He's yet to find romance in Casa Amor after arriving in the Love Island villa in Friday night's episode. And it appears that Jack Keating's mum Yvonne Connolly had high hopes for her boy hitting it off with singer Antigoni Buxton.
Before Jack, Yvonne's son with her singer ex husband Ronan Keating, made his debut show bosses shares a stunning photo of Antigoni gazing out over the balcony with the caption 'when will my husband arrive in the villa?'. And Yvonne couldn't resist replying on Friday with a winking emoji: "Sooner than you think Antigoni."
Yvonne, who split from Boyzone star Ronan in 2010, added the hashtag: "#jackandAntigoni." But sadly Antigoni, 26, was given the boot from the villa in a double double dumping earlier in Friday night's episode. So never had the chance to get to know Jack as one of six new boys brought in to meet the girls.
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Jack mentioned that his parents were no longer together during a chat with Gemma Owen on Sunday night's episode of the ITV dating contest. Ronan married model Yvonne in 1998 and they had three children together.
Jack was born in 1999 and daughters Missy and Ali born in 2001 and 2005. Life is a Rollercoaster singer Ronan met his second wife Storm Uechtritz on the set of the Australian X Factor and they married in 2015.
They have a son Cooper born in 2017 and a daughter Coco who they welcomed in 2020. On Monday night Ronan was quizzed about Jack being on Love Island on The One Show.
The 45-year-old admitted that he was an 'absolute mess' over seeing Jack on the ITV2 dating contest with the aim of finding romance in Mallorca and winning £50,000. He told hosts Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas that he's 'worried' about his son after noticing that he seemed quiet.
"He was very quiet, he seemed a little bit nervous which is understandable I guess," said Ronan. "I hope he does okay. He's got such a big heart and he's a real softie. I worry about him in there with all those other guys."
Asked by Alex if he had reservations about Jack entering the ITV2 dating contest he laughed: "Come on, the kids today they don't listen." And on the advice he gave to his son he said: "I said 'be yourself and have a good time.' The bottom line is to be you. I hope people will see that and warm to him. He's my boy, I want to look after him."
Ronan, who shot to fame as a member of the Irish boyband Boyzone which he joined when he was just 16, said Jack was in 'lockdown' in Spain before making his debut in the episode screened on Friday night. "It's been silent and then he appeared on the TV last night," he explained.
Ronan was also quizzed about Jack appearing to bond with footballing star and pundit Michael Owen's daughter Gemma as they chatted about their families. "They had a lovely chat. You and Michael could be in-laws," suggested Michael's friend Jermaine, who played for Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest.
"Outlaws," Ronan laughingly replied, before saying he 'fell off his chair' over a remark made by Jack to Gemma that he had 'retired.' "He did drop the line that I was retired," he said. "I fell off my chair. I'm doing The One Show next week. I'm in York tonight. I'm definitely not retired."
Asked how he found out about Jack becoming an Islander Ronan said: "He's been on the shortlist for about six weeks now. We've known he could have been going in. It was a week before the announcement and he said 'I'm flying to Spain tomorrow.'"
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