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LOVE Island bombshell Yasmin, 24, has been slammed as a ‘game-player’ after throwing the villa into chaos and snogging Harry and Dejon.
The actions led to a row with the girls, in what became a very tense end to Wednesday night’s episode.
They were all treated to an eBay pre-loved party and a game of beer pong dares, and Yasmin’s first snog occurred with Dejon.
Dejon is coupled up with Meg, but was tasked with snogging the Islander he found most attractive, aside from his partner.
He went straight over to Yasmin as Meg watched on, and snogged her.
Later on in the game, Yasmin ended up snogging Harry too, despite being coupled up with Shea.
Yasmin had to ‘snog the Islander that [she] could talk to all day,’ and she immediately chose Harry, and the pair had a ten second snog.
Once the game had finished, Meg ended up questioning Yasmin’s motives, and whether she was happy in her couple with Shea.
She said in front of the group: “Wait, how can you still be happy in your couple if you’re snogging everyone but the man you’re coupled up with?”
Yasmin fired back: “It’s just a game,” to which Meg responded: “But you’re saying you’re happy in your couple.”
Things were obviously tense between the ladies, as Yasmin backed her reasoning, responding: “Everyone’s playing the games way too safe and you’re here to explore connections and to take risks.”
Not backing down, Meg added: “I know it’s a game, but you got asked if you’re happy in your couple and you said yes, and you’ve not once kissed your man. Don’t think you’re happy in your couple.”
Yasmin ended the chat by saying: “That’s your opinion,” as the other Islanders watched on.
Fans on X have slammed Yasmin for her ‘game player’ ways, as one wrote: “Am I wrong to love Yasmin? She’s such a game player.”
Another said: “Yasmin is playing the biggest game,” while a third echoed: “Oh Yasmin, you’re going to get caught out with these games.”
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In the same episode, fairly-new bombshell Yasmin revealed to some of the Islanders, including Harry and Dejon, that a man had never given her an orgasm before – which came amid another very shocking claim.
The London-based beauty also confessed that she has only ever slept with two men before, despite speaking about sex frequently with guys in the villa.
Many fans have now slammed Yasmin’s claims on the grounds that she talks about sex a lot.
“Unsure how Yasmin goes on about all this sexual stuff so much but says she’s only slept with 2 people…” said one person.
A second added: “Yasmin can’t hold a conversation without mentioning sex but has only slept with two guys?? i’ve seen it all.”
“Not in a million years has Yasmin slept with 2 men. She’s the horniest person that’s ever set foot in this villa, wow,” penned a third.
While a fourth slammed: “Yasmin has made her whole personality sex like does it hurt you to not talk about it ???”
“Yasmin making up the orgasm lies for MORE male attention??” speculated a fifth.
But some viewers defended Yasmin and slammed those “coming for her” because she’s “confident enough to talk about sex”.
One person on X said: “Why is everyone coming for Yasmin? Cause she’s confident enough to talk about sex?
“Grow up man, you lot fantasise about this shit but when it’s happening you all hide behind your duvets?”
Earlier this week, Yasmin offered to have a threesome with Dejon.
“Would you ever have a threesome with me and Toni?” she asked the hunk who is currently coupled up with Meg.
Then, in Wednesday night’s instalment, Yasmin spoke to Harry on the terrace when things got very flirty.
She spoke about being “bent over” and he said she was “undressing” him with her eyes.
ONLY 8,000 World War Two veterans are still alive out of the five million British forces who fought for the nation.
And a new survey to mark the end of the war 80 years ago predicts fewer than 300 will remain by the 90th anniversary.
Five years ago, it was estimated that more than 70,000 of those who served between 1939 and the final surrender by Japan on August, 15, 1945 — VJ Day, the end of the conflict — were still with us.
The Royal British Legion said those still alive in England and Wales range in age between 98 and 110.
To pay tribute to the survivors and fallen, the RBL and Government are inviting veterans from the Far East to an 80th anniversary service at the National Memorial Arboretum, near Lichfield, Staffs, on August 15.
RBL boss Mark Atkinson said: “It’s likely to be one of the last opportunities as a nation to thank those veterans still with us today for their service and sacrifice.”
Among those attending will be Owen Filer, 105, from Cwmbran, South Wales, who was serving in India on VJ Day.
He said: “It will be an honour to be with the Royal British Legion and fellow veterans 80 years after the world went through so much.
“And to remember those who never made it back.”
EASTENDERS fans were left amused over a Kat Slater blunder – but did you catch it?
The BBC soap icon – played Jessie Wallace – first arrived in Albert Square back in 2000.
Viewers found themselves in hysterics during a recent scene featuring Kat.
Troublesome teen son Tommy (Sonny Kendall) cheekily told her: “Chill out, love”.
To which Kat responded by repeating “Love?” – with fans convinced her pronunciation sounded like a northern accent.
One wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “absolutely obsessed with kat going northern #EastEnders.”
Another added: “no bc why did she do this, he didn’t even say it like that LMFAOOO.”
A third shared: “I thought it was a really odd way to repeat the word. He’s not northern, she isn’t. Cute though.”
While a fourth chimed in: “Pat Phoenix’s spirit returning to Jessie Wallace for a split second in 2025 #EastEnders.”
The last comment referred to Jessie, 53, playing Corrie legend Pat Phoenix in 2010’s Road to Coronation Street.
This TV movie depicted a young Tony Warren first devising Corrie in the 1960s.
