Love Island star Jessie Wynter has revealed she tried to quit the show but producers told her she couldn’t.
The Aussie reality star, 26, entered the mansion like a bomb and quickly joined forces with farmer Will Young, 23.
The pair, who were kicked off the ITV2 show days before Monday night’s final in South Africa, have been inseparable since flying back to London.
Viewers watched for eight weeks as their romance blossomed at the Love Island villa, but all was not smooth sailing for the couple, whose relationship was thrown into doubt after Will kissed Layla Al-Momani during the Casa Amor fidelity test.
Jessie confessed she was “shattered” by Will’s actions while he considered leaving the show if he couldn’t win her back.
‘You can’t just leave’: Love Island star Jessie Wynter has revealed she tried to quit the show but producers told her she couldn’t
Discussing the moment she found out about Will’s infidelity during Casa Amor, she told The Useless Helpline Podcast, “I was like, ‘This is it, I’m done. I’m done with Will, I’m done with the mansion.
“And then the production said, ‘Uh, no, that’s not happening, you can’t do that, you can’t just walk away.'”
However, as seen in previous seasons, the producers have made sure that if for any reason an islander feels they want to leave the villa, then they can.
Jessie, a personal trainer from Tasmania currently based in Sydney, rose to fame in 2019 on Australian series Love Island.
It comes after Will gushed about finding the love of his life on the ITV2 show and having high hopes for her future.
He said: “I wouldn’t be dating her if I thought she wasn’t marriage material. Our plan is to split our time between the UK and Tasmania.”
Will and Jessie missed making the show’s finale by a day after failing to secure the public vote after all couples were asked to choose the couple they felt were the least compatible.
But that doesn’t seem to have deterred any future plans for the couple as Will is willing to travel to keep their relationship alive.
After leaving South Africa, the sheep farmer said: “I think it’s very fair to say that I would go to Australia.
“A relationship is a two-way thing. It would be unfair to rely 100% on Jessie moving here. Australia has always been a place I would love to travel and travel to.”
Couple: The Aussie reality star, 26, entered the mansion like a bomb and quickly joined forces with farmer Will Young, 23
In love: The couple, who were kicked off the ITV2 show days before Monday night’s final in South Africa, have been inseparable since flying back to London
However, despite his willingness to fly halfway around the world, Will has made sure to show Jessie all the major UK attractions while she is here including Buckingham Palace and of course the local Tesco.
In an exclusive chat with Web, they shared their desire to live and work together at Will’s Farm in Buckinghamshire, just in time for lambing season.
Her decision comes after Will revealed that veteran Countryfile host John Craven “slid into his DMs” to congratulate him on supporting farming for younger audiences.
Will said: “Jessie is moving into the farm for the next month or two and she’s going to be doing lambs and all that, which I’m super, super excited about.
“When she first visited this week I gave her a pair of wellies and she really stuck and fed the animals. It made me fall in love with her even more.”
Will and Jessie spent a night apart when they landed on British soil, but the smitten couple, who met on the dating series eight weeks ago, said they found the split “terrible”.
In fact, the playful couples admit they’ve hardly left the bedroom, now the cameras are off.
Jessie said: “It’s 100 times better now we’re out of the villa. It’s a thousand times better, I can tell you that much.’
Discussing the moment she found out about Will’s infidelity during Casa Amor, she told The Useless Helpline Podcast, “I was like, ‘This is it, I’m done. I’m done with Will, I’m done with the mansion’
Love Island viewers on Monday crowned school teacher Kai Fagan and social worker Sanam Harrinanan as winners after receiving 44 per cent of the public vote and beating Ron Hall and Lana Jenkins.
Will and Jessie believe the right couple won the £50,000 cash prize and say they had been focused on their relationship from the moment they met.
Jessie said: “They were mature and stayed out of the drama. I’m so happy for her.
“They were there to focus on themselves and they did that. Maybe we weren’t that close to them, I didn’t really get to know Kai, but it’s nice to see such a pure couple, a teacher and a social worker, win Love Island.