JOEY Essex has been dealt a devastating blow – days before the return of Casa Amor on Love Island.
The ex-Towie star has been dropped by Grace Jackson and slammed by viewers after he attempted to drag her into a love triangle with bombshell Jessy Potts.
Joey, 33, stunned Love Island viewers by kissing Jessy on the terrace last night and later trying to cover it up.
But news of the secret snog travelled like wildfire and Grace has now vowed to never speak to him again.
Outraged fans raced to social media, and one said: “Joey is acting like a teenage boy. Ew.”
Another said: “Joey’s messiness has to be forced because there’s no way he is this foolish, at 33 years especially.”
Before his head was turned on Love Island, things seemed to be going well between Joey and Grace.
But Jessy whisked Joey off on a romantic dinner date and afterwards he told the lads he felt a “deeper” connection with her.
Jessy then tried to smooth things over with Grace – but she wasn’t having any of it.
Furious Grace also ripped into Joey saying she refused to be in a triangle with another “blonde”.
Joey was coupled up with Samantha when Grace arrived.
And Joey’s sister Frankie made her feelings known by reacting with hand-clapping emojis beneath fan comments on social media.
One comment on Love Island’s Instagram said: “Why is Grace behaving like this? She did exactly the same to Samantha.”
A second comment read: “And Grace’s true nature comes out.”
A third said: “Why is Grace raging though she donwre the same to Samantha.”
Samantha’s Love Island axe came after a recoupling saw Grace and Joey couple up and Sam left single.
Love Island has been hit with thousands of complaints over the years - here are the most moaned about moments
Dani’s tears: in 2018, Ofcom received 2,644 complaints when Dani Dyer was left in floods of tears over Jack Fincham during the Casa Amor. Viewers felt the show had been manipulated to make it appear Jack was going to cheat, when in fact he wasn’t. And poor Dani didn’t learn the truth for days.
Maura fury: Although she later won over the public, Maura Higgins got off to a bad start in 2019. After arriving as a bombshell, she made a beeline for Tommy Fury – who was coupled up with Molly-Mae Hague – and tried to kiss him while straddling him on a daybed. 709 people accused her actions as ‘sexual harassment’.
Faye explodes: The 2021 series of Love Island remains the most complained series about yet. 4,330 complaints were made to Ofcom after Faye Winter received a postcard from Casa Amor, which appeared to show her fella Teddy Soares kissing a bombshell. But a whopping 24,763 complaints flooded in when Faye came face-to-face with Teddy again. Faye’s shocking outburst even sparked a reaction from male domestic abuse charity, ManKind Inititive, who branded her ‘unacceptable’.
Bish bash: The following year, the fallout from Movie Night sparked 3,617 Ofcom complaints. Fans of the show were horrified by Luca Bish’s harsh reaction when Gemma Owen was shown speaking to bombshell Billy Brown.
Muggy Mitch: Almost 1,000 Ofcom complaints flooded in last year in the final week of Love Island. Viewers were unimpressed with Mitchel Taylor’s treatment of Abi Moores and felt he was ‘targeting’ her. Fans even urged Love Island bosses to check on Abi’s ‘mental health and welfare’.
