It's not the first time Love Island fans have questioned the whereabouts of one of the islanders this series. But viewers of the ITV2 dating show have been left scratching their heads and wondering if there was another exit alongside Jacques O'Neill.
There were emotional scenes in the Mallorcan villa on Tuesday night (July 12) when the 23-year-old made a decision to leave the island amid the fallout from Casa Amor. Viewers were in the midst of watching Jacques try and win back Paige Thorne's affections following the most dramatic recoupling yet. as part of the annual, second villa twist.
Several couples found themselves separated following the annual twist which sees the boys and girls live in two different villas before deciding whether to 'stick or twist'. And while Jacques and Paige both chose to stick with each other, it was soon revealed that the rugby player had been getting to know a couple of the new girls before kissing Cheyanne Kerr who believed he may have chosen her to stay in the main villa.
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Prior to his exit, Jacques got riled up as the other islanders told him that bombshell arrival Adam Collard had been 'slagging him off' about his behaviour in the villa towards Paige. While confronting Paige about the situation he became short with her and rudely told fellow contestant Billy Brown to leave which caused further tension among the couple.
After a restless night in the villa, which saw him take himself outside in the middle of the night, Jacques made the decision that it was best he leave the programme. He said he needed to "get back to himself" and was seen explaining to Paige that he felt the best thing for their relationship was for him to return home so he could be at his "best" for her.
The scenes, particularly the goodbye between Jacques and Luca Bish, left viewers of the hit show in tears and Thursday night's show saw the aftermath of him walking out with just his personalised suitcase in tow. Adam was seen pursuing his connection with Paige as he chose her for one of three dates.
At the beginning of Wednesday’s episode, Adam pulled Paige to one side to ask how she was feeling about Jacques leaving, to which she replied: "Yeah, it’s not a great situation but I’m just going to keep smiling, keep doing my thing, just have a good time. Whatever comes come."
However, Love Island viewers were distracted as they realised that amidst all the quitting action, another islander appeared to have disappeared. @lamarr_douglas tweeted: "Deji has disappeared from the Villa. #LoveIsland." @Sh4zam_ said: "CAN WE GET A CALL-OUT FOR DEJI THINK HE GONE MISSING ON #LoveIsland."
@lookingforlewys said; "Can someone contact spanish authorities & file a missing person report for deji i haven’t seen him even in the background for like 4 days #LoveIsland." @missamanimonroe joked: "I’m convinced Deji’s missing. Where’s Wally. Nope. Where’s Deji?!!! #LoveIsland."
@ShayoomSh shared: "Did Deji leave with Jacques?? where is this man!!!! #LoveIsland." @w0nder66 added: "But where is Deji? Did he get seat 33, row K with Jacques and no one told us. #loveisland." But there was a brief glimpse during the latest episode as @tltlvr said: "SORRY i was about to file a missing persons report until i saw deji behind coco #LoveIsland."
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