Love Island 's new star Harriet Blackmore has broke her silence after a video resurfaced of her defending a footballer pal after an alleged incident with a group of women. Dancer and personal shopper, Harriet Blackmore, 24, who describes herself as an "IT girl", is heading for the famous villa in Mallorca when the show kicks off on June 3. However, after finding out the singleton had been signed up for the show, one fan took to X, sharing a TikTok video that appeared to show Harriet involved in an altercation with a group of girls in Brighton.

Speaking to the Mirror and other publications ahead of entering the villa, Harriet was asked about the resurfaced video to which the Islander said: "I think the video was so many years ago if it's the one I'm thinking about. Obviously, I can't see it because I don't have my phone but there's not really anything to say about that story. Like, if you guys have seen it, you can obviously see all I'm trying to do is defuse the situation.

New Love Island star, 'IT girl' and dancer, Harriet Blackmore, from Brighton is heading for the villa in Mallorca ( Image: ITV) "It was actually one of my really good friends, who is in the public eye, he's a football player. These like fans and people were sort of antagonising him. We were just trying to enjoy our night and I just didn't really think it was fair that they were putting cameras in his face.

So yeah, there was no like...

there's nothing really to say about that. I was just trying to mediate a.