Love Island star Jacques O'Neill's mother, Janet, has pleaded with fans of the ITV2 reality show to stop sending her "nasty messages" about her son.
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Taking to Instagram on Saturday, Janet shared a photo of her 23-year-old son with his arm around her shoulder alongside the caption: "People sending nasty messages to me please can you stop it does hurt thank you."
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The show's viewers were quick to fill the comments section with messages of support, with one person writing: "Awwww we love him!! He's too funny. Take no notice of the haters," while another added: "Ignore the haters. Paige and Jacques are the most genuine couple in there! And Jacques is by far my winner."
A third fan commented: "Pay no attention to the trolls they do it for kicks or a reaction you just keep rooting for your boy."
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The post comes after fellow contestant Remi Lambert revealed that arguments with Jacques "ruined" his experience in the villa.
© Photo: ITVJacques' mum pleaded with fans to stop sending "nasty messages"
Appearing on the Reality with Will Njobvu podcast recently alongside Afia Tonkmore, who was also dumped from the show, Remi said: "There was of lot of stuff that wasn't aired – a lot of stuff going on. So basically, me and Jacques got into quite a lot of arguments and it just made my experience [expletive]. It ruined it for me."
He continued: "People were saying: 'It's because he's got a rugby persona'. But you can't treat people like that."
"It was so jarring but I was the only one to stick up for myself because he would always do that to people and I just like to stick it on him and say 'Shut up!'"
© Photo: ITVDumped islander Remi spoke out about his experience with Jacques
When Afia pressed him about his spats with Jacques, the 22-year-old model explained: "He was just trying to get on to me," before revealing that the rugby player would mimic his voice and say: "My name's Remi. I'm hard and I'm from Manny."
He added: "But yeah, we just got into a lot of fights and stuff."
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