Lucie Donlan has thanked her boyfriend Luke Mabbott for “loving her” after she was accused of bullying former pal Yewande Biala.
The reality star and surfer, 23, has received death threats in recent weeks after old comments resurfaced on the Internet where Lucie calling Yewande a “bully”.
In retaliation, the Irish beauty, 24, fired back at Lucie and claimed she had “stripped her of her identity” by asking to call her by another name.
With the feud raging on, the former Love Island star has continued with life as usual.
She has even made a gushing tribute to her boyfriend for supporting her throughout the backlash she’s received from Yewande’s fans.
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Taking to her Instagram, Lucie wrote: “The best kind of people are the ones that come into your life, and make you see the sun where you once saw clouds.
“The people that believe in you so much, you start to believe in you too. The people that love you, simply for being you.
“The once in a lifetime kind of people… @lukemabbott.”
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In the photos, Lucie straddled her boyfriend as they relax together on a sandy beach.
The couple stared lovingly into each other’s eyes as Luke has both hands around his partner’s waist.
Lucie and Luke have been dating since last year.
Last week, Lucie fuelled a row with Yewande after an old Reddit comment resurfaced on social media.
After firing back at Lucie, Yewande later said “mispronouncing or changing people’s names is just another form of racism” after the pair locked horns.
She claimed Lucie had “refused” to use her name because she had difficulty pronouncing it as the two clashed over unearthed remarks.
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Yewande denied she ever bullied Lucie, and has since penned a powerful article for The Independent in which she writes that “pronouncing [my name] correctly is key to my identity.”
Yewande wrote: “…when someone doesn’t take the time to learn the proper way to pronounce another person’s name, or worse – intentionally mocks it for being ‘too difficult’ to pronounce, or tries to ascribe another name to make themselves feel comfortable – it can come across as malicious.”
Wrapping up her piece, Yewande said: “Imagine living in a world where our culture and heritage were abolished in order to make others feel comfortable.
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“Without an adequate understanding of the illusive dynamics of subtle racism and racialised re-naming, microaggressions will remain invisible and harmful to the well-being, self-esteem, culture and identify of ethnic minorities.
“So, when you address me, say my name – ‘Yewande’ – and yes, it is important.”
Recently, Lucie tried to play it down as she claimed these “old comments” were spiralling out of control to “incite a row”.
She told MailOnline : “These are really old comments dug up purely to incite a row between two females.
“In this day and age and with everything going on in the world, we should all be sticking together not attacking each other.
“I’ve been sent death threats which are incredibly scary as you can imagine.”
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