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      Big Brother shock feud as housemate snubs ‘best friend’ from the house after racist tweets row

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      THE former 2023 Big Brother housemates have been engulfed in a shock new feud. One of the group has seemingly snubbed their ‘best friend’ from the house.
      2023 winner Jordan has been engulfed in a new shock feudCredit: ITV
      Trish unfollowed her co-star on social media after her tweet rowCredit: ITV
      Trish was involved in a huge scandal after her historic racist and homophobic tweets resurfaced following her exit from the house.
      During her time on the long-running social experiment, she struck up a close bond with Scunthorpe lawyer Jordan.
      But it seems the Big Brother pair could be no longer on speaking terms as the winner of the series has snubbed his former housemate on social media.
      Jordan, 26, never followed the full-time mum when he left the house and won the rebooted ITV2 show.

      Meanwhile Trish has recently unfollowed her fellow co-star on social media after the controversy surrounding her own online activities.
      She was a favourite amongst fans until they discovered her shocking Twitter posts from 2012.
      The 33-year-old previously deleted her X account, formerly known as Twitter, before setting up a new page so she could issue a statement to her fans.
      She wrote: “I’m aware that some very concerning old tweets of mine have resurfaced and I would like to sincerely apologise for the harmful stereotypes I perpetuated and the pain I have cause to the marginalised communities and groups of people mentioned.
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      “There are no excuses for the ignorance that I showed and I am deeply disappointed, embarrassed and ashamed that I once made such comments.
      “I have come a very long way since by educating myself and being educated by others on the impact and harm these views cause.
      “It is part of the reason why I am so passionate about standing up for others and holding myself to a high standard of responsibility and accountability for my actions.
      “I appreciate the support you’ve all given me on the show and I understand you feel disappointed.
      “I know apologies can seem convenient in these circumstances but I mean it from the bottom of my heart; I am truly sorry.
      “I hope it is possible for you to offer me grace and believe that people can change.
      “I am committed to being the person I am now, the person you have known me as – someone who speaks up, stands for what they believe in and is always open to growth and accountability. Love Trish.”
      Trish is being supported in line with Big Brother’s welfare protocols.
      Fans were enraged after racist and homophobic tweets emerged after she left the houseCredit: Rex
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      Love Island’s Tyrique Hyde hits out at trolls as he addresses relationship ‘struggles’ with Ella Thomas after ‘split’

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      LOVE Island star Tyrique Hyde has hit out at trolls as as he opened up about his relationship ‘struggles’ with Ella Thomas after their ‘split’.The pair shot to fame earlier this year on the summer series of the ITV2 dating show.
      Ty Hyde has opened up about his relationship with Ella ThomasCredit: Getty
      The pair coupled up on day one during the showCredit: Rex
      Ty, 24, and Ella, 23, placed third on Love Island and have been in a long distance relationship since returning to the UK.
      The couple are going from strength since, but have had their fair share of tests, including those who get “involved” in their romance.
      Speaking on Capital Xtra, Tyrique said: “Our relationship is between us, what goes on behind closed doors, it’s only us two.
      “But people like to put in their little input in the DMs sometimes, in the request on the social media. It’s jarring.
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      “I don’t know what they’re trying to do, I think they’re just sitting at home with their Twitter fingers going crazy.”
      Despite that, Tyrique is “enjoying” himself with Ella.
      Speaking of their relationship, he said: “Obviously first relationship is hard because I’m not used to it but it’s going well, I’m enjoying it and I’m learning on the job sort of thing.
      “But like you said – a lot of people is involved in it.
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      “It’s definitely more difficult when a lot of people are involved in your relationship, especially when it’s your first one.
      “I’m a strong guy, I’ll get through it.”
      Back in October Ella revealed the ‘real reason’ how she and Ty have managed to avoid the show curse.
      Their co-stars Sammy Root and Jess Harding – who won the show – split weeks after the programme had finished.
      Ella said: “When I see other couples splitting up, it doesn’t make me feel any type of way about my relationship.
      “The thing with me and Ty was, I always knew we were compatible, even if not for Love Island, he’s the type of guy I would date on the outside.
