Love Island fans were left shocked on Sunday as Gemma Owen’s ex Jacques O'Neill entered the villa - and revealed when the pair first got together.
The 23-year-old rugby player is the ITV2 show’s latest bombshell and instead of asking his old flame out on a date, the wined and dined gorgeous girls Afia and Paige.
With his classic good looks and chiselled bod, the Castleford Tigers star, 23, is sure to set pulses racing – including Gemma's.
But as Gemma eavesdropped on the dates from the balcony of the villa, viewers were shocked when the 19-year-old said she had broken up with Jacques a year and a half ago and were together for eight months.
Taking to Twitter, one wrote: “Broke up a year and a half ago... So he was with you when you were 16”, as another guessed Gemma was slightly older at the time, writing: “So she was 17 when they broke up…”
Another savagely tweeted: “Jacques is an immediate no for dating a teenager. I'm disgusted.”
Another begged to know: “Soooo she was 17 when she was w him????”
“OMG it gets worse! She was still in school and he was like 21?!?! Nah sorry mate but that’s all kinds of wrong,” another outraged fan wrote.
One fan posted: “So confirmed they broke up a year and a half ago (when she was 17) and dated for like 8 months,” alongside a queasy face.
Another wrote: “So they broke up when she was 17... the math ain't mathing.”
Another concluded: “Gemma just turned 19 and broke up with this man 1.5 years ago when she was 17 and a half. She dated him for 8 months which mean she started dating this man at 16 when he was 20??????”
But there was flirtation on the cards for the exes at the end of the episode, as Jacques and Gemma finally sat down for a solo conversation.
Later, as the Islanders get together over glasses of champagne, Jacques tells Gemma: “You look nice tonight, you know,” before telling the camera: “I am a flirtatious lad, like, I can’t help myself sometimes.”
Turning his attention to Gemma’s new flame Luca Bish, Jacques confesses: “I like him, you know.”
Gemma clarifies: “Luca?” as he responds: “I like him, yeah.”
Gemma then goes on to say: “Yeah, you are pretty similar.”
But Jacques isn't pulling his punches as he brutally responds: "Yeah, that's probably why you like him, isn't it?"
Looking like she disagrees with his statement, Gemma simply replies: “Hmm,” averting her eyes and raising her eyebrows in the chat.
