Why did Jacques leave Love Island? 2022 contestant exit explained

By Grace Henry

Published: Friday, 15 July 2022 at 12:00 am

On Wednesday 13th July, Jacques O’Neill quit Love Island.

The islander – who arrived in the villa on day 7 as the bombshell ex of Gemma Owen – gathered all the contestants in the Love Island 2022 line-up to tell them he’d be ending his journey on the show and would be leaving that day.

His shock exit led many to question why he was leaving, with returning bombshell Adam Collard asking the girls if it had anything to do with him arriving and chatting up Paige Thorne, who Jacques was in a couple with before he left.

So, why did Jacques leave Love Island? And will he be on After Sun?

Here’s everything you need to know about Jacques’ Love Island exit.

Why did Jacques O’Neill leave Love Island?

Jacques decided to leave the Love Island villa as he hadn’t been feeling like himself since the events of Casa Amor.

He said he’d wait for Paige on the outside and pick her up from the airport, but in order for things to work with them he needed to remove himself from the villa.

During Casa Amor, Jacques cracked on with Cheyanne Kerr and Mollie Salmon, before deciding to pursue things more with Cheyanne.

At the Casa Amor recoupling, however, he decided to stick with Paige. But, when she returned to the main villa, Cheyanne exposed him, causing Paige to put Jacques in the dog house.

It took him some days to make it up to the Welsh paramedic, but eventually did with a poem he wrote for her.