Many of us believe that Joey Essex has been one of the most jarring things to happen to this series of Love Island . ITV2’s formerly popular dating show has been on a steady decline in recent years and, aside from a few good scandalous moments, this series has ultimately been bland especially compared to the golden era of the programme. Bosses likely hoped casting a celebrity with the regular islanders would save their seriously flailing series and The Only Way Is Essex star Joey, 33, stepped up to the role, entering the villa as a bombshell on day one .
Unfortunately, with him facing a storm of backlash, it’s turned out to be more like a nightmare than a dream holiday for Joey. From a producer standpoint, he’s obviously been ‘good’ TV in the sense that he’s stirred up the utmost drama, setting the cat among the pigeons on a regular basis. However, for many of us viewers, it just hasn’t been enjoyable to watch.
The reality TV icon has come across as arrogant and antagonistic to the point of people threatening to report him to Ofcom. After his behaviour in the most recent episodes this week, it’s not hard to see why they feel this way. Joey, who is currently coupled up with Leicester bombshell Jessy Potts, has been butting heads with Josh Oyinsan over the South Londoner’s messy and complicated love square involving Ayo Odukoya, Mimii Ngulube and Jess Spencer (not to be confused with Jessy).
It all kicked off after Grafties night when the villa was shown awkwa.