Joey Essex pestered by 'stalker who sent him 100,000 texts and threatened to shoot girlfriend Jessy'

love Island star Joey Essex is reportedly being harassed by a stalker after appearing on the ITV dating show the much loved reality TV icon 34 has reportedly contacted police after receiving 100,000 messages including apparent death threats to love Island girlfriend Jessy pots after he fell for her on the ITV show the alleged stalker is said to have sent Joey private messages and left hundreds of notes under his posts on social media the sun reports that online messages from the woman seem to threaten to shoot the St out of Jesse who was reportedly also branded of fat slag and a according to the sun Joey has called in police with it reported that the reality TV star and his team are due to speak to police to launch a formal probe after he became increasingly concerned in recent weeks when the content of the messages grew more menacing he told the outlet we have had to take the decision to report the stalker to the police because the messages have started to become more threatening I love my fans and want to be able to talk to them online but there has to be a line somewhere and sadly this is it the alleged stalker is said to have written in a rant just call me Annoying again that's what you get you're insecure in yourself the sun states that it is choosing not to name the individual or include further examples of messages Joey appeared on the latest series of Love Island as the first celebrity Islander he met Jesse whilst in The Villa on the ITV 2 show and the pair later coupled up after he had previously been coupled up with Samantha Kenny and Grace Jackson former The Only Way is Essex cast member Joey and Jesse ended up staying in the Villa together for two weeks the couple missed out on a place in the final when they were dumped from The Villa shortly beforehand MIM gab and Josh ensan went on to be declared the winners of the series after being dumped from The Villa Jesse reflected on their journey in a post on Instagram she wrote I had the most amazing time in the Villa it was an absolute dream come true from beginning to end I have made friends for life laughed till I cried and found my Joey it was an experience 'll never forget and I made memories that will last forever follow miror celebs on Tik Tok Snapchat Instagram Twitter Facebook YouTube and threads