ITV Love Island's Jacques O'Neill reduced to tears as he shares what mum told him after leaving show
13.09.2022 - 16:05
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Jacques O'Neill was reduced to tears as he opened up about his post- Love Island experience. The 23-year-old was part of some of the ITV dating show's emotional scenes this summer when he made the decision to leave the villa. He quit the show amid the fallout of annual 'relationship test' stage Casa Amor.
He told his then potential love interest Paige Thorne that he needed to 'get back to himself.' After returning to the UK Jacques said that taking part in the show was the 'worst decision of his life'. And early last month, the former rugby player issued a statement after being involved in a row about his behavior while in Mallorca.
He used the public message to apologise and told fans how he is had started therapy. In the statement, fellow islander Gemma Owen's ex-boyfriend said "there is work that needs to be done on myself" and that he is "not asking for sympathy."
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Jacques has now joined Scott Thomas on the latest series of his podcast, Learning About Judgement. It comes after he signed to Manchester's Social PR, run by former islander Scott, who is the brother of Emmerdale and Coronation Strete star's Adam and Ryan Thomas.
In a clip posted to both of their Instagram pages, Jacques is seen speaking openly about the struggles he faced especially with the way his family felt after his appearance on the reality show as well as his ambitions to be a role model for kids with ADHD after his family shared his diagnosis while in the villa.
He said of his decision to quit Love Island when he did: "If I didn’t leave when I did, I could feel myself getting into a really bad place. The hardest thing was just seeing my mum how
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