Greg O’Shea temporary leaves the Love Island villa to attend a funeral
Love Island star Greg O'Shea has jetted out of the villa in order to attend his beloved grandmother's funeral in Ireland this week.
The Irish rugby player and solicitor left the ITV reality show base for Dublin in an unprecedented move.
The 24-year-old returned immediately to the Spanish island of Majorca following the service yesterday, which must have been a difficult time.
His dad Niall O'Shea spooke to Limerick Live 95 about the funeral, and praised producers for allowing Greg to come home;
"Greg is a very good family man and his mother wanted to make sure he was there because himself and his Nan, got on well."
Monica Ho from Raheen, Limerick "passed away peacefully on July 19, 2019, in the care of Talbot Lodge Nursing Home, surrounded by her loving family."
The 24-year-old charming Irishman has gained a huge amount of fans since joining the show last week, but no reference will be made to his granny's passing on the show.
The Ireland Rugby Sevens player admitted that he can't hold back his opinions at times, like fellow Irish contestant Maura Higgins;
“I see something that I don’t agree with, I’m not able to hold it to myself – I always have to say something. I struggle to bite my tongue," he said.
His sister Laura told Today FM that Greg kept his arrival on the show a secret from his family.
"It's a shock to say the least. We found out with everyone else, he was completely secret the whole time so the shock was very large in our house last night in Corbally.
"Look, we’re happy for him, he’s clearly having such a good time so let's just see what happens," she added.
"He took off from Paris, he was over there, we did get a weird request for a couple pairs of shorts and sunglasses but we just thought it was for Paris and that he had met a lovely girl in Paris, but no, he was packing a bag for Majorca."
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