How does Joey Essex know Love Island sex bomb Lola Deluca?

July 17, 2024, 14:32

How did Joey and Lola know each other before Love Island? Their past explained.

Lola Deluca, 22, entered Love Island during one of the most intense episodes yet. After she and Harry Baker, 25, came in as sex bombshells, Maya Jama came back for another hookup.

Nicole Samuel and Ciaran Davies had to decide to eliminate one couple from the final three before the episode ended on a cliffhanger.

Despite the drama, it’s Lola and Joey Essex that viewers will be keeping an eye on after Tuesday night’s episode. When Lola introduced herself to the islanders, Joey was taken aback and said: “I know you, don’t I?”

But how do they know each other and what is their shared past? Here’s what we know…

What happened before between Lola and Joey? Love Island?

There is not much history between Lola and Joey, but she has revealed that she TOWIE Star in Ibiza last year, the same place where he met Grace Jackson.

She also said that he liked her Instagram posts multiple times after their first meeting.

After the surprise appearance of Grace and the subsequent appearance of Emma Milton in the Love Island Villa, Lola is the third Love Island Girl who knew Joey from outside.

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At the villa, Lola continues with Joey and despite his affair with Jessy Potts, he told her that he was not “closeted” because he and Jessy had not talked about it.

On Wednesday night’s episode, Joey told Lola: “Honestly, it’s actually nice to meet you because we both have things in common, I’m not going to shy away from it.”

Joey told Lola to “put her grafting skills to the test” because this could be a “test” for him and Jessy.

Love Island will be broadcast tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX

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