Love Island stars Davide Sanclimenti and Jacques O'Neill look to have had a friendship before heading into the villa.
Messages between the pair have surfaced after rugby player Jacques commented on one of Davide’s Instagram photos last year.
Gym buff Davide, 27, shared a snap of himself and a friend working out on the popular social media app, to which Gemma Owen’s ex Jacques, 23, joked: ”You boys need to start training.”
Davide replied: "More gym and less parties I guess."
Continuing in the banter, Jacques went on: “More gym keep the amount of parties the same."
Love Island fans have since taken to social media to share their surprise at the pair being connected prior to the show.
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One person penned: “So are Jacques and davide ever going to mention they both know each other before going on the show? And does this mean Davide also knew Gemma”.
“SO DAVIDE AND JACQUES KNEW EACHOTHER BEFORE LOVE ISLAND!!! Davides replies have mysteriously disappeared. This was around when Jacques and Gemma broke up. They seem like they’re mates. Makes it weirder davide picked Gemma,” added another.
Meanwhile, someone else branded it “not normal” that Gemma , 19, picked Davide in Sunday night’s recoupling after newcomer Danica stole Luca off her.
They said: “Gemma picking Davide is not normal. Knowing that Jacques and Davide knew each other way before Love Island, and WHILST Jacques was dating Gemma… Now I just feel certain the whole thing is set up for specific people to have the show revolve around them”.
Echoing similar sentiments, another viewer said: “This is wild lol, wouldn’t this be around the time Jacques/Gemma were together or just broken up? Which makes Davide picking her even more wild."
Another viewer pointed out that it’s not uncommon for some of the Islanders to have known each other before the show.
“Good looking people tend to hang out together,” they wrote.
“I remember Adam and Elle Brown being friends before the show. Joanna and Molly-Mae also knew each other before the show and probably lots of other instances."
With his friendship with Davide in mind, Jacques and several other Islanders were relieved to see Gemma save him from last night’s dumping which saw newcomer Remi dropped from the villa.
One person who wasn’t best pleased was Luca, however, after Gemma and Davide had been coupled up before they became a thing.
As Davide crossed the firepit area to hug Gemma after she saved him, the camera zoomed in on Luca, who could be seen looking pretty uncomfortable at the new coupling – and sitting a considerable distance away from his new partner Danica.
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