Jacques O’Neill (ex-Love Islander rugby star) has confessed that he knew Cheyannekerr BEFORE sharing a Casa Amor room.
Jacques, 23, left fans shocked after flirting with the Barnsley babe, 23, in the main villa when his partner Welsh paramedic Paige Thorne, 24, was in Casa Amor.
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He spoke out to Central Recorder Sunday in an exclusive interview. He said that he had always wanted to be with her as a child.
He said: “Cheyanne is a lovely girl, I already knew her from when I was 19, It was weird because I wanted to date her at the time.”
It was pure luck that the two friends appeared on the ITV2 reality program at the same point.
After hanging out with the air hostess in the villa, Jacques knew they would be nothing more than friends.
He said: “I found out while I was chatting to her that nothing was going to come close to what I had with Paige. But from the moment I kissed her in bed I felt the worst I’ve ever felt in my life.”
Jacques has had to stop watching the show, and he forced himself into Casa Amor, where he was engulfed by internet trolls.
He stated that he watched Casa Amor episodes in order to torture himself and see the consequences of his actions.
“I was disgusted within myself, I understand hate. I’m feeling quite numb, I will wait for Paige on the outside, but I‘m not watching the show again, I can’t do it.”
Jacques also said that he received death threats from his mum while he was on television, which forced his mom to flee her home.
Jacques’ panicked mother Janet Wright, 60, told the Sun: “During the first two weeks Jacques was so funny, I think everybody loved him.
“Then things started to change. I began to receive horrible private messages from Facebook. They were sending me messages wishing my son and mine were dead. It was terrible.
“I just didn’t get why people have to message such nasty comments. 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.”
Janet, who lives in Leeds with Jacques and their pet French bulldog Zeus, found watching the nightly episodes so distressing she had to move in with her sister.
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She stated that she was unable to stay with her sister for more than a week because of the abuse she received.
“I was relieved when he finally left the villa as I couldn’t watch it live. I had to get my sister to text me every night to say if it was OK to watch. I knew how much it was upsetting me.”
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