Joey Essex reveals the ex he REALLY dreaded walking into the Love Island villa
JOEY Essex dreaded one ex walking into Love Island - but it wasn't Grace Jackson.
The reality TV king has given his first interview to The Sun after leaving the famous telly villa.
He spent six weeks in the Majorca pad with his ex Grace, 25, and it wasn't all sunshine and kisses.
They clashed after his head turned for Jessy Potts following a brief rekindling with Grace.
Joey's willpower was tested again when the Love Island Gods chucked in stunning Lola Delulca.
He met the Surrey model in Ibiza the year before and had slid into her DMs.
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Through a crop of beauties thrown in his path, Joey stuck with Jessy.
He and his villa girl were voted off by dumped Islanders who had returned in a sneaky twist to get their revenge.
Now he's spilled the tea on his time in the show and told The Sun he would have hated to live with one secret ex.
Joey told us: "I wouldn't have liked to see an ex who you probably don't know about.
"The exes you don't know about are the exes who I was more serious about.
"Probably one of my most recents. She wouldn't have come in though!"
In his pursuit of love Joey made some 'mad moves' but is now happily "exclusive" with Jessy.
He officially shut down his romance with ex Grace after just one date with the Cheshire stunner.
Before that he ditched Samantha Kenny to reconnect with Grace, and faced a backlash from the Islanders and the public as a result.
Joey also told us who he thinks will continue to work in telly from the 2024 cast.
He said: "To be honest the only person I see doing like some television, who has got a bit of personality, is probably Ronnie.
"I think he will be snapped up quite quickly. Because he didn't care too much about going in tehre and sitting on the fence.
"He said a bit more, he had a laugh. I was gutted (when he left)."
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