Love Island fans were left cringing on Monday night as Joey Essex met ex Grace Jackson's dad David. During the latest instalment, which was meet the parents, Grace was delighted to be reunited with her father and step-mum Jo. However, the trio were interrupted as Joey, 33, walked past with Grace's dad deciding to introduce himself to his daughter's ex.
Grace's dad shouted: "Hey, Joey, Joey! Hey man, come on" as he called over the TOWIE star. Joey seemed nervous as he headed over and shook his hand, saying: "Hello, how are you mate? Lovely to meet you!" as he introduced himself to Grace's step-mum too. Joey then said: "Lovely to meet you, erm, yeah.
.." with Grace quickly adding: "It's all good, it's all good!" Joey continued: "With me and Grace, it's nothing deep!" with Grace's step-mum joking: "We like it when she b******s you though!" Seeing the funny side, Joey said: "Yeah, I know, I understand, I get it!" and as he walked back to his fellow Islanders, he added: "See, I just got approved by Grace's family what can I say!" Taking to Twitter , now X, viewers were left cringing over the moment as one person said: "It was awkward when Joey met Grace’s dad and stepmom #loveisland", a different account put: "Why is graces dad calling Joey over so awkward #loveisland #loveislanduk", another wrote: "I love that Grace’s dad called Joey over.
Make him feel awkward. #LoveIsland" while a different viewer added: "Grace's parents with Joey, that's not awkward..
..#LoveIsland.
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