Joey Essex on Love Island fix rumours – and him meeting Grace on CGD
Matilda and Sean – 14%Speaking exclusively to The Sun about their encounter, Joey said: “Was that the first series? I think we might have bumped into each other at that mixer and said hello or something like that.



The former Towie star, 33, was the first ever celebrity bombshell to appear on the ITV2 dating show this year.”People get leaked all the time and they don’t go in. “She was like, yeah, I came on celebs go dating and blah, blah, blah. I didn’t remember.”Ciaran and Nicole – 35%
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“But at the time, I was already talking to someone else. So I wasn’t interested at the time.JOEY Essex has broken his silence on the Love Island fix rumours – and the bombshell video of him meeting Grace Jackson on Celebs Go Dating.And the results are in!”There’s loads of people. Jessy was meant to go in last year. Do you know what I’m saying?
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Some fans dubbed the ITV2 show the “Joey Essex show” after a number of his exes entered the villa.Mimii and Josh – 41%
Others were convinced that Joey and Grace were still together and had planned it all along. “Even if articles was to come out, you still don’t know. Ayo and Jess – 10%Last week fans were left in shock when a bombshell video circulated which ‘proved’ Joey and Grace actually met on TV SEVEN years before Love Island.”Do you know what I mean? The star confessed: “I didn’t realise that I was going to be going on a potential Ex on the Beach experience. When asked if he knew Grace was going to arrive, Joey said: “You never know who’s going in Love Island. You don’t know. How do you know?Joey was surprised in the villa by a number of people he has had a past with including Grace, Emma Milton and Lola Deluca.
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“So, no. But, you know, with her and the whole situation of people thinking that, it’s just like one of those things.”However he had absolutely no idea that they were going to turn up.
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Many compared the series to MTV’s Ex On The Beach, where those taking part are met with their former flames on the show.