JOEY Essex and his ex Grace Jackson have turned Love Island X-rated after hooking up again on the show.
The couple got so steamy during an overnight stay in Casa Amor that producers had to leave out a lot of footage.
Joey, 33, dated Grace, 25, briefly in 2023 and things have dramatically reignited, with non-stop snogging and even suggestions they could be in it for the long haul.
A source said: “It’s been a long time since we’ve seen chemistry like this on Love Island.
“We always wanted to bring sex back to the villa but didn’t expect this kind of tension so soon.
“There was genuinely so much footage of Joey and Grace at it in Casa Amor, bosses were spoilt for choice and some scenes had to be left out of the edit.
“Because they knew each other before, their entire relationship is on fast forward and it’s steamy stuff. Joey can’t keep his hands off her.”
On last night’s show, Tiffany Leighton asks Grace if she and Joey had gone all the way previously. Grace replied: “Uh huh. Was it good? Yeah…”
Later, she and Joey discussed why their spark fizzled out after they met on an “unforgettable” holiday in Ibiza last summer.
Grace also conceded she would be prepared to move from Manchester to make it work.
Joey said: “I’m looking for something serious.
“I don’t really step into proper serious relationships unless I know for a fact that it’s going to work.
“With me and you I felt like the long distance was the only thing in the way.
“Apart from the long distance I felt like we would have potentially gone further for real.”
Grace replied: “I actually do plan on moving to London. Regardless, I was thinking of that anyway so that would work better. I think the fact that we have kind of come back together and I have been here for literally a day and I already feel like nothing’s changed.”
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Joey said: “Yeah, I know. We were really close regardless. We had a great time together. Honestly, I’ll never forget that holiday ever.”
It spells bad news for Joey’s current coupling, make-up artist Samantha Kenny, who was left in the main villa while he went with Grace.
The source said: “Samantha is already thinking the worst so when she finds out how far Joey and Grace have gone, there’ll be fireworks.”
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