Joey Essex reveals plans to quit reality TV and eyes up US move after Love Island backlash
ok.co.ukJoey Essex is eyeing a move to the States and stepping back from reality TV in the wake of recent Love Island fall-out. The TOWIE star and Jessy Potts, who are loved up after meeting on ITV2's Love Island, appeared on This Morning today, Thursday 1 August, after they were dumped from the villa just before the final.
After he got some backlash following his stint on the show, presenter Josie Gibson quizzed him on his future plans: "Joey, is it true you're quitting reality TV?".
He confessed: "I'm taking a huge break, you know, I feel like I've done every reality show possible now. I don't think I really want to do Strictly, I'm just taking a break and I've got some opportunities over in America at the moment so I feel like I maybe might take it over there." Josie then asked him if he was bothered by 'controversial headlines' since he left the show, but Joey answered: "No, not really...
I feel like my journey in the Love Island villa might have been a bit that way, controversy, but at the end of the day not everyone is going to love you all of the time, obviously, I know the situation.
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