ITV Love Island's Jacques says he hasn't spoken to Paige since show ended as he takes aim at ex's relationship with new man Adam
07.08.2022 - 23:56
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Love Island star Jacques O'Neill has spoken out about his ex Paige Thorne's relationship with new man Adam Collard after the ITV2 dating show ended. Following talk that former rugby player Jacques skipped Sunday night's reunion show filmed on Thursday, he gave his opinion on Paige and Adam's romance in a candid fan Q&A chat with his fellow Islander Luca Bish in an Instagram live broadcast.
Jacques, 23, quit the TV villa in Mallorca last month after clashing with new arrival Adam over his flirting with Paige. Jacques, who had just been through a rocky time with paramedic Paige, 24, after he kissed bombshell arrival Cheyanne Kerr during the Casa Amor relationship test, was rattled by the arrival of hunky Adam, 26, who immediately made his interest in Paige clear.
He told The Sun after his departure: “I thought if I don’t get myself out things could go horribly wrong and I could get physical. "At home you can remove yourself from situations, but in there you had to deal with every situation, and in that moment I took my microphone off, and walked straight through the front doors because I just wanted to get out of that place."
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Jacques previously said he 'couldn’t cope' on the show, which pairs-up singles in the sunshine with the winning couple scooping £50,000, and said doing Love Island was the "worst decision of my life.” He recalled: “I was ready to break down. I was feeling so mentally drained, I just wanted to go home and get myself right."
Jacques has now taken aim as he referred to the awkward Meet the Parents episode when Paige asked her mum what she thought of Adam. After a long pause her mum said: "I'm