Jake Cornish and Liberty Poole’s Love Island journey ended VERY abruptly when they sensationally called it quits and quit the villa just days before the final. In emotional scenes, the nation watched Liberty choose “self love” as she ended things with her now ex-boyfriend and admitted that she didn’t feel they were right for each other.
Fast forward a week and Jake and Liberty both caught up with KISS Breakfast's Harriet Rose for Stick It On Us with VOXI (over FaceTime as they were both still quarantining since leaving the villa) to answer questions from fans - and they didn't hold back.
When one asked if he thought he fought hard enough to save his relationship with Liberty, the former water engineer admitted he'd been doing some self-reflecting.
Jake replied, “Yes, I felt like I did fight hard for her going into it and then as soon as Casa Amor come, and I came out of Casa Amor, when I saw her around the fire pit, the emotions were like ‘Wow, she’s there on her own’ and we were joined at the hip.
“And then the movie night, it just went downhill from there. If you don’t know me, I can’t articulate my words very well, I can’t express how I feel. It’s on the end of my tongue in my head but I can’t get it out. It’s my way and only my way. I need to sit back and take a breath and process it and I’ve learnt that about myself now."
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Love Island 2021 cast: their jobs before the show - slider
1 of 12Kaz Kamwi - fashion influencer
Before heading into the villa, Kaz was already an influencer (with 71k followers) and could have been earning up to £1,000 per post. So annually she could have been making £57,200.
2 of 12Teddy Soares - senior financial consultant
Teddy already had a pretty stable career before his time in the villa. He was a senior financial consultant in Manchester means he could have been earning around £42k a year.
3 of 12Jake Cornish - water engineer
OG Islander Jake was a water engineer in Weston-super-Mare before going into the villa which means he could have been making £38k a year.
4 of 12Chloe Burrows - marketing executive in financial services
Chloe, the most iconic bombshell from Love Island 2021, was a marketing executive in financial services before going into the villa. She could have been earning £36,700 a year.
5 of 12Abigail Rawlings - tattoo artist
Abigail was a tattoo artist in Bournemouth before her stint on Love Island and she could have been earning £35k a year.
6 of 12Tyler Cruickshank - estate agent
Bombshell Tyler was an estate agent in Croydon before going on the ITV show. Who knows whether he'll return to his job but he could have been earning around £29k a year.
7 of 12Millie Court - fashion buyer assistant
Millie is arguably the best dressed in the Love Island 2021 villa and that may be because of her job as a fashion buyer assistant for ASOS. At her old job in London, Millie could have been earning £26k a year.
8 of 12Hugo Hammond - trainee PE teacher
Because Hugo only completed part of his teacher training, he wasn't actually a full-time PE teacher but nevertheless he could have still be earning £25,750 a year.
9 of 12Faye Winter - lettings manager
Faye was a lettings manager in Devon and she could have been earning around £25k a year.
10 of 12Liam Reardon - bricklayer
As a bricklayer in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Liam may have been earning £22,800 a year.
11 of 12Toby Aromolaran - semi professional footballer
Toby is a semi professional footballer, who plays for Hashtag United, and he could have been earning £18k.
12 of 12Liberty Poole - Nando's waitress and marketing student
As a waitress at Nando's Liberty could be earning around £18k a year.
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He continued, “Come the end, I look back and I’ll say I didn’t fight hard enough, I didn’t. It’s as simple as that. I got to sit back and understand how I went wrong."
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Even though things with Liberty are still fresh, another fan asked if he had had any famous women slide into his Instagram DMs now he’s single.
“Yeah. I’ve had DMs from famous people, I haven’t spoken to them because it’s not the time or the place,” he coyly said, and when Harriet asked what category of famous, he teased, “I’ll say TV [to narrow it down].”
So how are things with Liberty and Jake now they’re both back in Blighty? Is it awkward?
Jake said, “We have FaceTimed and it’s weird. Seeing her on camera it’s so weird, we were talking about what happened at the villa on our phones. We’ve had a journey and there’s no bad blood.”