Love Island viewers cringe at Joey Essex and his 'problematic' rapping as unimpressed fans slam the villa's 'embarrassing' talent show and brand it 'painful to watch' By Codie Bullen For Mailonline Published: 22:43, 23 July 2024 | Updated: 22:51, 23 July 2024 e-mail View comments The long-awaited Love Island talent show returned at last during Tuesday night's episode. But fans were left cringing at many of the contestants performances - including a toe puppet show and sweet roast - and it was branded the 'painful to watch'. In particular, viewers complained about Joey Essex's self produced 'awkward' rap, which was offbeat.
The TOWIE star, 33, came out wearing a gold chain, 90s sunglasses and a backward cap to perform the song he had written on his phone. The rap included mentions of all his fellow Islanders and the klaxon to indicate his time on the stage was up went off twice, but he kept going. The long-awaited Love Island talent show returned at last during Tuesday night's episode Fans were left cringing at many of the contestants performances - including a toe puppet show and sweet roast - and it was branded 'painful to watch' As the klaxon sounded a third time, the islanders applauded, but Joey quipped: 'Wait, wait, wait.
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.' This resulted in an awkward silence, with Joey asking: 'Anyone? Well that didn't go that well did it?' Viewers thought Joey would have been better off performing his 2011 dance track Reem. One person wrote.