Love Island had social media absolutely lit up with content on Thursday night, as East Lothian islander Jay Younger got into some beef with his fellow contestant Ekin-Su. The drama began when Jay told Jacques that he would be interested in ‘getting to know’ his coupled-up girl Paige a bit better.
Jacques was happy with this, but Ekin-Su - not so much. She flipped at Jay, calling him a liar and saying he ‘deserved a f****** Oscar after all this’. Jacques stood up for his mate Jay, then causing a tearful reaction from Paige, who felt she was ‘being used’ by the rugby man.
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This all cascaded over onto social media, where Love Island fans shared their opinions on the whole situation. One Twitter user was especially unhappy with Jay, writing: “Jay is the real villain. #LoveIsland. But why did Ekin target Amber to chat and not Paige as well??”
Another said: “I think the way Ekin-Su approached Jay was wrong but she’s right, he’s playing games #Loveisland.” A third wrote: “Davide must of been sipping the biggest cup of tea watching the mess between Ekin-Su and Jay #LoveIsland”
However, not everyone was of this opinion, as one Twitter user said: “Wait so you mean Jay went to Ekin first told her the deal then went to Jax before even approaching Paige and yet people trying to call Jay out? #LoveIsland”
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Another agreed, writing: “Jacquees backing Jay who’s going after his girl btw saying saying Jay realised after 2 days Ekin Su is a headache. she needs to GO HOME!”
And a third said: “Am I the only one that kinda ship Jay with Paige #LoveIsland”. Another added: “Ekin-Su had to go back into the villa to read her lines and then come back to the fire pit with Jay to reshoot the scene. #LoveIsland”
A fifth said: “call me bad guy chun-li but i actually don’t think jay did anything wrong #LoveIsland”. And another concluded: “Imagine the producers make the boys pick first and make Jay pick before Jacques and Jay picks Paige.”
So, what’s it going to be? Will Jay stick with Ekin-Su, or will he head off the beaten path for Paige? Only time will tell.
Love Island resumes on Friday, June 24 at 9pm on ITV2. It is available for catchup thereafter on the ITV Hub.
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