Look at this point, you’re either watching Love Island Australia with levels of fervour usually only seen among religious cult members, or you’re all like “uhurrhurrr I hate trash TV I’m an INTELLECTUAL” but also you’ve secretly clicked on this and you have every episode set to record. They are the only two camps and I will not hear otherwise.
While we all hate literally everyone on that godforsaken island except for Our Lord Sophie Monk, we were yet to see a true demon emerge. Sure, everyone’s narcissism is off the charts and their brains clearly fell out on the plane flight over to Majorca, but in terms of truly evil behaviour? We had to wait until episode 3, but it well and truly arrived c/o one Grant, 22, sparky.
For the uninformed/confused, Grant has been “coupled up” with sweet angel Cassidy since day dot.
She’s so far the most genuine person on the island, which means I and the rest of Australia hate her the least.
Cassidy’s fallen kinda hard for old Grant, after a spicy little hook up they had in bed one night led to catching feelings. Grant seemed to reciprocate said feelings, until Tayla decided she was kinda into him too.
While this might make you think Tayla is a demon, she was actually really cool about it. Hey – it’s Love Island. It’s been a few days. If you like someone, you speak up bc there’s every chance they’re not that into whoever they’ve partnered up with. So that’s what Tayla did – quite respectfully IMO. She simply told Grant she liked him but if he was into Cassidy she would respect that. It wasn’t GREAT but it wasn’t DEMONIC, you feel?
Anyway. Cassidy gets wind of this, is understandably threatened, and ladies and gentlemen we have our first love triangle. Thing is, Grant dealt with the two women who were clamouring for his attention very, very badly. In short, he fucking gaslighted them.
What’s gaslighting? Ohhhhh honeys. If you know, you KNOW. But for the blessed humans who haven’t experienced this abhorrent dating behaviour, it’s basically when someone does a shitty thing, and then tries to convince you that you’re actually confused and they are not doing a shitty thing at all! In fact, are YOU doing a shitty thing? You ARE! You totally are.
In short it’s fucking with someone’s head in a bid to escape blame for something, and that is my definition and I will adhere to it, do not @ me. Yes yes, there’s some shit about some 1800’s guy who did something with an actual gas lamp to his wife but it’s all irrelevant and all you need to know is gaslighting is BAD and FUCKS WITH SOMEONE’S HEAD.
Specifically, Grant was playing sexy silly buggers with Tayla for the entirety of episode 3 – as in, he was telling her how amazing she is, how hot she is, blah blah. When Cassidy questioned him on how much time he was spending with Tayla, he was all “babe nothing’s going on, lol what”.
When the jealousy reaches running in a pool area levels… 👀 Watch out Grant! #LoveIslandAU pic.twitter.com/ENPuHt7G3q
— 9Now (@9Now) May 29, 2018
“I don’t even know why we’re having this conversation. I’m having a chat to everyone,” were actual words he said.
At one point he told Tayla “I want to kiss you so bad”, which Cassidy then found out about after chatting to Tayla and realising they were both being fucked with. But Grant? Completely denied he said anything of the sort. PAL THERE ARE 2947 CAMERAS ON YOUR FACE, WE KNOW WHAT YOU SAID.
By the end of the episode he’d made both women cry – Tayla because she felt used, Cassidy because she felt played. And like fair fucking enough, the guy totally led both of you on.
Grant’s *love circle* is now offically a *love vortex*. Careful sailing ladies! #LoveIslandAU pic.twitter.com/Y7dZfLTF8f
— Love Island Australia (@LoveIslandAU) May 29, 2018
Here’s hoping Cassidy dumps his ass in tonight’s episode and old mate fucks on outta there.
