Love Island star Jacques O'Neill has turned down £60,000 to be on Celebs Go Courting, in keeping with studies.
The rugby participant entered the ITV2 villa because the bombshell ex of Gemma Owen, however ended up falling for Welsh paramedic Paige Thorne. Jacques, 23, left the villa final week after struggling along with his psychological well being and selected to go away the present to give attention to himself, writes the Mirror.
Studies have now surfaced that Jacques reportedly mentioned no to the Channel 4 relationship present as a result of he needed to attend for love curiosity Paige to return residence.
Throughout his stint on the villa, Jacques, who has ADHD (consideration deficit hyperactivity dysfunction) acquired right into a row with Paige over feedback made by returning bombshell Adam Collard earlier than his exit.
Jacques has determined to "work on himself" fairly than throw himself into one other actuality television present, in keeping with The Solar. The E4 relationship present believes that they might help Jacques to have a shot at love, a supply instructed the publication.
"An Islander at all times makes for an ideal signing and Jacques is an actual stand-out, significantly as a result of he is already proven that he is prepared to place the work in and actually change," the supply mentioned. "That'll make him a extremely credible candidate for the company's assist, by no means thoughts be somebody that followers would tune in for. However Jacques desires to attend for Paige so it could be too late by the point she emerges."
In an interview after leaving he mentioned that becoming a member of the relationship present was "the worst determination of his life".
He had solely simply began to win Paige over after he went rogue after the ladies went to Casa Amor when Adam entered the villa. Adam, 26, who had been on the present in 2018, had made a beeline for Paige. However after scuffling with the depth of the present, Jacques feared that he would get violent in direction of Adam.
"I assumed if I don’t get myself out issues may go horribly unsuitable and I may get bodily," he instructed The Solar. He defined: “It broke me and I used to be already damaged. I used to be crying my eyes out. I couldn’t cope. I used to be actually feeling terrible. It was the worst I’d ever felt in my life.”
The present's producers have been made conscious that he had ADHD they usually got here to talk with him after he walked out by means of the doorways. He instructed them that he needed to be alone and that it was "greater than only a TV present" to him.
After the present's bosses tried to encourage him to remain following a "welfare chat", he sobbed to them and instructed them that he needed to go residence. After he left the primary villa, Jacques stayed in a separate condo with a safety guard and two members of the manufacturing crew.
Jacques has additionally been the sufferer of demise threats since leaving the villa. He mentioned that he has additionally been given big help from fellow members of the ADHD group. The previous Islander mentioned how he had messages from different males who referred to as him "inspiring".
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