Love Island Joey Essex's life from TOWIE star's famous exes to heartbreak in childhood
04.06.2024 - 20:09
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Joey Essex caused quite a stir when he made an unexpected TV return this week. The former The Only Way is Essex (TOWIE) star can add Love Island to his bumper reality TV CV thanks to his debut on the ITV2 dating show during the series opener on Monday night (June 3).
Joey, 33, left Love Island viewers stunned when he appeared on their screens towards the end of tonight's summer series launch episode, with the Essex lad unveiled as a bombshell ready to cause some chaos inside the Spanish villa.
While Joey may be no stranger to the world of celebrity and reality TV, viewers may be surprised to learn a few things about the villa's first bombshell of the summer. From the heartbreaking way he dealt with the death of his mother as a young boy to his famous exes and one-time co-star fiancee, the Mirror took a look at Joey's life away from the cameras.
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Joey made his reality TV debut way back in 2011, when he joined his cousin Chloe Sims on the second series of The Only Way is Essex. In addition to coining his catchphrase 'reem' on TOWIE until 2013, Joey has enjoyed a stint in the jungle for the 13th series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2013 and won the Channel 4 series The Jump,
He's also had two goes at Celebs Go Dating, appeared on Celebrity Ex on the Beach, been pushed to his limits on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, cooked up a stormed on Celebrity MasterChef and popped up in the first series of Splash!
More recently, Joey headed Down Under for the 8th series of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!,