LOVE Island’s Olivia Hawkins broke down as she revealed the truth about Grace Jackson’s “leaked messages” after their bitter row on All Stars.
The row erupted when Liv, 29, entered the villa the night before the final and claimed she’d seen text messages from Grace vowing to do anything it takes to win.
Olivia became emotional when talking about the fallout on the SnatchedByWill podcast[/caption]
Grace responded: “That is absolutely not true. I do not care about winning the show.” Olivia told her: “I’ve seen the screenshots.”
Grace encouraged her to send the apparent “receipts,” saying: “I would love to see them” adding someone must have “forged” the messages.
Then, host Maya Jama brought it up and asked if Olivia had the ‘receipts’, to which she said: “I’ve seen them.
“I’ve said what I said. You know me, I’m very straight talking. I’m just straight to the point. But I honestly wish them the best.”
Grace responded to her: “I’m very straight talking too and there’s absolutely no reciepts so can’t wait to apparently see them.”
Now, speaking out for the first time since the show ended, Olivia told SnatchedByWill podcast the situation had taken its toll on her.
She broke down in floods of tears as she defended herself and said producers begged her to share what she saw.
In a snippet from the interview shared on Instagram, Olivia revealed: “I said this piece of information to producers, and they wanted me to, you know, say what I’ve seen.
“What I will say is, do people really think I would go on national television and lie about something so serious as that?”
The star, who faced backlash after her first stint on Love Island for rows with her villa co-stars, admitted she was prepared for controversy but insisted she never wanted Grace to face hate.
She added: “Well, obviously, the first time I went on Love Island, it was quite controversial when I came out, so I was used to that side.
“And then when I went back on and, you know, dropped that tiny piece of information… tiny, tiny, just a bit of a grenade. Just a little bit,” she said, trying to laugh through her tears.
“I never wanted Grace to get any hate. That wasn’t my intention. It was a show.”
Olivia admitted she needed to step back after the fallout, adding: “I just needed, like, a moment to myself. Because I’ve always been, like, such a strong person.”
The former ring girl wrote underneath the post: “Thank you for allowing me to be so vulnerable, needed this chat.”
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While Liv was back in the villa, she left the Islanders reeling when she said: “So I’ve seen text messages of Grace just saying to someone that she’ll do whatever it takes to win the show this time from someone back home.”
Harriett Blackmore was quick to chime in, telling Grace: “She probably made it up babe, like she did with Ronnie.”
Grace added to her partner Luca Bish: “Baby, that is absolutely not true. I do not care about winning this show.”
However, former Islanders Mitch Taylor and Ella Thomas both backed Olivia on social media.
“Messy Mitch confirming what Liv said is true on his Snapchat,” penned one person on X.
They also shared a screenshot from Mitch’s Snapchat where he wrote: “Liv low key gutted she’s said that. Hats off to her for speaking her mind.
“I can’t say too much, but I heard this story loads in the last two weeks.”
While another person on X said: “And the fact that Ella don’t usually speak on these things, yeah, something is going on,” alongside a video that Ella shared on social media.
“I’m not gonna lie, I believe everything Olivia says,” Ella said as she filmed the chaos going down during last night’s episode.
