LOVE Island has been split following Meg Moore's brutal row with bombshell Malisha Jordan.
Meg first lashed out at Malisha after she asked Dejon Noel Williams to go for a chat in The Hideaway.
Malisha was branded "disrespectful" by furious Meg, who is coupled up with Dejon, and they ended up in a slanging match.
During the row, Malisha told Meg to "grow up" and called her an "idiot, to which Megan Forte Clark snapped back.
In tonight's episode, Malisha was shown crying following her argument with Meg as she raced back inside the villa.
Hot on her heels was Almia Gagio who was quick to comfort her.
Then, creating a new and obvious division, Almia stormed outside to confront Meg and the other girls for speaking to Malisha the way they did.
Addressing Megan FC, she said: "That was not nice to see all the shouting."
Megan replied: "She called Meg and idiot so I piped in."
Meg then attempted to validate her fury by explaining to Alima that she felt Malisha was "disrespectful" for asking Dejon to The Hideaway.
"I didn't even want to argue with her," Meg claimed.
But Alisha told her: "I know it's not nice to see your boy getting pulled up left, right and centre but at the same time, we can be nice to boys and we can be nice to the girls as well."
Meg replied: "I completely agree but coming in here with the energy she had last night and sat with Dejon having just had a date with him, starting to argue with the girl he's in a couple with and shouting your mouth off at me and calling me an idiot, that's not a good impression."
Standing firm, Alima said: "It's more like, let's try and be nicer to people because that was crazy to watch."
Shakira Khan, who had been listening to Meg and Alima, then came over to fight Malisha's corner as well.
"I genuinely don't think she was being disrespectful going to The Hideaway, it's no different to The Terrace," Shakira said.
Love Island fans have heaped their praise on Alima and Shakira for standing up for Malisha.
Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, one fan said: "Alima was so sweet for checking the girls and Shakira backed it."
Another added: "I love girls like Alima and Shakira. all the others are following Meg for what?"
And a third said: "Love that Alima went to Meg straight after comforting Malisha and told her that she was in the wrong and even told Megan she was wrong for adding her 2 cents. Also love that Shakira went in to back Malisha."
