Joey Essex’s sister Frankie has shown support to Samantha Kenny after the Liverpudlian stunner was savagely dumped from the villa.
The star was coupled with the TOWIE star for over the last two weeks - but it ended in tears for Samatha after Joey began showing interest in another female. 26-year-old Samantha was left with her heart shattered into pieces after Joey, 33, struck up a romance with new bombshell Gace Jackson, 25.
Though she left heartbroken, Samantha's sister, Toni, made a heartfelt Instagram post, declaring that Samantha's family considers her the 'winner' of the reality series. She said: "Can’t even put into words how proud I am of you Sam… you’ve made us the proudest family on the planet! Everybody loves you for just being you. You're our winner kid. Love you so much."
Despite things ending on bad terms for Joey and Samantha, Joey's sister Frankie responded to the post by commenting with a series of heart emojis. Her support appears to remain strong despite Samantha's family slamming the TOWIE star for how he treated her.
It comes after Toni took to Instagram threatening: "Nobody makes my little Sam cry. Proud beyond belief of how strong you are my love. Keep telling them all to get f***ed & keep being the star of that show. Thanks for everyone's lovely comments we all see them all & couldn't be prouder of our girl."
Gemma Owen's mum makes cryptic 'fakery' dig after Love Island star's Luca splitElsewhere fans have speculated that Joey and Essex "were still seeing each other" before they both entered the villa. One person said: "I've seen a few people say that Joey & Grace might have been a couple on the outside & they planned this & the more I about it, it's looking likely yano #LoveIsland." Someone else commented: "Grace and Joey do you think the public is idiots #loveIsland." A third wrote: "Nah I’m starting to believe Joey and Grace planned this whole thing cuz they never went into why they broke up #loveIsland."
Joey broke Samantha's heart as he snogged Grace on the day bed, and even spent time in the Hideaway together. After realising the jig was probably up with Joey and bursting into tears, Samantha said: "It's just so embarrassing. He doesn't give a flying f*** how I feel." However, Joey maintains he still wants to "crack on" with the makeup artist. When Joey approached an upset Samantha he told her she was "beautiful", musing: "I saw you upset earlier" before Samantha replied: "I feel embarrassed if I'm honest I feel like I was a placeholder until someone else came in."