# Shawnee tells Abbie Chatfield there's 'no justification' for her Love Island comments

> On the It's A Lot podcast, the islander says she has apologised to Ava and explains who her words about Sammi were really meant for.

Litty News · Love Island · 12 Nov 2026

Source: https://www.litty.com.au/news/love-island-shawnee-abbie-chatfield-podcast-comments

Shawnee Schein has answered for the comments she made about two other women in the Love Island villa. This week she sat down with Abbie Chatfield on the It's A Lot podcast, where Chatfield put her remarks about Ava Toulson and Sammi to her one by one, Pedestrian and Chattr report.

If you've followed the fallout, you know why it matters: viewers called the comments body-shaming, and a supplement brand [dropped her from a campaign](https://app.litty.com.au/articles/love-island-shawnee-schein-dropped-nu-harvest). This is the first time she has explained herself at length.

## Why did she go after Ava's body?

Shawnee put it down to "insecurity" and "validation", Pedestrian reports, and did not defend it. "It was so horrible to hear that come out of my mouth," she said, as quoted by Chattr.

She told Chatfield the remarks came soon after a dare game in which she had been singled out for her own looks, and that she clung to that moment once Lachie's connection with Ava made her feel insecure, according to Chattr.

"Ava didn't deserve that, and nobody deserves to have their body spoken about like that."

Shawnee Schein on It's A Lot, as quoted by Chattr

## Has she apologised to Ava?

By her own account, yes. Shawnee said she messaged Ava as soon as she saw the clip, and Pedestrian quotes her telling Ava: "This was nothing to do with you". Neither outlet reports what Ava said back.

## Who was "mutt" aimed at?

Shawnee admitted to Chatfield she was "out of line", but said the word viewers heard her use about Sammi was meant for Lachie. "It was 110 per cent at him," she said, per Pedestrian.

Chatfield read the line back to her as it aired. Shawnee accepted that, heard on its own, it "does very clearly seem directed at her".

## Does she blame the villa?

Not entirely. She called it "a very abnormal environment", Pedestrian reports, and said it did not excuse her behaviour.

Chatfield pressed further, asking whether the harm went wider than one person, and Shawnee agreed it did, Chattr reports. Her answer on where the blame sits was plain.

"I'm not here to blame an environment or a circumstance because it's me."

Picture: Pedestrian

By Litty Newsroom

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