Love Island fans have slammed Joey Essex after he told his ex Grace Jackson to “shut the fuck up” during a heated argument on movie night.
Islanders gathered in the garden on Sunday to settle in for the iconic movie night, rebranded as the glittering top-notch Love Island film festival.
But it was a tense night for Joey, who shouted at Grace as she criticised him for his behaviour towards her and Jessy Potts.
At one point, the conversation got so heated that Joey told Grace to “Shut your mouth,” leaving fans furious as they criticized the way he speaks to women.
On X, formerly Twitter, viewers wrote: “Joey tells Grace to shut the fuck up… he’s a child talking to a woman like that. Very disrespectful.”
Love Island fans have slammed Joey Essex after he told his ex Grace Jackson to “shut the fuck up” during a heated argument on film night on Sunday.
It was a tense night for Joey, who shouted at Grace as she criticised him for his behaviour towards her and Jessy Potts.
“Joey’s change in attitude towards Grace was very random and unexpected, because how did he go from worshipping the ground she walks on to behaving like that towards her?”
“Joey has shown his true colors, he is a truly disgusting man. Speaking to a woman like that is absolutely disgusting.”
“Joey calling Grace bitter because she doesn’t talk to him anymore makes no sense. Isn’t that what he wanted?”; “The way Joey talks to Grace is a little off-putting.”
“Someone really needs to talk to 33 year old Joey Big talking to women like that pfftttt,”
‘It’s hard to watch Joey Essex narcissistically dismiss Grace’; ‘Why is Joey so mean to Grace? What has she done to get that reaction?’;
“Joey Essex needs to go. The way he told Grace to shut up was disgusting.”
Later that night, a clip showed Blade making a comment about Joey’s intelligence, where he said the former TOWIE star was not “the smartest tool in the world”.
The comment infuriated Joey, who joked that he was “street smart” before challenging Blade to a foot race, sending fans into hysteria.
At one point, the conversation got so heated that Joey told Grace to “shut the fuck up,” leaving fans furious as they criticized the way he talks to women.
On X, formerly Twitter, viewers wrote: “Joey tells Sam to shut the fuck up… he’s a child talking to a woman like that. Very disrespectful.”
Later that night, a clip showed Blade making a comment about Joey’s intelligence.
Some viewers were confused why Joey was so offended, as they felt he had made a career out of impersonating someone who was not intelligent.
Fans wrote: “Joey made a career out of pretending to be dumb, but tonight he was offended because someone said he wasn’t smart. Give him a rest, Joey.”
‘What the hell is #joey so mad about being described as ‘Not the brightest tool’ when that’s been his unique selling proposition for years?’;
“No, Joey keeps killing me, one guy basically called him a moron and said yeah but I’ll beat you in a race”; “Producers make it happen, Blade vs. Joey in a race. ASAP!”;
Some viewers were confused that Joey would take such offense, as they felt he had made a career out of portraying himself as someone who was not intelligent.
Blade said the former TOWIE star was not “the most intelligent person in the world”
‘Joey said ‘I’m smarter than you… STREET WISE’ and lost from there’; ‘Joey heard ‘you’re not the fastest’ and then challenged Blade to a foot race, for crying out loud’;
“I’m so confused how Joey could be offended by someone saying ‘he’s not the brightest tool in the shed’. I thought that was his shtick his entire career, that he even plays along with it sometimes? How???”;
“Joey saying he was smarter than Blade was the funniest thing in the world. I vividly remember thinking Richard and Judy were Adam and Eve.”