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Love Island's Jacques seen for first time after villa exit as Paige moves on to Adam

Love Island star Jacques O'Neill has returned to the UK in photos where he's been spotted for the first time since quitting the ITV2 show.

Rugby lad Jacques, 23, decided to leave the Majorcan villa in emotional scenes which aired on Tuesday's show.

After getting angry over claims bombshell Adam Collard had been "s***ging him off", he took Paige Thorne up to the terrace and shared his decision to leave – although some fans suspect he was asked to leave the show.

Sharing his decision with 24-year-old Paige, Jacques became overwhelmed with emotion as he tearfully explained: "I just wish I could finish my journey off with you her but I'm going to go home today."

Jacques then said his goodbyes to his fellow Islanders, including close pal Luca Bish, and left suitcase in hand.

Jacques O'Neill has been spotted for the first time since leaving the Love Island villa (Bumble Bee / SplashNews.com)
In emotional scenes aired on Tuesday, Jacques revealed he felt his time in the villa was up (Bumble Bee / SplashNews.com)

Since his dramatic exit, Jacques has remained silent on social media but has since been spotted back in the UK.

Jacques was seen wearing a white T-shirt and grey cargo-style jogging bottoms along with a black pair of trainers as he was spotted at a Yorkshire shopping centre.

He was accompanied by his fellow rugby player pal Ellis Longstaff just hours after his emotional villa exit was aired on ITV2.

Rugby lad Jacques put on a casual display as he was spotted at a Yorkshire shopping centre (Bumble Bee / SplashNews.com)

The rugby lad made his was through the shopping centre with his pal as he held his phone in his hand.

Jacques was seen putting on a pair of glasses with see-through lenses and frames to read something on his mobile.

And Jacques' pal Ellis put a supportive arm around the reality star as they looked at the phone together.

Love Island star Jacques sported a pair of glasses with clear frames as he put on a casual display (Bumble Bee / SplashNews.com)
Islander Jacques was accompanied by his rugby pal Ellis Longstaff (Bumble Bee / SplashNews.com)

Ellis was dressed casually for the meet up with his Love Island mate as he wore a light blue sports top, black shorts and black sliders.

It comes after some Love Island fans bumped into Jacques on his flight home from Majorca.

The fan was queueing for his flight from Plama to Leeds-Bradford airport when he spotted Jacques and praised him for stopping to take selfies with other viewers of the show.

The Love Island star was seen on his phone, but is yet to break his social media silence after his exit (Bumble Bee / SplashNews.com)
One fan spotted Jacques on his flight back to the UK after leaving the ITV2 show's villa (Bumble Bee / SplashNews.com)

The fan said: "I was shocked seeing him as I didn’t catch up on the episodes due to been on holiday but then I saw him at the airport in Palma Nova.

"It was a complete shock to everyone there, the whole airport couldn’t believe it."

He added to Hull Live: "What I thought was most touching is that he took time to get pictures with people after what he explained to the viewers on Tuesday night. This completely changed the view of what others thought of Jacques."

In the Love Island first look, Paige has admitted she fancies Adam (itv)

Jacques vowed to wait for Paige as he left the show, and said he would pick her up from the airport. But, it appears Paige is already moving on from her romance with Jaques.

In the show's first look trailer ahead of Thursday night's episode Paige is heard admitting: "I do really quite fancy Adam.

"I don't wanna say the word fanny flutters but..."

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