Love Island's Jacques O'Neill was met with a barrage of social media messages after he decided to leave the hit ITV2 dating show - some good, some bad. The 23-year-old has now opened up about some of these 'bad' messages that both him and his mother, Janet Wright, received. He was talking about his Love Island journey on former Love Island star Scott Thomas' podcast, Learning About Judgement.
Breaking down in tears, Jacques told Scott: "The hardest thing was... sorry, mate. Just seeing my mum, how she was. Seeing her in a state. I couldn't even leave the house..." The Love Island star, who was coupled up with former Welsh paramedic Paige Thorne in the villa, quit the villa because he was struggling with his mental health. He has been vocal about his ADHD diagnosis since he left Love Island.
When asked by Scott about what his mother struggled with following his exit, Jacques emotionally revealed: The death threats, man." After leaving the villa, Jacques spoke out about some of the messages that his mother had received during an interview with The Sun. During an interview with the publication, his mother said: "I started to get horrible private messages on Facebook, people were saying they wished my son and I were dead, it was awful," before she described how the abuse was soon targeted at her. "The messages really hurt, strangers were saying to me that I was a bad mother and a bad parent. It was awful, especially as I brought him up by myself."
