So, Love Island producers were annoyed at Joey for constantly breaking one show rule

It seems as though there was one strict rule Joey Essex refused to follow during his time in the Love Island 2024 villa. As the show’s first ever celebrity bombshell, it’s been clear he’s had some preferential treatment during his stay, but still he was at least meant to comply by some of the basic rules.

In an interview since the show, dumped Islander Jess has said there was one particular rule that Joey just wouldn’t follow, much to the annoyance of producers trying to enforce it.

On a Saturday, the Islanders have a day off from filming. Whilst they do get up to some fun things during their down time, one rule is that whilst the cameras aren’t rolling, the boys and girls are split up. This is so the Islanders don’t have juicy conversations off-camera, and so the relationships don’t develop without the public being able to see.

For Joey though? This wasn’t happening. Jess told OK! magazine: “Joey just doesn’t understand when you say, ‘Boys and girls separate.’ It’s like, ‘Joey – separate! That means separate!’ He just ignores them [the producers].” Jess said Joey would ignore the demands, and instead go for chats with Jessy.

via ITV

Dumped Islander Patsy Field has seemingly confirmed what we have all been thinking – that Joey must have had his own rules whilst in the villa.

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“He did kind of seem like he had his own rules to follow but he was in there just as another Islander,” she told Closer Online. “But, who knows what that bloke is getting paid for it, do you know what I mean?” She added he’s been getting “a little bit of preferential treatment” in the villa, “because he’s a celeb”.

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