand up.
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'We're not hugging Harry,' Sukina told him definitively.
Sukina also mocked Harry for being outed at the infamous Grafties awards which showed he was trying to get back close to Shakira despite being with Helena.
'I think the whole of the UK is [surprised]. I'm sorry, but we thought it was 'undeniable' Harry,' Sukina mocked him about his relationship with Helena and how it ended.
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