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EXCLUSIVE: Love Island star Joey Essex's sister, TOWIE's Frankie, talks about her famous brother, his mission to find love and what kind of lady he needs in his life When Joey Essex first graced our screens on The Only Way Is Essex in 2011, he was a fresh-faced (and very tanned) ladies’ man. Now, with 13 years of reality TV under his belt – including stints on Celebs Go Dating , I’m A Celeb and Dancing On Ice – it seems Joey, 33, is looking to settle down and perhaps start a family of his own. And how does he plan to do that? On ITV’s Love Island , of course.

Viewers were shocked when Joey entered the villa last week, so to find out why he’s decided to go on the show and the type of woman he might couple up with, we caught up with one of the people who knows him best, his sister Frankie Essex. “We’ve all watched Joey grow up on TV,” Frankie, 36, says. “He’s definitely looking for love in the villa but he needs a woman who will tell it like it is and isn’t with him for fame.



” Frankie – who also appeared on ITVBe’s TOWIE and has two-year-old twins Logan and Luella with partner Luke Love – has always been Joey’s biggest supporter, especially after the pair sadly lost their mum to suicide when Joey was just 10 years old – something Joey has talked about in the villa. “I was proud of Joey for doing that,” Frankie says. “Joey is keeping her memory alive.

” Here, Frankie lifts the lid on the real reason why Joey signed up for the show, how .

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