SAD GOODBYE
The real reason Jacques O’Neill quit Love Island revealed as he breaks down in tears to Paige
LOVE Island’s Jacques O’Neill quit the villa after bombshell Adam Collard made moves on his girl.
It had been a tough few days for the rugby player, 23, after admitting to Paige Thorne that he'd cheated with other girls during the show’s Casa Amor stage.
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In some of the most emotional scenes ever shown on Love Island, he broke down in tears - and so did many viewers.
The sobbing lad told his co-stars: "Lately, I just can't be myself. I'm trying my best - but I'm not a fake person.
"I'm not going to start faking things and act like I'm OK when things inside aren't actually OK."
Jacques added, to gasps from the cast around the firepit: "So I'm going to be leaving today.
"I just can't stick around and not be myself. It's not fair to me and it's definitely not fair to Paige.
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"For me and Paige to work I need to be at my best and if that means removing myself from the situation and waiting for Paige when she gets out, that's what I'm going to do."
His emotions came to a head after villa veteran Adam, 26, cracked on with the pretty paramedic.
On last night’s show Jacques erupted after Gemma Owen, 19, told him Adam had “properly slagged him off”.
Jacques, who in another twist dated Gemma for eight months during the pandemic, ranted: “If a boy’s going to chat s*** behind my back, I don’t f***ing have it.”
After deciding to leave the villa yesterday morning, he broke down in tears on the terrace.
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Jacques told Paige: “I need to get back to myself and the only way I'm going to do that is by going home."
In emotional scenes, he told her: "You mean so much to me, you know that?
"The past two weeks….things are hard in here, I’m finding it hard. I’m trying to put a brave face on but things are getting to me.
“I want to be with you, like I want you to be my girlfriend. I want that, so I’m going to wait. I’m counting down the days until you get out.”
Paige said: “I don’t want you to go… Obviously, I want you to be happy and it hurts me seeing you this way anyway.”
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He later shook Adam’s hand and added: “It’s all good.”
A spokesperson for the show said this afternoon: “Jacques has made the decision to leave the Villa.
“We fully support his decision and look forward to seeing what’s next for Jacques.”
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During his time in the villa Jacques was accused of “bullying” and “gaslighting” Paige.
His family shared that the lad from Cumbria struggles with his emotions due to ADHD.
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