Inside Love Island Jessy’s surprise welcome home party – without Joey Essex
Jessy looked stunning in a red cut-out dress with a white and pink pattern. However, the pair have denied that there was anything romantic between them.



The TV star narrowly missed the final after she and the former TOWIE legend were booted out of the villa in a brutal dumping.Jessy, 25, was overcome with emotion as she stepped out into a quant pub garden in her hometown. “I mean, do your readers actually think that I would go up to a girl in a challenge and kiss her in front of her boyfriend, whilst the girl that I actually have feelings for is stood next to her?”But he dumped her in October 2016 for making him “spend too much time in Chelsea”.
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Despite announcing that they are exclusively dating and planning a trip to the Maldives – Jessy’s boyfriend was nowhere to be seen. Jessy also posed for a photo with Joey on Instagram and revealed that they’d finally dated at Sheesh – a celebrity hot spot that Joey had promised to take her.This comes after Joey accused Love Island producers of using him and his vast reality TV experience. Their relationship seemed to be going well after Joey showed her around his hometown of Chigwell in Essex. But the pair split in February 2020.
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He admitted that he played up to the cameras and “did what he needed to do”.
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And he told The Sun in an exclusive interview: “We’re really happy. I can’t wait for us to just meet my friends, my family.Rumours of the pair’s relationship circled for months in the lead up to the show airing, with Vanessa exclusively denying the whispers to the Sun in November 2022.The pair were one of the original Essex duos, and were together on and off for three years before ending the relationship for good in September, 2014.The romance soon fizzled out afterwards and Willerton, who won the title of Miss Universe Great Britain said she found it difficult.By May 2023, Joey confirmed he was single and said he could not see a future for them after the final.They fell for each other while appearing in Celebs Go Dating and shared a steamy kiss in Joey’s swimming pool.One friend said that she was “so effing proud” of bombshell Jessy, who became a staple in the programme.LOVE Island’s Jessy Potts beamed as she was reunited with her family at a surprise welcome home party – but Joey Essex was nowhere to be seen. “I’ve just done what I’ve done because I’m filming a television show.”Lorena Medina – Joey met model Lorena Medina on MTV reality show Ex On The Beach in 2019.“I didn’t really have much time off… I was very, very busy, active.
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Amy Willerton – Joey was rumoured to be dating his I’m A Celeb co-star Amy Willerton in 2013, when they both appeared on the show together.



