Love Island's Joey Essex 'real reason' for Grace Jackson split revealed as exes reunite in villa

Things are set to heat up on Love Island this weekend with the arrival of the Casa Amor bombshells. Known for creating chaos among the established couples, the Casa Amor format has either the boys or the girls taken away to Casa Amor - leaving their partners behind at the main villa.This year's set of new arrivals will no doubt cause a stir, especially as one, fashion content creator Emma Milton, is another of Joey Essex's exes and, it turns out, "open to reconnecting" with the TOWIE star, even though she also is friends with Grace. Other newbies who may rock the boat include Blade Siddiqi, who works as a "butler in the buff" and financial advisor Lionel Aduwu, who has his eye on not one but three of the girls in the villa.

As if Joey Essex hadn’t already had enough drama in the Love Island villa, more is set to come his way as another one of his exes is on her way to Casa Amor. Ever since Joey’s former flame Grace Jackson entered the villa, the two were inseparable, however, things all came to a blow when new bombshell Jessy Potts took the TOWIE star on a date, which well and truly turned his head. Grace, who had a fling with Joey while on holiday in Ibiza, was left fuming and things only got worse when she found out the two had a kiss on the terrace.

Tiffany Leighton’s time in the Love Island villa may have been cut short, but she’s still keeping an eye on all the on goings, and has advice for friend Jess White as she gets to know new bombshell Trey Norman. Appearing on the show’s Morning After podcast, the 25-year-old suggested Trey was “playing a game” with Jess. "He's gone in there, all eyes for Jess,” she said, before questioning: "Do you think he's playing a game because he's not getting to anyone else?” "She's quite a strong character in there.

After they became the latest couple to be dumped from Love Island, Harriet Blackmore admitted she blames Ronnie Vint's behaviour on the show for their exit.The public had been voting for their favourite couple, with Harriet and Ronnie receiving the least amount of votes. Harriet, 24, and Ronnie, 27, faced Grace and Konnor as well as Uma and Wil in the bottom three, with co-star Jess sadly revealing they'd been voted off the show.The couple had a rocky ride in the villa, with Ronnie being in couples with other girls, which Harriet believes may have contributed to their lack of votes from viewers. As their stunned co-stars sat in silence, Ronnie said he'd "had a blinder" in the villa.

Samantha Kenny opened up on how easy it is to put on weight in the Love Island villa, especially when you are not using the lavish gym that is built for the islanders. Speaking exclusively to OK!'s Love Island Dumping Debrief - our weekly video series where the 2024 cast unpack the latest drama from the series - the 25 year old shared that she managed to put on 10lbs during her two week stint on the show. “I put five kilos on,” she said.

They say the course of true love never runs smooth – and that's never more true than in the Love Island villa. With Joey Essex having split from Grace Jackson and coupled up with Jessy, there's drama ahead on Friday's episode. 28 June, when Joey makes Jessy a coffee and decides to make something for Grace, too.

Fans of Joey Essex were left gobsmacked when the TOWIE star made a surprise appearance on Love Island earlier this month. Now, they're clamouring for his lookalike to join the show in the upcoming series. Josh Miles, known as @joshmiles02 on social media, recently went viral after he transformed himself into the 33-year-old reality star using just hair products.

Grace Jackson might be a Love Island bombshell - by outside of the villa it's more like The Apprentice, with the star running two businesses out of Manchester. The 25-year-old can comfortably put any suspicions that she’s chasing Joey Essex for fame and money to bed, given she is not only a model but is also a successful businesswoman. In fact, her firms keep her so busy she has said in the past her schedule is too packed for a relationship.

Love Island could be in for another explosive shake-up with the return of Casa Amor and the first girl heading into the villa has reportedly been revealed. But this isn't her first rodeo with reality TV. Boxing ring girl and model Emma Milton, according The Sun, is now on the search for romance, and the 29 year old has already appeared on screen.

Nothing gets past Love Island fans these days, and many viewers think they've managed to 'uncover' the real reason Islander Harriett Blackmore opted to couple up with Ronnie Vint. Although Ronnie, 27, appeared to be hitting things off with Jess White just moments ago, it's no secret that he's been open to having a few chats here and there with other girls in the villa.

Love Island's Samantha Kenny and Patsy Field have shown they're not letting getting dumped from the villa get them down.The girls, who started in the original cast of the 2024 ITV2 show earlier this month, were spotted out partying in London together with friends.The group enjoyed watching Girls Aloud from a box on Saturday night. Patsy, 29, posted a video of Samantha, 26, dancing and singing along to their hit song Love Machine. Later on she shared an update from a taxi, showing the party carrying on as passengers including Liverpudlian Sam, singing and dancing in the car.

