We have to be honest, almost all of the men on Love Island haven’t exactly behaved during their time in Casa Amor. Dami Hope has been after new bombshell Summer Botwe, Andrew Le Page has been getting very cosy with Coco Lodge and even Davide Sacmilimente has been flirting with Mollie Salmon and Coco. That’s even though they’re partnered up in the old villa with some of the OG islanders. (The only good guys are Jay and Luca. Jay didn't have anyone to stay loyal to, and Luca has surprised us all by staying unwaveringly loyal to Gemma Owen.)
But it’s Jacques O’Neill - unrivalled - who seems to have won the award for being the most reckless, and subsequently terrible, in Casa Amor. Before the arrival of the bombshells, Jacques had been happy with Paige Thorne - but all it took was new women for his head to completely spin off its axis. That’s even though he recently woke Paige up in the dead of night to confide in her, and tell her that he doesn’t often open up and that he's never 'felt this way before' about someone. (Conveniently he only decided to tell Paige this when Jay had said he wanted to get to know her.)
But it gets worse. Jacques has not only played Paige while he’s been in Casa Amor, but he’s played the new girls too. In last night’s episode, he flirted with Mollie, and basically hinted for the pair to share bed - only to moments later move to Cheyenne, and tell Cheyenne that he wasn’t interested in Mollie any more.
Why? Because, in his own words, he wants a girl who is more ‘reserved and quiet’ than him. This would usually be a red flag. But with the way that he spoke to Paige earlier in the series, calling her pathetic when she tried to reasonably call him out, there’s evidence to back up the red flag - it seems like he wants a woman who won’t argue with him, and someone he can manipulate.
He also told Cheyenne that he doesn’t like giving out compliments… A tactic, so people think his compliments are something to be cherished. Oh, and he pre-warned Cheyenne that he ‘changes his mind every five minutes’. Then, he told Mollie when he was letting her down that she probably still wanted him in her bed.
It's not just how he treats women, either. The way he speaks about women is also pretty vile - 'sack Mollie off' - and the way he’s been treating the whole thing like a joke with his partner in crime Dami.
Worst of all, he’s done all of this cheating after he asked Paige recently how many times she’d been cheated on - because he could 'tell' (a moment that was truly, truly awful). And now he’s just cheated on her, even though he knows she's vulnerable and has been through it before. As one person tweeted: ‘I think Jacques is the worst LI contestant in the history of the show, hands down... Just fuelled on sexism and laddish hypocrisy.’