      “I’m the type of girl he would date on the outside.
      “We always knew it was going to make sense when we got out anyway.
      “Other people, it’s like you kind of meet in there and form something in the bubble, but when you get into the real world it can just be different.”
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      New Big Brother feud as Hallie reveals which housemate is banned from group WhatsApp chat

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      IT kicked off on Big Brother Late And Live as a secret feud has been revealed live on air. Former housemates Kerry and Hallie were in the audience for the spin-off chat show, hosted by AJ Odudu.
      Hallie and Kerry spilled the tea on Late and LiveCredit: ITV2
      AJ Odudu was presiding over the ITV2 spin-offCredit: ITV2
      As the ITV2 presenter crossed over to Hallie, she made a stark revelation about her fellow co-star.
      Hair and make-up artist Farida was the first housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother house.
      She also clashed with several personalities in the group, including NHS worker Kerry.
      But as the pair gave fans tidbits of gossip now they’ve left the famous compound, it seems some relationships have not been repaired.
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      AJ asked the duo if there was a Whatsapp group “going on,” with all the housemates after the duo confirmed they had spoken every day since Hallie’s eviction.
      When AJ asked who was in the group, Hallie confirmed: “Everyone apart from Farida.”
      After huge screams and jeers from the audience Kerry claimed that Dylan was the one who set up the chat as Hallie said that all Farida needed to do was to ask for an invite.
      Hallie continued: “If she had a problem with it she could send a message.”
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      But then the star claimed that she didn’t even have Farida’s mobile number as she “removed” her.
      “I don’t want her to come crawling back,” Hallie remarked. “She unfollowed me without the issue being addressed, I don’t know what the issue is.”
      After Hallie declared that she wished she got to know Matty better, presenter asked which housemates the pair would have sacrificed time with to have spent more time with him.
      A member of the audience then shouted Farida’s name, but it seems Kerry has only nice things to say about her, despite their rivalry.
      “Honestly, i’ve not got a bad word to say about her. That’s not my style i’m sorry.”
      Fans were not happy with the pair as they took to X – formerly known as Twitter in their droves.
      One fan fumed: “Hallie and Kerry being the toxic gals they are admitting they haven’t let the icon (farida) in the WhatsApp group 🙄 #bbuk.”
      Another viewer exclaimed: “Hallie and Kerry showing again that they are just Mean Girls, excluding Farida from a WhatsApp group.”
      “I always said that Hallie was that mean girl and saying with glee that they’ve not added Farida to a silly little WhatsApp group more or less confirmed it 🤷🏻‍♀️,” agreed a third.
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      As a fourth posted: “We need a reunion after this series ends. I need to see Hallie Vs Farida arguing about the WhatsApp group 😭 #BBUK.”
      And a fifth user added: “OMG the scream I just screamed over Hallie revealing all the housemates are in a WhatsApp group apart from Farida #BBUK.”
      Hallie implied there was an ‘unresolved’ issue between her and FaridaCredit: ITV2
      Farida clashed with a number of personalities in the house and was the first housemate to be evictedCredit: ITV
      Despite their feud inside the house, Kerry said she does not have a bad word to say about FaridaCredit: ITV2 More

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      Big Brother fans ‘work out’ identity of evicted housemate as live feed ‘leaks’ the result before it’s shown on TV

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      BIG Brother fans claim they’ve ‘worked out’ identity of the evicted housemate as the live feed ‘leaked’ the result before it’s shown on TV. At the end of Wednesday’s Late And Live, AJ Odudu confirmed that a housemate has already been evicted and that they will be interviewed by Will Best on Thursday night.
      AJ Odudu claimed one housemate has already been evictedCredit: ITV2
      The live feed showed Olivia and Henry chatting on the sofaCredit: ITVx
      The show took the unusual move of booting out a housemate but not showing the eviction live, instead making viewers wait until Thursday night’s highlights show.
      But while the Big Brother host refused to confirm the identity of the evicted person, savvy viewers who switched over to the live feed were convinced it gave away who had been sent packing.
      The live feed showed Henry and Olivia analysing which housemates they thought would make it into the final.
