Joey Essex and Grace Jackson have been spotted on TV way before Love Island.
Resurfaced clips show Grace on Celebs Go Dating back in 2017 when Joey starred on the show alongside Diversity’s Perri Kiely. In the video, Grace can be seen wearing a red top with her blonde hair styled in a sleek blowout.
Joey is also shown across the room wearing a white t-shirt and his signature quiff hairstyle from back in his TOWIE days. This clip began circling the internet once again and Love Island fans are furious at Mr Essex, with some even calling the duo “actors”.
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Over on X/Twitter, someone posted the clip of Celebs Go Dating and wrote: “Joey and a different looking Grace met on Celebs Go Dating [in] 2017. I wonder if the other islanders know their holiday fling story is a lie? Grace was obviously brought in to give Joey a storyline and get [him] away from Samantha [shrugging emoji] #LoveIsland.”
Underneath the post, someone branded the pair “actors” while someone else questioned: “Did they both forget[?] [upside down smiling emoji].” Someone else said: “You can really tell both were acting [laughing emoji].”
Someone else defended Grace and wrote: “She doesn’t look that different to be fair, just the lips and the makeup, she probably already ha[d] fillers back then. She’s always been beautiful though.” One Love Island viewer even stated that Joey should be taken off the show: “@LoveIsland Get Joey off now this is so unfair to […] Samantha and Sam.”
“[…] We all been knew they were acting like it was a small fling but they obviously have more history than we thought and a longer relationship,” speculated one Love Island viewer before closing off with a suspicious eyes emoji.
Others wondered about Grace’s age in the video – some claimed she would have been between 17 and 19 years old at the time, while others figured out that Joey would have been between 25 and 26. One tweet read: “Wouldn’t she have been 17 turning 18 then? And he was 25 turning 26 lol. 25 and 33 is whatever [their current ages] but that gap 7 years ago is just crazy.”
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