JOEY Essex’s sister Frankie has broken her silence on his ex-girlfriend Grace Jackson’s shock arrival in the villa.
Last night Essex lad Joey, 33, was left stunned as the blonde beauty was unveiled as a new bombshell.
The pair are said to have dated for six weeks earlier this year before Joey called things off.
Appearing on today’s Good Morning Britain, Frankie Essex, 36, said: “I don’t know nothing about her but my partner does.”
When showbiz correspondent Scarlette Douglas asked her: “What’s your partner said?”
She replied: “Nothing. So thanks, Luke. I just know as much as you know.”
But Frankie does know that Joey is keen to meet a serious partner.
She said: “Joey seeing me settle down now with twins, he always ask questions ‘do they cry a lot?’, he sees me happy and settled and I think he wants that now.
“It is hard for him to meet anyone. I think when you know you know.”
Prior to Grace’s arrival we caught up with Joey’s cousin Frankie Sims, 29, to discuss his budding romance with Samantha Kenny, 27.
The Liverpool lass is smitten with the Towie legend and declared them the king and queen of the villa just days into the series.
Frankie said: “She is the one that I chose for him before he even selected anyone. I think she’s really pretty. She’s definitely his type.
“Obviously the whole lack of affection the past couple of episodes is unusual, so I don’t know whether he’s just trying to take it slow with her and he’s into it with her in a mature way, or whether he’s waiting for somebody else to come in.”
Much has been made of Joey’s body language each time Samantha reels off a Towie quote, with claims he looks visibly uncomfortable.
But Frankie believes he wouldn’t have entertained Samantha for this long if she really was a crazed Towie superfan.
“I’m really unsure about whether she’s quoting it all the time or whether the edit is just making it look like she’s a superfan,” she admitted.
“I don’t think he would be with someone if he thought they were a superfan. I think he would quite easily jump ship.
“So I don’t think he’s as dramatic in the villa is what they’re making it look.
“He definitely does like her because he would have jumped ship by now, I’m sure.”
Ronnie is loving having his cake and eating it, he’s going to be even worse in Casa Amor
By Jessie Hutter
Ronnie seems to really be enjoying having his cake and eating it at the moment. So I think an environment like Casa Amor would probably exacerbate that even more.
I don’t see the connection between Ronnie and Harriet as being particularly of real genuine depth or a meaningful connection. It seems like the two of them are quite enjoying this secretive, flirty, sort of hidden connection that they have going on. I don’t think that will stand the test of time.
And I think those sort of connections do quite often fizzle out quickly.
I think that the way that things are unfolding is a recipe for disaster. Anything that’s born into disaster might end in disaster. So I don’t think that the public will be seeing them as a particularly favourable couple.
Dating app So Syncd’s relationship expert Jessie Hutter spoke to The Sun on behalf of BetVictor Casino