Love Island’s Joey Essex exposes himself as a ‘game player’ as best pal Sean Stone turns on him after shock bombshell
LOVE Island fans waved goodbye to Joey Essex and Jessy Potts in tonight’s show.
The couple were booted off by their own co-stars just one episode before this season’s final.
However, Joey managed to stir up a hearty amount of drama ahead of his departure and was branded a “game player” by one islander.
The chaos began when Maya Jama revealed that he and Jessy had picked Sean Stone and Matilda Draper as the “least compatible” couple, which came as a huge shock due to Joey and Sean’s friendship.
The two boys have been close pals throughout their Love Island journey.
“Big bro?!” Sean gasped when it was revealed that Joey had voted for them.
“What, that’s crazy from Joey,” Matilda said.
But in a shock twist, former Islanders were also brought back into the villa to choose the least compatible couple.
After Joey and Jessy received nearly all of the votes, they were sent home.
Before leaving, Joey and Sean spoke about the dumping.
“You’ve had my back, you’ve given me confidence. We’ve had the good and the bad, but man to man I really appreciate you,” Sean told Joey.
“But obviously you voted for me..” he added.
Joey explained that he thought that everyone was going to vote for him and Jessy, so they felt they had to pick Sean and Jessie.
Once Joey and Jessy had left the villa, the remaining couples gathered to explain their choices.
Sean sat down with Jess Spencer, who asked how he felt about Joey’s decision.
“I just had a moment where the penny dropped for me,” Sean said.
“I had his back in so many situations and I had his back. I sort of got wrapped up it so much,” he continued.
Jess asked him why he thought Joey picked him and Matilda.
“Basically he thought he was being more vulnerable because he thought he’d have more votes against him and didn’t think we would have many,” Sean explained.
“So the fact about him being called a game player was actually true,” snapped Jess.
“It was all left respectfully, I wasn’t going to get aggy about it,” Sean replied.