CLAUDIA Fogarty's family have broken their silence after the star was axed from Love Island.
The daughter of former motorcycle racer Carl Fogarty was recently dumped from the ITV2 show.
Members of Claudia's inner circle have broken their silence to lavish praise on the fashion boutique owner.
The Love Island star owns shop Sister Stories with her older sister Danielle Fogarty.
And now her sister has taken to Instagram to pay tribute to her sibling with a sweet snap.
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Posting a heart-warming picture of Claudia, 28, giving her a piggyback ride, Danielle captioned her story: "Our girl, you did us so unbelievably proud, you stayed true to yourself the whole way through.
"We are so happy to have you home very soon, I can't wait to hear EVERYTHING.
"I love you so much."
She then went to to repost a highlights reel from Claudia's representatives, which was captioned: "We couldn't be more proud of our girl.
"She followed her heart & stayed true to herself."
Axed stars Olivia Hawkins and Maxwell Samuda announced the next couple to be booted from the villa.
They revealed that viewers would be saying goodbye to Claudia Fogarty and Keanan Brand.
Olivia said it had been a tricky choice, saying: “This has been a really difficult decision for both of us."
The four of them were all required to leave the Love Island villa and the show immediately.
Maya said: "Olivia and Maxwell, Claudia and Keanan, you have all been dumped from the island. Please say your goodbyes."
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Claudia is also known as the daughter of former Motorcyclist racing champion Carl Fogarty.
The MBE has earned multiple awards for holding the second highest number of race wins ever.
In 2014, Carl's name was on the lips of many once again as the World Superbike serial winner won the fourteenth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
