The Love Island fanbase believe they’ve seen through Grace Jackson’s strategy after a shocking recoupling left one islander seething.
During Monday’s episode, set in the amorous Spanish villa, the residents were taken aback by a text message insisting a recoupling was necessary. Like gold dust, Konnor Ewudzi and Matilda Draper were the most recent entrants into the house, giving them prime choice on who to couple with.
Feeling emboldened by perceived signals from the previous night, Konnor took Grace as his partner, risking tension with her current other-half: TOWIEs Joey Essex. The bold maneuver was met with the cold shoulder from a surprised Grace.
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Grace herself later expressed confusion over the situation, saying she believed to appear “closed off”. However, both Konnor and fans of the show felt Grace seemed more open to meeting others inside the villa.
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As things took an intriguing twist, some watchers speculated the unexpected pair could provide Grace and Joey with the excuse needed for some valuable hideaway time. Others, bemused by Grace’s reaction to Konnor, called instead for her and Joey to graciously exit stage left, reports the Mirror.
Adding fuel to the fire on Reddit, in a thread labelled ‘what is Grace up to?’, an eagle-eyed fan threw in their two pence: “Maybe they just want a way to sleep in the hideaway every night so they have a private bedroom.”
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One viewer commented: “Yeah, Grace is really screwing this up. ‘I said I wasn’t closed off, but everyone can see that we are actually closed off – I don’t want to label it as closed off, but I may as well be.’ Yeah, so you said you’re not closed off, knowing full well that you actually are? Fake,” they added.
Another was left puzzled: “I really don’t understand why Konnor hasn’t revealed that Grace strongly hinted that she was open? Surely this has to be exposed. But yeah it is weird behaviour from her. I feel like there was such a negative vibe around Omar last episode- didn’t really like how both Joey and Sean said he liked to ‘sniff’ around as if he’s a dog. Gross.”
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However, some fans leapt to Grace’s defence. One fan offered a different perspective, writing: “I’m not a big fan of Grace but that conversation with Konnor looked extremely edited and as if she was giving him advice to chat to Uma not her.”
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