      Noky and Yinrun were also shown walking around the house, while Jordan was then later seen in the bathroom with Henry.
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      The only housemate who was not shown on the feed was Matty.
      While much of the conversations in the house were muted with birdsong, Olivia then appeared to confirm that Matty was the one who was evicted as she made reference to him “leaving”.
      And fans were convinced the result had been given away.
      One fan stated on X, formerly twitter: “Olivia just confirmed that Yinrun had to deliver the news that Matty was evicted & said something like she can’t believe they are the final five! CONFIRMED: Matty evicted! Olivia, Henry, Noky, Jordan, and Yinrun as the final 5! #BBUK.”
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      Another claimed: “Olivia said that Matty had been evicted…. Yay! But I’m sure that she said that Yinrun had to tell him 🤔 Puzzled now #BBUK.”
      A third confirmed: “Olivia’s just CONFIRMED that Matty’s been evicted! #bbuk.”
      Whilst a fourth exclaimed: “HENRY SAID HE WAS SHOCKED JORDAN WAS EVICTED BUT HE’S BACK SO!!!!!”
      And a fifth added: “I won’t relax until I see Jordan… still not confirmed who was evicted tonight #BBUK.”
      The Sun has contacted a representative from Big Brother for comment.
      Olivia seemed to confirm that Matty had ‘left’ the houseCredit: ITVx
      Henry was later seen wandering the corridors of the lavish house alone as he wondered about Jordan in the Diary RoomCredit: ITVx More

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      Love Island’s Tanyel engaged to boyfriend she met before the show – ten months after leaving the villa

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      LOVE Island’s Tanyel Revan has confirmed that she is engaged and is already planning her big day.The 27-year-old hair stylist from North London, exclusively told The Sun that her man popped the question whilst on a romantic boat trip in Istanbul, Turkey, just last week.
      Love Island’s Tanyel Revan has exclusively confirmed to The Sun that she is engaged to be her ‘soulmate’, 31-year-old property developer from LondonCredit: Supplied
      Tanyel revealed the exact moment her man got down on one knee and her plans for the big dayCredit: Supplied
      Tanyel’s ‘one who got away’ partner popped the question whilst the couple were on holiday in TurkeyCredit: Supplied
      Tanyel, who starred on the ninth series of Love Island, the second ever winter season, which was filmed in South Africa, soon reunited with her Mr Right just weeks after leaving the villa.
      She shocked everyone when she announced she had found her “soulmate” shortly after appearing on the ITV dating show.
      But now, the pair are happily engaged and are looking to plan their destination wedding.
      Tanyel explained that she had an inkling that her man, Ediz, 31, a property developer from London, would pop the question whilst on holiday in Turkey.
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      She told The Sun: “I kind of had a feeling from the beginning of the holiday that he would propose.
      “I thought ‘isn’t it a bit strange that my family are flying out two days later?’
      “He’s older, I know he’s ready to settle down and have kids, so I had a feeling but I wasn’t 100% sure.
      “It was on the second day of the holiday [8th]. We’ve got a family friend that comes out here for business a lot – he does a lot of business here and he knows someone who has a yacht.
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      “He lied to me and said that he’d done us a favour and would give us a free cruise around Istanbul and that he got a photographer so that I could get some content.
      “I thought ‘who the hell would do that for free?’ I was thinking, ‘there’s no chance, he’s definitely paid for a yacht and this is his cover-up story. I thought ‘that’s a bit extreme, I don’t care about content that much’.
      “But I went with the flow and didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to ruin it and also didn’t want to get too excited in case it wasn’t happening.
      “So I got ready and the yacht picked us up. The view was beautiful.
      “I was properly dressed up, the dress I was wearing was House of CB and it literally looked like a wedding dress, it was lace.
      “I went the extra mile and I think he could tell that I had a feeling because it was so over the top.”
      Whilst on the romantic boat trip, Tanyel shared the exact moment her partner asked for her hand in marriage.
      She added: “We were on the yacht, the photographer said about taking some lovey dovey pictures of us together. They were quite cringe because I’m not publicly affectionate.
