LOVE Island has become embroiled in a historic drugs scandal centred on Stacey Solomon’s ex.
The X Factor alum, 35, dated Jackass star Steve-O, 50, after they met while filming reality series The Jump.
The late Paul Danan made allegations Steve-O smuggled narcotics into the Fuji compound[/caption]
Yet now American stunt performer and comedian Steve-O, famed for his role in the dare-devil reality series, is the centre of attention for his former Love Island stint.
Steve-O appeared in the celebrity version of the matchmaking show in 2006 and has now been accused of smuggling drugs into the villa, which was in Fiji at the time.
The scandal came around after a confession by the late Paul Danan, in the final podcast released before his death last month.
In the Outlet Ten Discussions Podcast Steve-O’s fellow Love Island alum Paul said of his villa entry: “They didn’t search you or anything like that because we’re not stupid.
“No one’s gonna bring nothing on there. But guess who f**king did?
“They got Steve-O from Jackass, and he basically swallowed a load of f**king whatever, and he was like s**tting it out!”
He then suggested Steve-O, whose real name is Stephen Glover, made a bong by cutting off the top of an apple while in the middle of the villa.
Paul added: “So there we are me and Steve-O just smoking away this apple, and you can hear ‘Paul and Steve-O, can you come to the Beach Hut right now.’
“They know they can’t use any of it obviously, and he got chucked out. They were like, ‘you can’t do that, man.’”
At the time Steve-O left the villa, ITV released a statement that read: “Steve-O became very emotional last night and again this morning, and was upsetting some of the other celebrities.
“We therefore agreed with him that he should go home.
“He has been great entertainment since he arrived on Monday, and we thank him for his contribution.”
ITV bosses declined to comment when approached by The Sun.
LOVE STORY
Meanwhile, Steve-O and Stacey met on wintersports reality show The Jump back in 2015 and had a whirlwind romance.
Love Island All Stars 2025 official line-up
Love Island All Stars is back on TV for season 2.
Here we take you through the line-up of all the Islanders who are in the villa so far.
- Scott Thomas – season 2 (2016)
- Marcel Somerville – season 3 (2017) – OUT
- India Reynolds – season 2 (2017) – OUT
- Gabby Allen – season 3 (2017)
- Elma Pazar – season 5 (2019)
- Curtis Pritchard – season 5 (2019)
- Kaz Crossley – season 5 (2019) – OUT
- Olivia Hawkins – season 10 (2023) – OUT
- Nas Majeed – season 6 (2020) – OUT
- Luca Bish – season 8 (2022)
- Catherine Agbaje – season 10 (2023)
- Ronnie Vint – season 11 (2024)
Bombshells
Each series brings with it a string of hot single bombshells making their epic entrance into the villa.
Here’s who has joined the villa so far:
- Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu – season 8 (2022)
- Casey O’Gorman – season 9 (2023) and All Stars (2024)
- Ron Hall – season 9 (2023)
- Tina Stinnes – season 2 (2016)
- Grace Jackson – season 11 (2024)
- Harriet Blackmore – season 11 (2024)
- Montel McKenzie – season 10 (2023) – OUT
- Sammy Root – season 10 (2023)
- Danielle Sellers – season 3 (2017)
One fan called the relationship “actually nuts” while another boggled: “What the actual f**k?”
For a while they were a real celebrity couple and dated for six months before the distance between the pair made the relationship difficult.
Sadly Steve-O and Stacey were not to be with an insider telling The Sun at the time: “Stacey found it hard being away from Steve-O so they decided to put their relationship on hold.”
“He has a huge tour in the States, as that’s where his fanbase is. The relationship developed quickly and was a real whirlwind, but for the time being it’s not to be.”
Their break-up paved the way for her now-husband Joe Swash to start dating in 2016.
Stacey found it hard to be away from American Steve-O, so the pair put their relationship on ice[/caption]
Paul sadly passed away this year[/caption]
