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Privacy NoticeJoey Essex has seen many familiar faces walk into the Love Island villa, from Grace Jackson, to Emma Milton in Casa Amor, as well as late bombshell Lola. The TOWIE star, 33 rekindled his romance with Grace, 25, when she entered, until Jessy Potts came in and turned his head. Viewers and Islanders heard the pair speak about how they’d met and begun their romance in Ibiza last year, but resurfaced footage showed they first laid eyes on each other much earlier. Joey is no stranger to a reality show, and took place in E4’s Celebs Go Dating season 2, which aired in 2017. Eagle eyed fans have now noticed Grace took part in the same series, as she attended a mixer with the celebrities.
Joey and Grace were inseparable when she first entered the villa as a bombshell
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In the footage aired on the show, Love Island bombshell Grace can be seen talking to Diversity star Perri Kiely, while Joey can be seen engaging in a conversation with someone else. It is unclear whether to two interacted during filming off camera. As the video circulated on social media, shocked fans took to the comments to share their thoughts. “NO WAY I WATCHED THIS HOW DID I NOT KNOW!” exclaimed one. Another said: “Love island really produced this year,” while a third shocked fan said: “I’ve watched this season so many times and completely missed this”.
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Although Grace and Joey seemed inseparable when the model first entered the villa with Tiffany Leighton, Joey’s head was quickly turned when they had been dumped from the Island came in and asked him on a date. Things quickly turned sour between Grace and Joey, although Jessy and Grace became best of friends during their mutual time spent in the villa. After Joey moved on, Grace got to know a number of bombshells, including Casa Amor Islander Blade. She then coupled up with Reuben, and the two had a strong connection, even meeting each other’s families when they entered the villa. However, the two were savagely dumped this week during a game of Couple of Sorts. The challenge started off as a light-hearted games where Islanders guessed where the public ranked them in categories including Worst Dressed. When it came to the category of who was least likely to work on the outside, Grace and Reuben came in first place. Grace then said she would prove everyone wrong, but may have tempted her own fate as the Islanders then received a text that they had been dumped from the Island.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnCelebs Go DatingLove IslandJoey Essex