      “Anyway, they asked for solo ones, the photographer asked me to turn around and look into the distance, so they could get a picture from behind of me looking out into the view.
      “My back was turned to the photographer so I couldn’t see what was going on behind me.
      “They told me not to turn around – I had such a strong feeling at this point that something was going to happen. 
      “I turned around and he was on one knee. It was really cute.
      “It was crazy. I feel like this is the quickest that anyone has gotten engaged after Love Island. It’s very mad, but it’s really exciting.
      “Obviously I said yes. I was really excited. I couldn’t believe it. I was so excited. My ring is yellow gold. It’s exactly how I wanted it. The clarity is so good, it’s amazing.
      “After that, we went to Novikov and then the following evening my family, his family and one of my friends came out to surprise me.
      “I am over the moon. I feel like it’s natural. I felt it was coming, I knew it was time for it to come. When you know you know. There’s no way I could’ve been with anyone else.”
      During her Love Island stint, Tanyel coupled up with best pal Ron Hall in a purely platonic manner, as well as Kai Fagan. 
      She explained: “I was in there for about four weeks, I coupled up with a few people. Ron was more of a friendship couple.
      “When I left, I knew that the guys in there weren’t my cup of tea. I couldn’t see a future with any of them.”
      The brunette beauty explained that her man got in touch with her shortly after she left the show. 
      She continued: “We’ve been together since I left Love Island, literally a few weeks after.
      “He got back in touch with me and it hit off from there.
      “Everyone else I met, they’re sweet boys, but my partner now takes me out all the time, he does everything for me, we like the same things, we have fun. He’s not a cheapskate, I can’t stand cheapskates.
      “He would do anything for me, he’s a real man.
      “He’s older, he knows what he wants, there’s no mucking around. I don’t have to tell him what to do or what not to do. He’s so easygoing.
      “He’s a private person, he doesn’t use Insta much.
      “He gets everything on point, he does the most for me. 
      “He’s so generous, so kind, so caring.
      “My ring is beautiful. It’s so gorgeous, it’s so shiny.”
      After the romantic proposal, Tanyel revealed that her castmate Lana Jenkins was the first person she called.
      She revealed: “As soon as I got off the boat, I called Lana. I spoke to Lana and I told Ron as well. I had a little Facetime call and they were over the moon, they couldn’t believe it.
      “It’s so funny because I made a bet with them that I knew he was going to do it. They said I was mad, but I knew he was going to do it.
      “We spoke about where we’re at, he said he was older and I’m the love of his life and that he was ready to settle down.
      “He had here and there asked me what I would like in a ring, but we hadn’t gone ring shopping. I’d sent him cheeky photos of rings but didn’t realise he’d get it so spot on.”
      Tanyel revealed that the couple aren’t actually living together, but are searching for their first home.
      She revealed: “We aren’t living together until I’m married. I stay at his house almost every night, we basically live together but right now, we’re looking for a property together.”
      But Tanyel explained that this isn’t the first time she has been with Ediz.
      She explained: “I actually knew him in the past. I was with him many years ago, when I was about 20. I was so stubborn. We were both young and immature. And I was stubborn, so if he did anything to p*** me off, I wouldn’t speak to him.
      “It fizzled out. We went for quite a few years of not speaking. 
      “He tried to speak to me when I was going on Love Island. I was friendly with him but I ignored the dating side of it. We spoke civilly but that was it.
      “He was always lingering on my mind when I was in the villa. He was constantly in the back of my mind. We had unfinished business, it was like the one who got away.
      “I always said that an ex is an ex for a reason, but we both weren’t ready, we were both so young and immature.
      “I met him when I was 20. We were on and off for a couple of years, I can’t even call it a serious relationship, we were so young.
      “I knew he was the one for me after Love Island, I felt it.
      “He reached out to me and then we bumped into each other in a bar in Mayfair. That’s when we got speaking.”
      When it comes to their big day, Tanyel explained: “We love it here [Turkey], we’ve looked at a few venues out here.
      “We’re going to look in Italy as well.
      “The weather is rubbish in London and I love going on holiday – it will definitely be a wedding abroad.
      “I think it will be very soon – he wants to do it next year, in 2024. So it’s quite dramatic and sudden.
