Jess White and Hugo Godfroy have opened up on their Love Island experience and spilled the tea on Joey Essex’s disregard for the rules and who they think will win the series.
Jess’ stint on Love Island was nothing but a rollercoaster of emotions. The 25-year-old found herself entangled in a sticky love triangle with Ronnie Vint from the get-go, only to finally snag her bloke Hugo Godfroy during the steamy Casa Amor week despite him having second thoughts about their spark.
Post-villa life has been a shocker for fans as Jess and Hugo, despite his earlier doubts aired just before they were booted from the show, are surprisingly still an item, reports OK! Magazine.
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Jess told OK!: “We are still seeing each other,” with Hugo echoing her statement: “We’re just going at our own pace.”
Before being voted off the show Southampton lad Hugo, just 24, confided to villa mate Ayo Odukoya that he was feeling something wasn’t quite right in their coupling, branding their chats “a bit dry”.
The drama didn’t end there, though. Jess spills that they actually hashed out their issues off-screen.
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She added: “We actually had numerous conversations after Hugo’s chat with Ayo and we were good. That’s why I’m not feeling a certain way about it because I’d moved on from it. I was aware of it but obviously, when it’s not shown, you have to come out and answer a lot of questions.”
“Me and Hugo spent so much time together, but that didn’t get aired,” she says. “Let’s all remember it’s a TV show we’re asked to have certain conversations, which are going to potentially cause drama, so when you start saying, ‘Actually, I’m happy doing what I’m doing with the person I’m coupled up with,’ it doesn’t make for good TV.”
Despite the fizzling flame with Ronnie, Jess hit it off with Hugo in Casa Amor, who let slip about the luggage limit drama. “In Casa, we got one suitcase. I took two out to Majorca with me and [the producers] told me to put all my favourite clothes in one suitcase,” he dished.
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Jess reveals that they were even restricted in their fashion choices to avoid clashing with host Maya Jama’s wardrobe. “The night of the Casa recoupling, Maya was wearing red. Emma [Milton] and Mimii [Ngulube] wanted to wear red but they couldn’t. They thought it might be a strobing situation but we now know it’s because Maya was wearing red. Another night, we weren’t allowed to wear black and that’s when she came in wearing black.”
But not everyone played by the rules, especially Joey Essex, who often flouted the mealtime segregation between boys and girls. “Joey just doesn’t understand when you say, ‘Boys and girls separate,’ he’s so like this with Jessie,” Jess explains, mimicking Joey’s closeness with Jessie by touching Hugo.
“It’s like, ‘Joey – separate! That means separate! ‘ He just ignores them.”
Hugo chimes in on the strict villa regulations: “You’re not allowed to have island chat when you’re having lunch but it’s all we know! You just want to talk about it but constantly on the tannoy, it would be like, ‘Hugo, shut up! ‘” Jess adds: “They’re like, ‘Stop talking! Stop talking or we’ll separate you! ‘ It’s quite scary being told off.”
As for who Jess and Hugo are rooting for in the 2024 series, they’re all in for Ciaran Davies and Nicole Samuel. “Their connection is very genuine everyone can see that, even on the outside,” reveals Hugo.
Jess chimes in with her endorsement: “Going on connection, it would be Ciaran and Nicole. They’ve grown together and on their own, and it’s been really nice to see.”
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