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Lisa McLoughlin

Love Island's Joey Essex opens up about impact of mother's death: 'I never really spoke about it'

Reality TV star Joey Essex talked about the impact his mother’s death had on him during Tuesday night's episode of Love Island.

The 33-year-old lost his mother, Tina Essex, to suicide at the age of 10, while his sister and TOWIE co-star, Frankie Essex, was just 13.

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