Love Island: Jess Hayes reveals ‘sick’ secret from Josh Ritchie’s first time in the villa

The pair were coupled up on the show in 2015

Joshua Ritchie and Jess Hayes in Love Island in a comped image

by Georgina Terry |
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Strap yourselves in, Love Island: All Stars is already QUITE a ride.

And things are about to get even more wild, as Love Island OG Joshua Ritchie has entered the villa, to pretty wide acclaim actually.

This is Josh's second shot at finding, ahem, love in the villa. He was one of the cast of Love Island 2015 where it all began (not including the celeb version from 2005 and 2006 of course).

Josh Ritchie in 2015
Josh Ritchie in Love Island 2015. Cor. ©ITV

He took third place nine years ago alongside Lauren Richardson, the first and last but not the only girl he was coupled up with.

He also spent a heady six days with Jess Hayes, who went on to win the show alongside FITLORD Max Morley, get him back in too, frankly.

In 2022, Jess revealed a secret about her and Josh's time in the show and it's pretty rank to be honest.

Josh Ritchie 2024
Josh Ritchie in Love Island: All Stars in 2024. Still handsome. ©ITV

Taking to TikTok, a fan said, "It's [Love Island's] defo not the same, bring back the endless drinking and smoking scenes it used to go off x."

Jess replied, "I'm going to tell you something right now, let you into a little secret.

"No joke at one point I think I was smoking 40, yes, you're right, four zero cigarettes a day because we were that bored."

"Forty fags a day. When I think about that now it makes me feel sick."

jess hayes and Joshua Ritchie in 2015
Jess says she was smoking up to 40 cigarettes a day ©ITV

Quite.

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Georgina Terry is group editor of Closer online and heatworld. She has watched Love Island all the way back to 2005 when Jayne Middlemiss won. Whatever happened to her?

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