EXCLUSIVE Love Island's Samantha Kenny hits back at trolls who branded her 'fame hungry' and a 'TOWIE super fan' and says Joey Essex dumping former flame Grace Jackson was a 'taste of her own medicine' By Sarah Packer, Chief Showbiz Reporter Published: 10:57 BST, 5 July 2024 | Updated: 11:02 BST, 5 July 2024 e-mail View comments Love Island star Samantha Kenny has hit back at trolls who branded her 'fame hungry' and a ' TOWIE super fan' after she romanced Joey Essex in the villa. The Liverpudlian, 26, told MailOnline she watched the ITVBe reality series when she was a teenager but only for Gemma Collins and if she had met Joey outside of Love Island, she 'wouldn't have bat an eyelid.' Samantha was coupled up with Joey, 33, for two weeks before his former flame Grace Jackson entered the show as a bombshell, and she was forced to watch the exes rekindle their romance.
But after Samantha was dumped from the island, Joey's attention quickly turned to new arrival Jessy Potts and Grace was sidelined. In an exclusive interview, Samantha said: 'Now she knows how I felt. But at least Jessy went on the terrace to kiss Joey but she did it on the daybeds right in front of me, she's had a taste of her own medicine now.
' Love Island star Samantha Kenny has hit back at trolls who branded her 'fame hungry' and a 'TOWIE super fan' after she romanced Joey Essex in the villa The Liverpudlian told MailOnline she watched the series when she was a teenager but only for Gemma Collins and if she had.