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Revealed: How much Joey Essex is earning for Love Island after shock bombshell entrance

Joey Essex made history on Monday evening as the first celebrity to ever join the cast of singletons, who are otherwise unknown.

And now it has been revealed that Joey, who has 1.8 million followers on Instagram, will be receiving the same earnings as the other Love Islanders and hasn't been paid anything extra to appear on the ITV dating show. A TV source told MailOnline: 'Joey is being treated like any other Love Island contestant, he's playing by the same rules and won't be given any preferential treatment. Joey Essex, who has 1.8 million followers on Instagram, will be receiving the same earnings as the other Love Islanders and hasn't been paid anything extra to appear on the ITV dating show, MailOnline can reveal

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