LOVE Island fans believe bosses kicked Jacques O’Neill out of the villa in scenes that were cut from the show in a conspiracy theory about a cover up.
The rugby player – who is the ex of Gemma Owen – made the decision to exit the ITV2 dating show hours after former star Adam Collard entered the villa and pulled Paige Thorne for a chat.
The rugby player, 23, announced his shock exit during Tuesday’s episode, explaining that he felt the best thing for his relationship with Paige Thorne, 24, was for him to return home so he could be at his “best” for her.
The shock announcement came the morning after he told Billy Brown to “f**k off” so he could talk to Paige about what Adam Collard had said about him during their chat.
Viewers then saw him baiting Adam with Luca Bish forced to intervene and now think they saw only “half the story”.
Fans took to Twitter and one said: “you can’t convince me jacques didn’t get kicked out by the producers.”
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Another said: “Jacques was 100% kicked out mans did not leave on his own.”
“Either Jacques’ family pulled him out or he got kicked out. Either way he didn’t leave on his own accord. #LoveIsland,” a third said.
A fourth said: “I still lowkey think that jacques did something bad that got him kicked out & they covered it up.”
And one more moaned: “I’m confused with this Jacques leaving.
“It’s like we got half a story and they edited it to make it look legit. It don’t make sense he left out of nowhere. Adam came in called him immature he kicked off and he left saying his waiting for Paige.”
However, at the end of the show, Jacques and Paige went for a chat on the terrace alone where he got emotional as he explained that over the past two weeks things had been getting to him.
Holding back tears, he said: “I just wish I could finish my journey off with you in here but I’m going to go home today.”
His revelation prompted Paige to cry and as they embraced he added: “You’ve got to still enjoy your time here. Just do what you need to do and I’ll be waiting for you.”
Through tears, Paige replied: “I don’t want you to go but also I want you to be happy and it hurts me seeing you in this way.”
Jacques added: “I just know for us to work I need us to get back to myself and the only way I’m going to get back to myself is going home.”
In the beach hut, he admitted: “I’d say in the last week, the only thing keeping me in this place was Paige. That’s the only thing I was staying for. I’ve never felt this way for anyone so I just want to get home, be myself again and carry things on the outside.”
He added: “It’s just not fair on the girl she deserves better than me. It’s not the end of me and Paige because everyone knows what she means to me.”
To announce the news to his fellow islanders, he gathered everyone around the firepit and explained: “I just feel like lately, I just can’t be myself.
“I’m trying my best but I’m not a fake person and I’m not going to start faking things and act like I’m okay when things inside aren’t actually okay.
“For me and Paige to work I need to be at my best and if that means removing myself from the situation and waiting for Paige when she gets out then that I’m going to do.”
His admission left the other contestants shocked and emotional with his close friend Luca Bish saying “It’s not going to be the same without you” through tears as Andrew Le Page told him he had “been a brother” to him.
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Speaking later in the Beach Hut, Paige tearfully said: “I appreciate everything he has done, I support his decision 100%.
“Obviously, it hurts me to see how unhappy he was and how he wasn’t being himself so obviously, I just want the absolute best for him.”
