The Love Island USA season 7 reunion trailer hinted at cast division amid cheating claims, ongoing feuds and surprising new footage from the controversial Heart Rate Challenge.
Peacock released the first look on Thursday, August 21, which featured Ace Greene, Amaya Espinal, Austin Shepard, Chelley Bissainthe, Hannah Fields, Huda Mustafa, Iris Kendall, Jeremiah Brown, Pepe Garcia, Nic Vansteenberghe, Olandria Carthen, Taylor Williams, Charlie Georgiou and more Islanders sitting down to hash out the season’s biggest drama.
Hosts Ariana Madix and Andy Cohen started off strong by asking Jeremiah, 25, and Belle-A Walker if “there is something going on” between them since leaving the villa. The couple played coy before focus shifted to Olandria, 27, who teased whether consummating her relationship with Nic, 24, was “worth the wait.”
The winning couple, Bryan, 28, and Amaya, 25, appeared to be on great terms as they discussed meeting each other’s families. “My mom loved Amaya,” Bryan shared in the sneak peek. “She shed a tear when she left.”
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Later in the trailer, Bryan was more guarded when asked about rumors he was unfaithful after being spotted in a club with girls, hinting he had “a lapse in judgment.”
Jeremiah also faced off with Ace, 22, after blaming him for his shocking exit early in the season.
“I am going through hell right now and you are calling me a scammer?” Jeremiah said as Ace replied, “Saying that I am the only person responsible for sending a person home is crazy.”
Ace’s girlfriend, Chelley, 27, had her own feud to address with Huda, 24. Chelley and Olandria said they were shocked at Huda’s claims that she was “bullied” on the show despite her behavior in Fiji.
“It is like I see two different people. You were saying, ‘I want you to meet my daughter.’ But when we got out it was like a whole different switch,” Chelley told Huda. Olandria added that they “were close” but said Huda “didn’t speak up” for her.
The most dramatic moment came at the very end when the Islanders watched an “unseen extended version” of the Heart Rate Challenge. For those who need a refresher, the challenge caused a lot of contention in the villa when each couple had to tease other contestants as a way to get their heart rates up and win the game.
While the season aired, fans saw a snippet of Huda’s sultry dance for Ace, which ended with her getting on top of him as Chelley watched. Once outside of the villa, Huda and Chelley had different accounts of whether boundaries were crossed.
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“I needed my space from her. We all stand on being a ‘girl’s girl’ and having each other’s backs. At that moment, I didn’t feel like that’s what happened,” Chelley told Variety at the time. “But once we got a chance to sit down and talk to each other, it was something that we could work through. Our relationship is good. We’re friends. I just needed my space from her, but now everything is good. We understand each other. Boundaries were set.”
Huda has stood by her version of events, exclusively telling Us Weekly in July, “The thing I did with Jeremiah in the dominant/submissive challenge — the tongue thing, where I licked all the way up [their body] — I did that with every single guy [in the Heart Rate Challenge]. People were like, ‘Oh no!’ Every dude was very happy during the whole thing. Afterwards, they saw the girl’s reactions and that’s when they’re like, ‘She was doing too much.’”
She added: “It wasn’t personal. I wasn’t trying to take someone’s man, I wasn’t trying to do anything like that. It was literally a challenge that I was trying to win. I didn’t even win!”
Love Island USA is currently streaming on Peacock. The season 7 reunion airs Monday, August 25, at 9 p.m. ET.