As for EastEnders, viewers finally got their long-time wish as Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) returned after 20 years.
Viewers will likely remember the iconic “You ain’t my mother” scene from 2001.
The mother-daughter spectacle with Kat and Zoe cemented the pair among the BBC soap’s most iconic characters.
In a chat from the soap set, Michelle opened up to Good Morning Britain’s Entertainment Reporter Richard Arnold about reuniting with her on-screen mum.
She said: “I’ve always loved working with Jessie.
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“We actually went for a cast dinner with the Slater family so that I would feel welcome with the new people that I didn’t know.
“And seeing her, she got so emotional.
“And when she found out I had the job again she was screaming and I was just like, this just feels like coming home.”
EastEnders airs on BBC One and iPlayer.
DANNY Dyer says he has failed a diet plan to skip all meals on Mondays.
The former EastEnders star, 47, was hoping to keep the weight off with the day-long fast.
He told documentary-maker Louis Theroux on his podcast: “I want to build up to not eating anything on Monday.
“I fast in the day just to keep the weight off.
“I feel like if you fast, it’s good for your body as well.
“Just liquids so your body can start to eat itself.
“But it’s a struggle.
“Mondays are s**te anyway.
“So you know you got to look forward to your dinner on a Monday.
“But I do fast during the day until the afternoon.
“You’ve got to drink plenty of water while you’re doing it and it does work.”
JAMES WADE was involved in yet another dart ‘fartgate’ incident in Players Championship 17.
The World No.10 kicked up a stink in a clash with fellow veteran star Peter Wright in Leicester.
Wade let rip during his 6-5 win over ‘Snakebite’ to reach the quarter-finals on Tuesday afternoon.
Wright stepped back and laughed uncomfortably, but Wade’s joke quickly backfired when the match caller told him the clash was being televised.
Referee Owen Binks then informed the players: “Oh boy, okay then… This is a streamed match guys.”
Wade claimed: “It slipped out.” And then added: “Give it a second.”
Wright thought it needed more than a second, though.
And Wade tried to prompt him back onto the oche, saying: “Go ahead. Do you want nine more arrows?”
It’s not the first time the 42-year-old has passed wind during a match.
He did the same less than a year ago in September 2024, also at the Players Championship.
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On that occasion he claimed it was his SHOES that made the noise.
He wrote on social media: “I feel I must address a situation following my run to the semi-finals of PC22 today.
“Footage has emerged of me doing what appears to be a ‘shart’ at the end of one of my matches.
“It was actually the Velcro on my new trainers.
“I now consider this matter put to bed as don’t wish to talk about it again.”
A GOOD Morning Britain legend has died aged 76 after a battle with dementia.
Wincey Willis, who etched her name in history as ITV’s first female national weather presenter, sadly passed away following her health battle.
After being diagnosed with fronto-temporal dementia in 2015, Willis returned to the North East to live in Sunderland.
The TV icon died on December 18 last year but her death was only publicly announced this week.
Willis joined Good Morning Britain in 1983, thanks to a push from broadcasting giant Greg Dyke.
The trailblazing 34-year-old brought a fresh and energetic take to the weather forecasts which were very serious at the time.
Wincey lit up screens with her relatable charm making her a household name.
She became part of a golden line-up that included Anne Diamond, Rustie Lee with her culinary corner, and “Mad Lizzie” Webb’s fitness feature.
The dream team helped Good Morning Britain overtake the BBC’s Breakfast Time.
At the peak of her career, during the mid-80s, she featured on the game show Treasure Hunt alongside Anneka Rice.
A contract dispute led Willis to resign from TV-am in 1987, after which her television career largely came to a halt.
In the following years, she dedicated her time as a conservation volunteer aiding endangered species globally.
Willis also hosted radio shows for BBC Coventry & Warwickshire and for BBC Hereford & Worcester.
THE 24 Hours of Le Mans car park. Every supercar you can think of.
Plus moi, in a white van.
At least I had a top view sat on the roof.
Peugeot hasn’t added any performance to the new E-Expert Sport. It’s the standard 136hp with a 219-mile battery.
But it does get a special body kit, Y-spoke 18in alloys, and Kryptonite Green detailing inspired by Peugeot’s 9X8 race car.
This is the “Crew Van” version with tons of space for you and five mates to cross the Channel with all your camping gear.
Just one pit stop required to get from Dover to the track, sucking up 80 per cent charge in just 45 minutes. Not bad.
What’s it like to drive?
Not as fast as a Le Mans hypercar, obviously. But it’s no slouch either. It’s fun, with purposeful steering and paddle shifts to control the regenerative braking.
Just bang it in sports mode and pretend you’re heading down the Mulsanne Straight at top speed – rather than a French autoroute.
More importantly, on a road trip, it has all the creature comforts you’d expect from a modern van including a 10in touchscreen that talks to your phone, dual-zone climate control, wireless phone charging and even a heated leather steering wheel.
Which you definitely don’t get in a World Endurance Championship car.
There’s more of Superman’s least favourite colour in here, as well as Sport logos in the “eco-leather” seats which are colourfast, scratchproof and tear-resistant, not to mention “moisture regulating and acid and alkali resistant”.
Given how terrifying it must be driving through the night at Le Mans, it sounds like the sort of stuff they should make racesuits out of.
It didn’t have a place in the race, but the new E-Expert Sport looked every bit as cool as the race-winning Ferrari, and costs a lot less at £41,295 (ex VAT).
