Jacques O'Neill has quit Love Island and has left the Majorcan villa. Viewers will see the islander explain his decision to fellow contestants before walking out on the ITV2 reality dating show when it hits screens for the latest instalment tonight.
It comes after bombshell Adam Collard arrived in the swanky pad and set his sights on Paige Thorne, who Jacques had just reconciled with the previous night, following his antics while the girls were away in Casa Amor.
A Love Island spokesperson told MailOnline: "Jacques has made the decision to leave the Villa. "He will explain his reasons to the Islanders during tonight’s episode. We fully support his decision and look forward to seeing what’s next for Jacques."
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Jacques was desperately trying to win back the affections of Paige Thorne after his flirty behaviour while she was away in Casa Amor was revealed by a disgruntled Cheyenne Kerr, who he kissed during her short stint in the main villa.
He had said he would leave the show if she didn't forgive him, meaning perhaps his attempts to get her back had not gone as planned.
Jacques' shock exit comes as fans were preparing to see fireworks between him and Adam Collard in tonight's episode of Love Island.
A sneak peek at Tuesday's instalment, which aired at the end of Monday's show, featured Jacques fuming at the bombshell following his arrival in the villa.
Adam is the first islander to return to the dating series following his original appearance in season four.
He's promised to ruffle a few feathers and has already set his sights on three girls - Paige, Danica and Ekin-Su.
Jacques' ex Gemma Owen was seen stirring the pot in the clip from Tuesday, as she told her former lover that Adam had been talking about him.
Gemma could be seen laying on a bed in the garden as she told Jacques: "Oh he was proper slagging you off."
Jacques immediately jumped up and stormed over to Paige and asked her: "Has Adam been slagging me off?"
He's then heard shouting: "Who the f*ck is he?! Just another geezer that's been on this show, he's f*cking nothing mate!"
Jacques' family recently spoke out to defend him over backlash against his behaviour while Paige was away and his reactions when she found out.
They said he has ADHD which means he struggles to contain his emotions.
His family wrote on a post on Instagram: "Jacques was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 9 years old.
"By no means is this a get out clause for his actions but it is to show that he can fundamentally struggle with his emotions at times.
"He is an amazing person who I'm proud to call my friend/little brother.
"All the hate thrown towards Jacques doesn't go to him directly….It comes to his loved ones who have always supported him and not just whilst he is on Love Island.
"Love Island, although real. Is still a show where the producers do have control and we see 45minutes out of the 1440 in 24hours. Please be kind
During Monday's episode, Adam arrived in the villa while the boys were away on a spa day.
He chatted with Paige first to find out how her relationship with Jacques was.
Paige later declared in the Beach Hut: "He's so fit. No I'm not going to lie, he is very fit."
Adam then told her he is boyfriend material, explaining: "When I'm with someone, I'm 100% with them, I've never cheated on any ex-girlfriends or anything like that.
"Coming off the back of this, everyone's going to get loads of attention and I've been there and done it. I don't need to get that out of my system like some guys do. I feel like some of the guys in here will want to that.
Paige replied: "100%. I'm not ready to train somebody else up to be a boyfriend. Like you're either boyfriend material or you're not."
Adam asked: "What do you think Jacques will be like with me and you speaking?"
Paige said: 'I don't think he'll like it. I think he'll be intimidated.'
She then made the other girls promise not to tell any of the boys that she thought Jacques was "ticking all her boxes" for fear of it getting back to him.
"This goes nowhere, I swear to God if any of you b*tches tell your guys, there will be World War 3!" she told them.
The girls joked: "Jacques is out of the window, and delete!" as Paige gushed about Adam.
Speaking in the Beach Hut later on, Paige said: "Oh my life! Adam is quite direct, I didn't realise how quite direct he was gonna be and how upfront he was gonna be from the get go, which do you know what, is quite refreshing.
"I'm not gonna lie, he is very fit and's obviously got the gift of the gab already... we shall see!" she then teased.
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