Wednesday 22 June 2022 09:47 AM Love Island: Amber Beckford's family deactivate Twitter account to 'protect her ... trends now
Amber Beckford left the Love Island villa in scenes aired on Tuesday night's show, after a shock double dumping.
And as Amber adjusts back to life outside the villa, her loved ones have announced they have deactivated her Twitter account after receiving 'vile tweets'.
Amber, 24, was dumped from the island this week after receiving the fewest public votes out of all the girls, while Ikenna Ekwonna was sent home after a vote for the boys.
Dumped: Amber Beckford left the Love Island villa in scenes aired on Tuesday, with her loved ones since announcing they have deactivated her Twitter account after receiving 'vile tweets'
In the days before her exit Amber featured in explosive scenes as she argued with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu about her 'game-playing'.
Posting on Instagram as Amber's exit was shown on Tuesday's episode, the star's family explained they had deactivated her Twitter account to protect her from online abuse.
'Hey all, Ambers [sic] time in the villa has come to an end. We have received some lovely comments & messages and thank you from the bottom of our hearts,' the statement read.
Vile: Posting on Instagram as Amber's exit was shown on Tuesday's episode, the star's family explained they had deactivated her Twitter account to protect her from online abuse
'However as most of you are probably aware of some of the vile tweets, messages and post's [sic] that are being written about Amber. As Amber's family and friends this has been extremely hard to see and sometimes sickening.'
They continued: 'We didn't want to have to post something like this but please remember that bullying somebody over an hour episode of a televised show is damaging.
'Bullying and negative comments can be extremely harmful to someone's mental health and sometimes in worse cases can be fatal. We will not stand for bullying and harassment.'
