Axed Love Island star defends Luca Bish as family apologise for 'insensitive' behaviour

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Love Island star Jazmine Nichol has thrown her support behind Luca Bish after the fishmonger received a backlash from fans.Luca sparked outrage from viewers for the way he treated his villa beau Gemma Owen during the show's explosive Movie Night episodes on Sunday and Monday (July 18).The fishmonger raged at Michael Owen's daughter as he felt she had entertained Billy Brown's advances and flirted with him, but she insisted she had done nothing wrong.READ MORE: Love Island's Gemma Owen admits Luca Bish gave her the 'ick' in unseen ITV2 show clipLuca's family later took to Instagram on his account to say they didn't condone his behaviour towards Gemma and apologised to the public in a statement.They told fans that Luca will be "embarrassed and deeply apologetic" when he watched the scenes back on TV.Want all the last villa gossip straight to your inbox?

Sign up for our daily Love Island newsletter HERE.His sister Claudia, who has been handling her brother's socials, said she had been physically sick from crying after the constant barrage of hate and death threats he had been receiving.However, Luca has now received support from fellow islander Jazmine Nichol, who was booted from the island after the Casa Amor episodes.In a private message to Luca's family, she told them how sorry she was that they were receiving such a "barrage of hate" and that her experience with Luca was "nothing but great".She told them Luca was the only person who stopped her from quitting the show, and that the show is edited for entertainment purposes and that it doesn't always reflect the islanders' true characters.Do you have a story about one of this year's Love Island stars?