Adam Collard hit back at Jacques O'Neill's jibe about his relationship with Paige Thorne, with a cutting one line response.
Newcastle gym owner Adam shocked everyone by going back on the ITV show, four years after causing no end of drama in the villa. The Geordie lothario returned to Love Island in the closing weeks of the new series, saying in his intro VT that he wasn't afraid to split up any of the existing couple.
His arrival had the desired effect as Jacques was almost instantly annoyed that Adam had made a play for Paige, leaving the villa just a day later and telling Paige that he needed to quit in order to 'be a better a person,' in the hope they could work on the outside.
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Sadly for Jacques, once he'd left, Welsh paramedic Paige swiftly moved on with Adam, with the pair ending up finishing in fifth place, being voted out right before the final. They were seen on screen during Sunday's Love Island reunion, with their loved up display shutting down talk earlier in the the week that they'd already called time on their short-lived romance.
However, Jacques, who snubbed the reunion, had something to say about their relationship, when he joined fellow Islander Luca Bish for an Instagram lie chat after credits rolled. Gemma Owen's was asked by her current beau Luca: "What do you think of Paige and Adam?” to which he quipped: "Well, her mum seems to love him doesn't she? "He's in there with the fam!"
Jacques' sarcastic response to Luca's question was in reference to Paige's mum saying she 'wasn't buying' her and Adam's romance when she went in the villa on Meet The Parents day.
News of Jacques mocking him and Paige clearly reached Adam as he shared a clip of the Instagram live video on his Twitter timeline, along with the response: "Humble in defeat our kid, chin up."
Adam's savage swipe at Jacques gathered plenty of reactions from his Twitter followers, with one replying: "SLAY OUR NEWCASTLE KING! ps , i have no idea why that little boy is speaking. he didnt have the balls to face you or paige at the reunion."
Another commented: "i just know he threw a tantrum after this tweet, the best man won adam! also, give paige a big congrats, she chose the right one!"
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