FRANKIE Essex has told how her Love Island brother Joey Essex really is desperate to settle down and have kids.
Viewers were baffled why Joey, 33, might have signed up for Love Island when he arrived on Monday night as the first bombshell.
But Frankie has revealed that watching her settle down with partner Luke and have their twin babies, Luella and Logan, has made Joey feel broody.
Speaking for the first time about Joey’s arrival in the villa, Frankie told The Sun: “Joey is proper single at the moment.
But he’s seen me with the babies and they just love him, they sit on his lap and he just looks at them and goes ‘they’re unreal’.
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“I just feel like it’s his time now to settle down.
“It would be lovely for him to come out hand in hand with the girl of his dreams and I really, really hope he does.
“He definitely wants to be a dad, 100%.
“But these things happen on Love Island, people do get married and have babies and have amazing futures together. Maybe this is Joey’s time.”
Since hitting the big time he’s romanced everyone from Towie co-star Sam Faiers, to whom he was engaged, to Love Island’s Maura Higgins.
And he’s taken part in two dating shows already, Ex On The Beach and Celebs Go Dating.
But Frankie reckons Britain is still rooting for Joey.
She added: “I feel like a lot of people are rooting for him, they just want him to find love.
“This is a new fresh start for Joey, a new chapter. It’s all about the future and that’s what’s exciting.
“He’s so lovely in a relationship, he’s so romantic. Whoever gets to be with him is lucky.
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“The Hideaway? I’ve watched him kiss people for years but I still go urgh! He’s my little brother!”
It comes after The Sun first revealed he was to become Love Island’s first ever celebrity bombshell.
He told us: “I’m praying that I walk out hand in hand with the love of my life.
“That’s my main aim and all I care about. It’s difficult for me to meet girls on the outside as they judge me. I can't wait to be my authentic self and I just hope that the right girl is in there for me.
“I can’t wait to go in and just be the real me, I feel like I’m at a new chapter in my life and I’m looking forward to people seeing that.”