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      “I wanted the closest people around me there. If I do it abroad, I wouldn’t have more than 150 to 200 guests.
      “One million per cent I would invite Ron and Lana. I wouldn’t invite a lot of the Love Island cast – and that’s not personal, it’s just because I only want people I can call my best friends. I want it to be very intimate.” 
      He asked Tanyel for her hand in marriage with a stunning yellow gold ringCredit: Supplied
      During her time in the villa, Tanyel coupled up with Ron, but it was purely platonicCredit: ITV
      She was also coupled up with Kai, but she realised he wasn’t the one for herCredit: Rex
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      Toby Aromalaran cuddles up to Georgia Steel after the pair are eliminated from Love Island Games

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      TOBY Aromalaran cuddled up to Georgia Steel after the pair were eliminated from Love Island Games.The Love Island spin-off, which sees stars of the show from all over the world come together for another chance to find The One, is currently airing on Peacock in the US.
      Toby and Georgia looked cosy on Love Island gamesCredit: Instagram / @tobyaromolaran
      The pair took part in challenges togetherCredit: Instagram / @tobyaromolaran
      UK, US, Australia and many others are currently taking part in the programme.
      The stars are currently posting what’s been happening on the show so that Love Island fans can get their fix.
      Toby, who starred in the seventh series of the ITV2 show, was recently dumped from the island alongside Love Island season four legend Georgia Steel.
      The reality favourite shared some clips and pics from his time in the villa.
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      In one the two looked cosy as they left the show, while in another video they said their goodbyes.
      Toby said: “Guys, we came, we conquered, Love Island Games 2023, we out!”
      He captioned the post: “I can’t lie I didn’t see that coming… but the games are the games! 💔🤝🏽
      “Love all the support from you guys! 😭
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      “So what’s next then?”
      Many rushed to the comments section to share their support.
      Series six star Biggs Chris said: “My guy well done.”
      “PROUD OF YOU,” his former co-star Faye Winter added.
      Toby shot to fame in 2021 when he took part in Love Island alongside the likes of Millie Court, Liberty Poole and Liam Reardon.
      The footballer found love with Chloe Burrows, and they ended up placing second on the show.
      They lasted a while in the UK, but split a year after the programme.
      Meanwhile Georgia took part in Love Island three series prior to Toby.
      She coined the term “I’m loyal babes” and was coupled up with Sam Bird.
      Georgia was with Sam Bird during her time in the villaCredit: Rex Features
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      I’m back selling pens like I did before Love Island – I’ve never been happier, says Jack Fincham

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      LOVE Island’s Jack Fincham is back selling pens for the same boss he worked for at 17, insisting: “I’ve never been happier”.The 31-year-old gave an emotional interview to The Sun about his secret stint in rehab as he opened up about his drug addiction for the first time.
      Jack Fincham is getting ‘back on top’ after a tough few yearsCredit: Getty
      This is the moment he won £50k with his then-girlfriend Dani DyerCredit: Rex Features
      Jack with his mum Samantha who got him into rehab
      After a series of arrests for drug-driving, Jack has been clean since August – the longest he’s been drug-free since his eight-week stretch in the Love Island villa in 2018.
      He’s now working at London’s AJ Office Supplies – and credits the job for getting him back on the straight and narrow.
      Jack told us: “I’m back to work now and having a routine keeps me sane, it gives me a purpose, right? That’s why I’m so happy.
      “After Love Island I had more money than I knew what to do with.
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      “I could go out on a Wednesday and not have to worry about getting up for work early the next day.
      “I’ve been gradually falling to pieces since 2018… then the money ran out.”
      Jack won Love Island’s £50k prize with his then-girlfriend Dani Dyer and promptly quit his full-time job as offers flooded in.
      But his drug abuse spiralled out of control and soon he was losing TV work because of his addiction.
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      Now he’s working as an account manager and salesman, working with big clients in the city.
      “I’m in the process of building myself up,” Jack says excitedly.
      “Which is why I’m back selling pen supplies. Stick to what you know!
      “I’m trying to get myself back on top,”
      “I mean, I wish I had gone back to work two years ago, but it’s been amazing for me.
