The mum of Love Island star Jacques O'Neill has asked trolls to stop sending 'nasty' messages about her son. The plea comes after Remi, who was axed from the ITV2 show, claimed Jacques was a "bully" and made his time in the villa "s***".
Janet Wright issued a plea on her Instagram page. She posted a photo of herself with her son on the rugby field and wrote: "People sending nasty messages to me please can you stop.
"It does hurt. Thank you." Her followers were quick to offer support. One told her to "pay no attention".
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Another follower said: "Ignore the trolls! They troll because they don't have lives and have got nothing better to do."
Remi claimed he had to stick up for himself on YouTube series Reality with Will Njobvu. He said his co-star would "constantly" mimic and make fun of his fellow Islanders.
Remi said: "There was a lot of stuff that wasn't aired - a lot of stuff going on. So basically - me and Jacques got into quite a lot of arguments and it just made my experience s***t. It ruined it for me."
"People were saying, "It's because he's got a rugby persona' - but you can't treat people like that," Remi added.
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