‘He’s manipulating them!’ rant Joey Essex fans as he’s accused of being a Love Island ‘producer plant’
LOVE Island fans have accused Joey Essex of being a Love Island ‘producer plant’.
The former Towie star, who is the show’s first ever celebrity bombshell, has been behaving himself during the Casa Amor twist.
Fans were shocked when Joey, 33, dumped Grace Jackson, 24, for Jessy Potts when she arrived last week.
Some were convinced that he was going to crack on with the Casa Amor bombshells, however he’s actually stayed loyal to the beauty.
The hunk told the rest of the boys last night that he isn’t going to take the risk during the shock twist.
Some viewers think Joey is just going for a redemption act now, by sleeping on the day bed and not getting with any casa girls.
Many have taken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their bizarre theory.
One wrote on the social media platform: “Joey is a producer plant.”
Another said: “Joey the producer plant is moving like Luca and Jake. He’s tryna do a redemption arc as if he hasn’t planned this. #loveIsland.”
A third chimed in: “#LoveIsland Joey is this years Jake just plotting and scheming.”
“JOEY ESSEX WITH THE JAKE MANIPULATION TACTIC,” a fourth tweeted.
A fifth said: “#LoveIsland y’all acting like Joey has never seen this show and doesn’t know how it’s played. Just like Jake he’s the ringmaster guiding these boys to their doom. He’s getting to that final.”
“Only reason joey is on the day bed is because he hasn’t seen anyone he can manipulate,” a sixth added.
Meanwhile Jessy hasn’t entertained any of the new boys at Casa Amor either.
Some Love Island fans are convinced there is a secret feud between Joey and Ciaran Davies.
Many took to social media to point out the rugby player’s reaction when Joey was talking about the Casa Amor girls being interested in him.
Love Island series 11 - feuds in the villa
No edition of Love Island is complete without its fair share of drama - and series 11 is no different. Here's a look at some of the most fiery feuds so far.
- Joey Essex & Samantha Kenny: Samantha entered the villa on Day 1 and was initially coupled with Sam Taylor. However, Samantha was ‘stolen’ by Joey, the first bombshell of series 11. She was ‘dumped’ on Day 16 – with the make-up artist saying she had been brutally snubbed by Joey in the villa – although it never made it to air.
- Matilda Draper & Jess White: While Matilda arrived as a bombshell on Day 12, Jess was part of the original line-up. The two clashed in Casa Amor, over Jess’ frustration that Matilda was talking to new hunk Hugo Godfroy – who Jess previously snogged.
- Harriet Blackmore & Jess White: The two women were caught up in a love triangle for much of their time on the programme. The pair were fighting over Ronnie Vint, 27, from Greenwich, who wound up being dumped alongside Harriett.
During a chat with Ciaran and Wil, Joey said: “I ain’t found a girl like this in a long time.
“I normally move quick with girls and girls normally move quick with me.
“But with her, she’s taking her time, it’s all nice and slow and I’m like ‘wow, I’ve not had this in a long time’, this is why I want this, this could be me.
“I don’t think it’s worth the risk of trying to do anything here.”
But Ciaran seemed dubious at Joey’s claims and starred at him blankly.
Some fans think there could be some underlying issues with the pair that stemmed back to Joey’s row with dumped Islander Omar over Grace.
One wrote: “Ciaran is not believing a word Joey is saying. Clearly none of the Casa girls are interested in him.”
A second posted: “Joey makes me cringe…the way he’s talks like a lot of the younger lads, like your dad trying to friend with you and your mates.”
Love Island Casa Amor line-up 2024
THE BOYS
Hugo Godfroy, 24, electrician from Southampton
Jake Spivey, 25, electrician from Essex
Moziah Pinder, 29, personal trainer from Brighton
Blade Siddiqui, 29, naked butler from Stevenage
Joel Kirby, 22, economics and politics post-grad from Devon
Lionel Awudu, 24, financial advisor from Reading
THE GIRLS
Diamanté Laiva, 21, business owner from London
Lucy Graybill, 26, retail store manager from Glasgow
Ellie Jackson, 22, senior executive assistant from Cardiff
Jessica Spencer, 25, fashion stylist from London
Ruby Dale, 23, social media content creator from Surrey
Emma Milton, 30, fashion content creator from Manchester