Millie Court has claimed this year's Love Island bad boy Joey Essex has a game plan and knows how to 'put on a good show' after starring on reality TV for 13 years.
The Love Island 2021 winner, 27, praised bosses for 'upping their game' for series 11 as she described the former TOWIE star's behaviour as 'iconic' because he's 'bringing the drama' to the show.
The influencer said Joey, 33, 'knows what he is doing' and is 'putting on a good show' because he's been on a variety of reality TV shows over the past 13 years.
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Millie shared her thoughts on the latest series as she discussed Joey's game plan.
She said: 'His [Joey's] was a really good entrance and I think that it was pretty iconic and he's been really iconic. He's obviously been bringing the drama, which is always good.
Millie Cour t has claimed this year's Love Island bad boy Joey Essex has a game plan and knows how to 'put on a good show' after starring on reality TV for 13 years
The Love Island 2021 winner, 27, praised bosses for 'upping their game' for series 11 as she described the former TOWIE star's behaviour as 'iconic' because he's 'bringing the drama'
And well, it's Joey Essex, he's been in lots of reality TV shows before, so I feel like he knows what he's doing. He's putting on a good show. It's what we all want to see.
'Drama at the end of the day is what keeps people watching Love Island, isn't it. So as long as he keeps bringing that, then he'll stay in.
'I think it was pretty iconic of Love Island to sign him though, everyone was really shocked and wasn't expecting it because in the past it's just been ex-Islanders coming in and I think now obviously Love Island has stepped away from that and just getting celebrities in general to come in, so they've upped their game.'
Millie also went onto say she believes some of the other islanders went onto the show with a 'game plan' but thinks couple Nicole Samuel and Ciaran Davies are genuine and might go all the way.
Speaking as the face of VO5's Summer Festival Edit, she added: 'To be honest with you, I think people might have gone in there with a bit of a game plan, and I just think there's no point in doing that.
'I think just be really true to yourself and get the connections and try not to force anything.
'Nicole and Ciaran I think you can tell that they've got like a really natural connection between them and I think they will get far because they've got a really genuine connection and it's a lot more natural and it will show through on the telly.'
Earlier this week, Joey sent viewers into a frenzy as they called out his 'GCSE acting' after his former flame Samantha Kenny was dumped from the villa on Tuesday.
The influencer said Joey, 33, 'knows what he is doing' and is 'putting on a good show' because he's been on a variety of reality TV shows over the past 13 years
Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Millie said: 'I feel like he knows what he's doing. He's putting on a good show. It's what we all want to see'
She added: 'Drama at the end of the day is what keeps people watching Love Island, isn't it. So as long as he keeps bringing that, then he'll stay in' (Joey pictured with Grace Jackson)
The TV personality was coupled up with Samantha from when he made his bombshell entrance into the ITV reality show two weeks ago.
But after rekindling a former romance with his ex Grace Jackson, she chose to couple up with Joey, leaving Samantha the only girl left single at the end of Tuesday's recoupling.
Nicole Samuel received a text telling the villa Samantha had been dumped, prompting her and Harriett Blackmore to burst into tears.
Grace tried to apologise to Samantha as she packed her bags but Samantha told her she 'didn't want to hear it'.
Joey then entered the room as Samantha packed and tried to speak to her but she told him she didn't want to hear what he had to say.
He said he had been with her 'for two weeks' but Samantha said anything he said to her would just be a 'p**e of s***e'.
Joey appeared sad as he wondered aimlessly around the Majorca property and was left sitting on his own, with the final shot of the episode showing the seasoned reality star slumped at the fire pit with his hands in his pockets.
But while Joey attempted to be remorseful about the situation, fans of the show did not believe his reaction as they compared his response to a 'GCSE performance'.
Flocking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one user penned: 'WHY IS JOEY WALKING ROUND AT THE END LIKE HES DOING A GCSE DRAMA PERFORMANCE'
'Oh Joey is such an actress the melodramatic scene at the end?!'
Millie spoke to MailOnline as the new face of VO5's Summer Festival Edit (pictured)
Earlier this week, Joey sent viewers into a frenzy as they called out his 'GCSE acting' after his former flame Samantha Kenny (pictured) was dumped from the villa on Tuesday
The TV star was coupled up with Samantha from when he made his entrance into the villa but after rekindling a romance with his ex Grace Jackson (pictured), Samantha was dumped
