ITV Love Island's Paige Throne reveals unaired Jacques comment during Casa Amor fallout
15.08.2022 - 18:59
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Paige Thorne has revealed she knew Jacques O'Neill had been with other girls before the dramatic Casa Amor recoupling during this year's Love Island. The 24-year-old finished the ITV2 dating show in fifth place, just missing out on the final, alongside Adam Collard.
The pair hit it off and became 'exclusive' during their time together in the Mallorcan villa after Jacques, 23, made a dramatic and emotional exit. The former rugby player and Paige, a paramedic, went through a rocky patch after he kissed Cheyanne Kerr in the famous TV villa while she was on a girls' trip to Casa Amor.
In a dramatic recoupling, the pair decided to come back to each other but it wasn't smooth sailing as Paige discovered what Jacques had been up to. And their relationship never recovered as in emotional scenes, Jacques quit the villa to 'get back to himself' after struggling with the fallout from the show's annual twist.
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Paige went on to strike up a relationship with bombshell Adam Collard, who made Love Island history by being the first islander to make a surprise return to the villa. And since leaving, the pair have become 'official', confirming they are now boyfriend and girlfriend in their first joint live TV interview last week.
But she has also been speaking out about her experience in the villa and told former islander Toby Aromolaran on his podcast Fancy A Chat? that she had twigged something "bad" had happened before even returning to the villa after their time apart. Paige said: “I knew it was going south when I was last to go in for the recoupling.
"I was sitting in that car park saying, ‘boys