      “I’m back working with some of the same people I knew when I was 17.
      “They’ve all been saying how great I’m doing. I’m grafting hard and excited for the future.
      “I want to have one of the biggest stationary companies in the whole of the UK one day.
      “I’d also love to get back to TV one day.
      “I always thought you had to do one or the other, but you actually don’t. You can do both.
      “I worried about people thinking I was failure because I’d gone back to work and was out of money, but it’s the complete opposite. They should be thinking, ‘great, you’re getting even more money in’.
      “That’s how I look at things now.”
      At his worst in 2020, Jack was taking at least 30 diazepam pills a day to cope with his crippling anxiety.
      In November of that year he was tricked into going into rehab while high on drugs by his mum Samantha.
      Terrified for her son’s health, she worked with his agent to get him checked into The Haynes Clinic in Bedfordshire.
      “Death was on the cards for me, it was imminent,” Jack says emotionally.
      “If I had carried on how I was, even up to six months ago, I would definitely be dead. Without a shadow of a doubt.”
      Jack’s undergone a life-changing few months after landing in trouble with the police turned out to be the push he needed to get help.
      After admitting to drug-driving, Jack was handed a 36-month driving ban and given 60 hours’ community service after admitting two counts of drug-driving.
      Jack – who suffers from ADHD – attended his first Narcotics Anonymous meeting last night and is back in therapy as he continues to rehabilitate himself.
      He is set to volunteer in a charity shop as part of his sentence, which he was handed last month.
      He is still under investigation for alleged drug-driving in August this year.
      “This has made me realise that I have to take responsibility for my actions,” says Jack.
      “I was carrying on with the same lifestyle after the arrest in March, but now it’s hit home.
      “I’m glad it’s happened. That’s how life is, if you make a mistake, you have to pay for it. I deserve to have a driving ban and be doing community service.
      “I had no respect for myself and was selfish about others. I didn’t care what happened to me in the frame of my mind I was in. I wasn’t thinking about what harm I could do to myself or how I could hurt others.
      “This isn’t about wanting people to feel sorry for me. It’s embarrassing enough as it is.
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      “This is more about explaining I have been going through a problem and I still am. I’ll always have to work on this problem.
      “I’m not saying ‘poor me, poor me’. Getting behind the wheel of the car when you’ve taken drugs is not acceptable – but the real turning point was getting in trouble with the police and realising that I could have killed myself or someone else in that car.”
      The 31-year-old is back on the up after quitting drugsCredit: Instagram / @jack_charlesf
      Jack with his mum, brother and younger sister
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      My mum tricked me into secret rehab when I was high – I should be dead after relapsing admits Love Island’s Jack Fincham

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      JACK Fincham has bravely spoken for the first time about his secret stint in rehab – and says it was his mum who tricked him into going while he was high on drugs.The life-changing moment came just two years after Jack won Love Island with his then-girlfriend Dani Dyer.
      Jack Fincham has opened up about his drug battle for the first timeCredit: Instagram / @jack_charlesf
      Jack with his mum Samantha
      The 31-year-old was told to pack a bag and had no idea he was going to rehabCredit: Instagram / @jack_charlesf
      Jack with his mum, brother and younger sister
      Jack won Love Island in 2018 with then-girlfriend Dani DyerCredit: Rex Features
      His new-found fame saw him thrown from a 9 to 5 job selling pens to partying most nights – and his addiction battle soon spiralled out of control.
      Alongside using class A drugs, including cocaine, Jack was taking at least 30 diazepam pills a day to cope with his crippling anxiety.
      In his first newspaper interview about his drug addiction, Jack told The Sun: “The night before I went to rehab, I’d been out and taken a load of sleeping and anti-anxiety tablets.
      “I didn’t know who I was or what I was doing. I didn’t even know I was going to rehab.
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      “My mum and my agent had been talking about me, knowing something was really wrong.
      “I came down into the kitchen and my mum told me to pack a bag. She said ‘you can go away for a little while if you want?’
      “This goes to show the state I was in because you’d think I would have questioned it, but I said ‘oh, alright then’, without even knowing where I was going.