It's hotting up in the Love Island villa - particularly in Joey Essex’s bed, as the TOWIE star smooches up a storm with bombshell Grace Jackson. While the couple, who originally met on holiday and briefly dated , claim they haven’t seen each other in over a year, recently dumped islanders Munveer and Patsy aren’t so sure that’s true. Speaking exclusively to OK!'s Love Island Dumping Debrief - OK!'s weekly video series where the 2024 cash unpack the latest drama from the series - Patsy and Munveer gave their opinion on what they think about Joey and Grace’s romance.

From day one, Love Island fans Love Island fans were left baffled after claiming that one of the show's contestants, Munveer Jabbal, had been "missing" from the villa for three episodes. The recruitment manager, 30, entered the show on a high when he was initially coupled up with Mimii Ngulube - who is now coupled up with Ayo Odukoya - and voted as most likely to be "boyfriend material." But, throughout his time in the villa, viewers took to social media to complain over the TV personality's lack of airtime, with Munveer barely making any appearances on the ITV dating show. Speaking exclusively to OK!'s Love Island Dumping Debrief - OK!'s weekly video series where the 2024 cash unpack the latest drama from the series - Munveer revealed exactly what he was doing which led to the lack of airtime for him.

With the latest series of Love Island well and truly underway, the villa has seen a whole new host of bombshells enter through its doors in recent days as they hope to settle down and find love. Among those is Grace Jackson, who previously dated fellow Islander Joey Essex for six weeks. Having spent a week on our screens, viewers will be familiar with the 25 year old bombshell, and now pre-villa pictures of Grace have emerged – and the model turned TV personality looks just as glam as she does now.

Samantha Kenny's mum has taken a swipe at Joey Essex for 'ruining' her daughter's experience on Love Island after she was brutally dumped from the villa.The 26 year old was sent home on Tuesday, 18 June, after she was left single following a recoupling around the fire pit. The beauty entered the Love Island villa on day one and after the shock arrival of TOWIE star Joey Essex, the pair coupled up. Despite highs and lows, Samantha and Joey remained as a couple for around two weeks and in Love Island terms - that's pretty serious.

Stunning bombshell Grace Jackson has caused a stir since entering the Love Island villa.The 25-year-old model revealed she has a history with TOWIE star Joey Essex, with the two quick to pick up where they left off. It's left Joey's former flame Samantha, who he has been coupled up with for the last two weeks, devastated, as Joey vowed to make it work after rekindling his relationship with Grace. Outside the villa, Grace already lives a lavish lifestyle in Manchester, having built up an impressive 80,000 fans on Instagram with famous followers including celebs like Molly-Mae Hague and Conor McGregor.

Jack Grealish won't be gracing the pitch in Germany this summer as Gareth Southgate omitted him from the England squad for Euro 2024 – with injury troubles throughout the season being a contributing factor.

Things could get very complicated in the Love Island villa very soon, as 25 year old bombshell Grace Jackson is set to stir things up during her entrance to the villa this week.The blonde beauty is one of three new bombshells – along with Wil Anderson and Tiffany Leighton – who have entered the villa, and it turns out that Grace knows not just one, but two of the current Islanders. Grace, who co-owns a social media marketing agency in Manchester and also works as a model, is Joey Essex’s ex, with the pair having dated for six weeks earlier this year.

Three new arrivals are set to rock the villa in tonight's episode.The Islanders are enjoying a special brunch in the sunshine when peace is interrupted with the shock arrival of three new bombshells, Grace, Tiffany and Will. As the three newcomers enter, Joey Essex is particularly shocked and says: “Oh my God.” Turning to Sean, Joey says: “I used to see that girl bruv…that blonde girl.” Sensing something is off, Samantha says to Joey: “Do you know her?” to which he says: “Yeah…it’s a long story man…” Samantha continues to ask: “Did you used to see her?” As the girls get to know the newcomers, Nicole asks Grace: “So how do you know Joey then? Revealing what happened between them, Grace says: “So, we met last year in Ibiza and it's actually funny because he's not my type at all. We had a bit of a holiday romance.

The Love Island cast were in for a shock during Thursday night's episode when three new faces entered the villa - however, Joey Essex was particularly familiar with one of the bombshells. In a preview for Friday night's episode, viewers watched as three new contestants strutted through the villa doors, much to the cast's excitement.