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Joel Leaver

Love Island bosses shun just one islander on Instagram - with fans asking why

The official Love Island account on Instagram has only just followed Jacques O'Neill, despite it having already been following the rest of this year's islanders including the new boys.

The professional rugby player, 23, entered the villa over the weekend and was discovered to be the ex-boyfriend of fellow islander Gemma Owen, 19, almost immediately.

And although he's been in the villa for a few days, the official account for the show (@loveisland) doesn't appear to have been following Jacques (@jacques9oneill_) until today.

The Mirror was made aware by a user on social media last night that the account wasn't following him, despite it following every other islander that's featured this year so far.

We investigated and found that Jacques wasn't coming up in the Love Island account's following list on Instagram, though new additions Remi Lambert, 22, and Jay Younger, 28, were.

The account - which follows more than 200 other accounts - was following all other current islanders as well as Liam Llewellyn, 22, and Afia Tonkmor, 25, who have left the villa.

He appeared to be the only current islander not being followed by the show's verified account (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

A host of contestants from previous series were also among those in the following list, such as winner Greg O'Shea, 27, as well as celebrities like Bridgerton 's Nicola Coughlan, 35.

Jacques - who's among the 14 people currently on the show - wasn't coming up among the more than 200 accounts that were being followed by the show's verified one though.

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The official Love Island account on Instagram however is now following islander Jacques on the platform after the Mirror reached out to ITV this morning for comment.

The account - which has more than 3 million followers itself - had been following 227 accounts earlier today, though this has since increased to 228, with Jacques' now included.

Nicola Coughlan's account is among those being followed by the verified Love Island one (Mike Marsland/WireImage)

Jacques - who is best known as a rugby league player for the Castleford Tigers - entered the villa in Majorca a few days ago and is currently coupled up with Paige Thorne, 24.

His ex-girlfriend Gemma - the daughter of former footballer Michael Owen, 42 - is among his fellow islanders, with her coupled up with Luca Bish, 23, on the show at the moment.

Love Island continues tonight on ITV2 and ITV Hub at 9pm. Episodes are available the following morning on BritBox. You can catch up on the series via ITV Hub and BritBox.

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