      “I got in the car with my agent and I still wasn’t asking where he was taking me. I was just out of it and didn’t have any idea what was going on.
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      “We drove to rehab and when we arrived he said ‘this is where you’re going’, but he didn’t say the word ‘rehab’ and so off I went.
      “I got in there and then realised ‘s*** I’m not coming out of here now’.
      “I started kicking off, shouting ‘I don’t need to be here, I’m not like that, I don’t have a problem’.”
      Jack speaks to us today having been off drugs since August.
      He admits this is the longest he’s been clean since his eight-week stretch in the Love Island villa in 2018.
      “Death was on the cards for me, it was imminent,” Jack says emotionally.
      “If I had carried on how I was, even up to six months ago, I would definitely be dead. Without a shadow of a doubt.”
      Jack admits he was in denial about his drug addiction as he sat alongside heroin addicts inside The Haynes Clinic in Bedfordshire when he was admitted back in November 2020.
      But his daily abuse of xanax and diazepam had him suffering from terrifying physical symptoms, such as hallucinations, whenever he tried to go cold turkey.
      “It was a vicious cycle of waking up with crippling anxiety and feeling like I didn’t want to be here anymore,” said Jack.
      “I thought I’d rather be dead than feel like this. I take loads and loads of diazepam to literally escape the world and calm my brain down.
      “You don’t realise how physically addicted you get to stuff like xanax and diazepam. They ruined me. They absolutely ruined me.
      “Every time I’d try to stop I’d have fits, hallucinations and be awake for days and days and days on end.
      “With drugs like cocaine, I always thought ‘I only do it on weekends, I don’t have a problem’.
      “So in rehab sat across from heroin addicts, it didn’t work because I went in with the attitude of ‘I’m not as bad as them’.
      “I’d come out and be good for a while and then I’d go downhill again.”
      The 31-year-old admits he relapsed months after his four-week rehab stint in 2020.
      He blew his cash on drugs as he continued to lose TV work because of his addiction – but praises ITV for always being there with their support.
      Then in 2021 he was arrested for drug-driving – accused of having cocaine and Valium in his system – but the charges were later dropped.
      He was pulled over by cops in March 2023 and last month, Jack was handed a 36-month driving ban and given 60 hours’ community service after admitting two counts of drug-driving.
      Jack – who is set to volunteer in a charity shop as part of his sentence – claims he had taken cocaine two nights before he got behind the wheel.
      It was five months later, in August this year, that Jack was again arrested by police for drug-driving, for which investigations are ongoing.
      He insists he has been clean ever since – and his conviction in October has helped change his life.
      “This has made me realise that I have to take responsibility for my actions,” says Jack.
      “I was carrying on with the same lifestyle after the arrest in March, but now it’s hit home.
      “I’m glad it’s happened. That’s how life is, if you make a mistake, you have to pay for it. I deserve to have a driving ban and be doing community service.
      “I had no respect for myself and was selfish about others. I didn’t care what happened to me in the frame of my mind I was in. I wasn’t thinking about what harm I could do to myself or how I could hurt others.
      “This isn’t about wanting people to feel sorry for me. It’s embarrassing enough as it is.
      “This is more about explaining I have been going through a problem and I still am. I’ll always have to work on this problem.
      “I’m not saying ‘poor me, poor me’. Getting behind the wheel of the car when you’ve taken drugs is not acceptable – but the real turning point was getting in trouble with the police and realising that I could have killed myself or someone else in that car.”
      Jack – who suffers from ADHD – attended his first Narcotics Anonymous meeting last night and is back in therapy as he continues to rehabilitate himself.
      He credits returning to the job he did before Love Island for helping him get back on his feet.
      “Everything that’s happened is now part of my story. I believe going through all this has made me stronger.
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      “This time round is different and I really have made a conscious decision to change my life and be the best person I can be.
      “I ain’t going to let addiction beat me, I won’t.”
      Jack kisses his mum Samantha and is cuddled by his brother Jack in the Love Island villa
      Jack has been clean since AugustCredit: Getty
      Jack as a baby pictured with his mumCredit: Instagram / @jack_charlesf More