Love Island‘s Chris Taylor fired back at cruel trolls on Wednesday and insisted ‘you’re only hurting yourself,’ following his recent split from fellow Love Islander Maura Higgins.
The newly-single star, 30, posted a humorous video, poking fun at ‘keyboard warriors’ as he defiantly insisted he is unfazed by online backlash.
Chris inserted a faux insult from an online hater which said: ‘Your a k**t,’ (sic) over an Instagram video of him crying in the shower.
Response: Love Island’s Chris Taylor fired back at trolls on Wednesday and insisted ‘you’re only hurting yourself’ alongside a comical video, following his recent split from Maura Higgins
As the water tumbled down over his face in the slapstick clip, he comically sobbed imitating extreme upset, while chomping on a pasty. Chris penned over the footage: ‘How trolls think I react…’
The Instagram clip swiftly transitioned to a new location as the reality star sat in a car alongside fellow Love Islander Michael Griffiths.
He captioned the new scene: ‘ How I actually react…’
The duo sniggered at a presumed hate comment on Chris’ phone and they bopped their shoulders to the song Me Too by Meghan Trainor.
Moving on: The newly-single star, 30, split from the fellow Love Islander, 30, earlier in May after they announced their relationship to the world in November
They mimed the lyrics: ‘Who’s that sexy thing I see over there? That’s me, standin’ in the mirror,’ suggesting Chris’ self-confidence is unharmed by online negativity.
He wrote in the accompanying caption: ‘We all deal with things differently…
‘Obvs I’m taking the p**s but on a slightly more serious note, if YOU ARE (not your) one of the keyboard warriors of the world w*****g into bags of twiglets and abusing people from the safety of your bedroom…
‘Trust me, you’re only hurting yourself. Best of luck for the future, I hope you have a really happy life.
‘How trolls think I react…’: And Chris posted a humorous video, poking fun at ‘keyboard warriors’ as he defiantly insisted he is unfazed by online backlash
Sobbing: Chris inserted a faux insult from an online hater which said: ‘Your a k**t,’ (sic) over an Instagram video of him crying in the shower
‘PS. Buzzing for the backlash on this one. Shout to mac_griffiths_ for pretty much just saying yes to anything.’ (sic)
The self-assured post comes after it was announced earlier this month that Chris and Maura, 30, have parted ways.
The duo, who went public with their romance in November after months of secrecy, took to Instagram to reveal the news.
The Irish beauty penned: ‘It breaks my heart to even type this but I wanted to let everyone know that myself and Chris have made the joint decision to end our relationship…
Switch it up: The Instagram clip swiftly transitioned to a new location as the reality star sat in a car alongside fellow Love Islander Michael Griffiths
Unfazed: The duo sniggered at a presumed hate comment on Chris’ phone and they bopped to the song Me Too by Meghan Trainor, suggesting the star is unharmed by online negativity
‘There is no wrongdoing on either side… we still love, care and respect each other deeply. From the minute we met each other we’ve been very close friends and that will never change. There is no regret, life is about taking chances.
‘We wanted to make this work but we have realised we work better being friends. Whilst I appreciate people may speculate or create false stories this is the truth.
‘I wish Chris nothing but the best and I will always be one of his biggest supporters. Thank you for all the love and support’.
‘We all deal things with things differently’: He penned a lengthy caption, wishing his online haters the ‘best of luck’ with their future and a ‘happy life’
Ex files: The self-assured post comes after it was announced earlier this month that Chris and Maura have parted ways
Meanwhile, the statement released by Chris read: ‘Hey guys, after some very heartfelt conversations over the past few days, myself & Maura are very sad to announce that we have decided to part ways.
‘We are both still on very good terms and this was a mutual decision where nobody had done anything wrong. We will remain friends, as we have been since day one and I will always be in Maura’s corner and have her back…
‘We are both going through a very tough time with this atm, so please take any speculation with a metric tonne of salt, p.s this is the only truth (and as always trolls can kindly f*** off)…
‘Thank you for all the love and support you’ve given us, it’s truly been appreciated’.
Impassioned: The Irish beauty penned: ‘It breaks my heart to even type this but I wanted to let everyone know that myself and Chris have made the joint decision to end our relationship’
Matching: Chris also released a statement in which he hit out at trolls once more