Stunning Love Island star Grace is back in the villa after failing to find love on the outside with pro-footballer Marcus Rashford and she’s confessed why it didn’t work
Love Island star Grace Jackson is back in the villa for All Stars, despite dating pro-footballer Marcus Rashford on the outside.
Now the stunning star has confessed the the real reason she dumped the Manchester United ace, who she had been dating in the last few months. The 26-year-old model from Manchester has been turning heads in the villa despite fans complaining about all of the recent cast members, and opened up about her love life to now-dumped islander Olivia Hawkins.
Liv asked the question everyone wanted to know: “What have you done since the show? Have you been dating anyone?” Grace fibbed: “Babe, literally no one.”
Unfortunately for Grace, Liv had clearly heard the rumours as she pushed: “No footballers? Marcus Rashford?” leaving Grace nowhere to go. The blonde replied: “No, we were out in a group having food… we weren’t dating but we was chatting a little and texting.”
Grace then admitted they were involved, saying: “No we were out in a group having food… we weren’t dating but we was chatting a little and texting.” She pointed the finger at the footballer’s fans for causing problems: “It’s difficult because he can’t go out and just go on a normal date.”
She fumed: “All these f****** United fans were like commenting, thousands of comments on my pictures like, ’cause they loved me. When the article came out he scored two goals and he hadn’t scored for like ages, so they said ‘You fixed him!'”
Liv joked: “Oh really, so it was like the Grace effect!” Grace replied: “If it would have been a bit different, because he couldn’t really date, so he’d be like ‘I wanna see you, just come to mine and chill with me’ but I’m like, ‘I don’t really wanna…”
Fellow islander Catherine Agbaje replied: “So he really liked you?” Grace agreed saying she thought he did, but said the attention made it difficult.
The star, who also used to date Joey Essex, explained: “I think it went a bit weird when all the articles were coming out. I’ve known his brother since I was like 17 so then he was like ‘na don’t worry about it, he knows it’s not you’.”
She added: “It just changed the vibe a bit cause everyone knew and there wasn’t anything to know.” A source previously said that things between the model and footballer had ended because she felt Marcus wasn’t “serious about her”.
Grace is currently coupled up with Luca Bish in the villa, after racking up more than 600k followers on Instagram after her first trip to Love Island.
Love Island All Stars continues nightly at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX
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