Love Island has gifted us plenty of mic drop moments: from Maya Jama's epic hosting (and even better outfits) to the fallout from *that* Movie Night, which saw essentially everyone in the villa
Then there was also the episode where the contestants were dishing on their celebrity exes. During a game of Never Have I Ever around the fire pit, Zara Deniz Lackenby-Brown posed a very interesting challenge, asking her co-stars to drink if they had dated a celebrity.
This led to Tanya Manhenga, Lana Jenkins, Olivia Hawkins and Zara herself taking a drink to signal that yes, they had dated some VIPs in the past. Some were shy about naming names, with Olivia saying just; "I dated someone in the athletic field," and Lana claiming; "My most recent ex-boyfriend is an actor".
Tanya and Zara, however, were less coy about the details. Zara opened up about her experience with a famous Olympian, saying; "I've gotten with an athlete before, a famous athlete. Very famous." She then revealed; "I've kissed Usain Bolt."
Tanya, for her part, shared that she had dated someone in the music industry. "Mine was a footballer and then the other one was a rapper. It was Not3s". Not3s is a musician whose songs include 'Addison Lee' and collabs with Mabel such as 'My Lover' and 'Fine Line'.
Now, if you went on Twitter last night and saw that the name "Not3s" wass trending on Twitter, this is why - with Love Island fans sharing their disbelief at the news of Tanya's celeb ex, as well as shock at Zara's revelation.
As you can see, there were plenty of gifs, reactions and hot takes - reminding us that the best thing about Love Island is the Twitter reactions.
Now, almost a month later, Not3s has responded to the Love Island moment during an appearance on Capital XTRA Breakfast with Robert Bruce and Shayna Marie. On 24th February, he admitted he was "shocked" by the admission from Tanya, adding, "You know, I can't be too honest. That's the problem because I'll look like the like the bad guy. You know? I mean, like I'm talking too much...
"Everything that goes on with me socially doesn't actually help my home. You get what I'm saying, so when like girls are going on national TV to say that they kissed me... It’s kind of like you put me in a position. Why did you, why did you purposely pick me? Did Love Island tell you to pick me? What's going on? You know I mean? All’s well that ends well."
He added that he "hopes that she makes it in whatever way" that she wants, because otherwise it "would have been a waste of a name drop."
