More than a month after exiting the villa, the season 8 stars of Love Island USA sat down for a reunion full of sex confessions, relationship updates and surprising feuds.
The reunion was hosted by Ariana Madix and Andy Cohen which reunited “this season’s winners, fan-favorite couples, and this year’s bombshells for an up close and personal look back at their experience in the Villa,” according to a press release.
Bryce Alakai, Trinity Tatum, Aniya Harvey, Carl Schmidt, Melanie Moreno, Sincere Rhea, Kayda Bosse and Zach Georgiou were front and center alongside Dylan Wrona, Kenzie Annis, KC Chandler, Tierra Davis, Corbin Mims and Parmida Keshani.
Elsewhere in the show, Caleb McDaniel, Jaiden Bacciocco, Amora Robinson, Sydney Eugene, Ronnie Gunter, Gal Tshnieder, Jen Terry, Chay Nehra, Gabriel Vasconcelos, Sol Dean, Beatriz Hatz and Sean Reifel discussed their time in Fiji as well.
Love Island USA originally premiered in the U.K. in 2002 before it expanded with various spinoffs, including Love Island USA on Peacock. The series follows a different group of singles every season who have to pair off in order to stay in the show’s luxury villa.
The contestants — referred to as Islanders — live in isolation in a villa and are under constant video surveillance. They must be coupled up to remain on the show and stand a chance at receiving the $100,000 prize.
Keep scrolling for the biggest reunion revelations:
Relationship Statuses
During the reunion, Kayda and Zach confirmed they are “dating” and consider themselves exclusive. The duo clarified, however, that they don’t refer to each other as girlfriend and boyfriend since they haven’t had the chance to spend too much time together outside of the villa.
Melanie and Sincere were on the same page about dating without labels. She admitted to Andy that she was still working on trusting Sincere.
Bryce and Trinity — and Aniya and Carl — are also still together after coupling up on the show. Later in the reunion, Kenzie said she has already told Dylan that she loves him.
Corbin and Parmida shocked their fellow Islanders when they revealed they were no longer together. Another surprising couple update was Sydney Eugene and Ronnie Gunter revealing that they explored their connection.
Sex Confessions
When online comments about how Carl “can’t handle” Aniya in the bedroom were brought up, she replied, “I fear he can.” Carl, for his part, stumbled over his words while hinting that a “gentleman” never tells.
Jen, meanwhile, told the audience she didn’t have sex with Gabe — despite the show hinting at it. Caleb and Jaiden both agreed that they had a “good” time when they had sex post-villa but it fell apart when they weren’t on the same page about what they wanted.
Surprising Love Triangle
Jaiden made a surprising claim about how she thought Jen helped Caleb break up with her. Jen and Caleb clarified they were best friends.
The Aftermath of the Villa
KC said he hasn’t been on social media due to death threats and racial slurs being sent his way due to him choosing Titi over Aniya.
There was another tense moment when Sol attempted to address her issues with her fellow Islanders. It led to multiple back and forth arguments with the others — with Sol still on the outs with some cast members.
Kenzie and Melanie’s Falling Out
After Kenzie was caught complaining about Melanie’s increased screen time, the duo addressed their issues. There was a brief argument before both Kenzie and Melanie clarified that they were still interested in reconciling.
Bryce and Zach’s Close Friendship
The pair stood by the bond they developed while in Fiji together. Zach, however, said it was difficult seeing the homophobic response from some viewers and the claims his platonic affection was one-sided.
Unseen Footage
In addition to more footage from the post-Casa recoupling, the reunion also showed more from Gabe’s elimination, Sol and Melanie’s conversation and more.
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