00:00I think that it's so cool that that you got another shot on Love Island Games.
00:03What was your reaction when you were asked to return to Fiji?
00:07My reaction? I feel like I wasn't expecting the call.
00:12And I was like, perfect. This is my opportunity for me to go back to the villa and share a little
00:18more of my personality. And that's what I tried to do.
00:23And I think it's interesting because in Love Island, you kind of want to
00:26lead with your heart instead of strategy. Whereas in Love Island Games, you want to lead with strategy
00:31over your heart. Since it's been so soon since you left Love Island, did you find it difficult to
00:36kind of make that mental switch? Yes, for sure. I feel like Love Island being so...
00:43I did Love Island Games right after Love Island, and I feel like I still had the Love Island mentality.
00:50Also, I feel like from the beginning, everybody was asking, are you here for love or money?
00:55And I felt from the beginning, I always said that I was looking more for love than winning the
01:03competition. So I feel like it is okay to just look for love when you're doing Love Island Games. At the
01:12end of the day, still love Island Games. So I don't really regret just focusing on love. I feel like
01:23at the same time, I realized too late that if I wanted to stay with you that I had to,
01:31you know, fight, but it is what it is. It's funny because a lot of fans were kind of calling on
01:38producers to bring Jeremiah in for you. How do you think that would have gone down?
01:42Well, it's really funny and interesting because even when I got my phone back,
01:47like half of the messages and games were like, finally, you left single. Like, go get Jeremiah.
01:56I mean, if Jeremiah has been at the villa, we have been like, bye, Tariq. Bye, Johnny.
02:02This is this is my favorite Love Island boy. So yeah, that would be nice.
02:10Is that ever rekindling?
02:14I think so. Maybe.
02:16I would love that you guys were so cute together. He's actually a really, really nice person. He's
02:25just, he's just a nice human being. And I can't wait to see him again. What happened to you on Love
02:31Island Games might go down as one of the biggest betrayals in Love Island history. Did you ever
02:36expect that Johnny would switch up on you like that? And I've had doubts about how we fare on the
02:43romance side of things. It's starting to feel draining. I decided that I'm going to open the
02:49package. No, I never, never expected that. Even though I knew Johnny's history, last time he did
02:59Love Island Games, I think he switched partners like four times. And all the girls said the same thing.
03:06Like you one sided me. You were really affectionate last night. And now you're saying all of this.
03:12Um, so yeah, even though he had a history, I tried to ignore it and judge him by what he was doing
03:22with me. And it was all love. It was all kisses. I, I saw, I watched the episodes and it was,
03:32it was a shock to me saying how he was talking about me with the guys, and then he will come to bed
03:38and kiss me and be all over me. So yeah, I wasn't expecting that mainly because we knew each other
03:46from before. We had a connection from before. And since the moment we met, it just felt like he was
03:52all over me. He, yeah. So I never thought he was going to do the same thing to me. So that was definitely
04:00a big shot. I have to say that revenge bikini was everything. You must not like such a boss
04:06parading that in front of Johnny. This bikini eats.
04:10You like it? It's a nice bikini. Thank you. Tell me a bit about that moment.
04:22Yeah. So, you know, I woke up after sleeping in my single bed and I was like, today I'm gonna wear
04:31the sentence bikinis and I'm gonna show this man that I don't care. He can go, he can do whatever
04:38he wants to do because I don't want him in my life and I'm, I'm good without him. So I went to the
04:45dressing room and I was like, who got some tiny, like tiny bikini? And Justine gave me that red
04:53bikini and I was like, oh my God, this is perfect. And I was so happy when I went downstairs because
04:59all the guys were like, oh my God, that bikini is so fire. I was like, easy, darling. Easy.
05:07Yeah. And then when we had our conversation, I, we were sitting next to each other and he was just
05:19like, kind of like looking down and I was like, I know, I know. We saw him during the duel. He's like,
05:27my stomach hurts. I feel so bad. I'm so nervous. Do you think that was genuine or do you think he
05:42kind of started to realize, oh, oh, the public might be siding with her and not me. And I need
05:47to make myself have some remorse. What do you think that was about? Yes. I think everything Johnny does
05:54is very calculated, which is fine. There's no violent games at the end of the day. But my problem
06:00is when you do things with bad intentions and when you hurt people, I'm on the way. Like,
06:08it's okay if you do things for you, but just think about other people. Just think, okay,
06:14I'm doing this for me, but am I affecting other people? And yes, he was. So that was my main problem.
06:21And he knows that Love Island has a huge fan base. And I feel like he knew people were gonna like him
06:35because of it. I think he already experienced it when he did Love Island games season one. And we
06:40actually talked about it. And I also feel like he didn't want to seem like this bad guy in front of
06:47the other people because what if they have to vote? What if America has to vote? So I think that
06:55more than anything, he was feeling guilty and he was trying to improve his bad boy image. But I don't
07:03think that there's nothing he can do at this point. We know who he is. But your co-star Lucinda,
07:09she's on her third round of Love Island. Would you be opening open to returning to the franchise again,
07:14if given the opportunity? So funny, because I got asked that by a fan yesterday. And I said,
07:21basically, all I've done this summer was Love Island. I did Love Island games dry after Love Island.
07:26So I feel like for now, I just need a little break. But who knows? I mean, I feel like if they present
07:37the opportunity to come back and it makes sense when that happens, why not? So I'm not closing that door.
07:46Third time could be the charm. You never know.
07:48Oh my God. If I do it a third time and I also live single, I'm going to be pissed.
07:57I have to squeeze in a quick question or two about Love Island USA season seven, since that was just
08:03all the talk this past summer. As we know, Iris and Pepe broke up right before the reunion aired.
08:09What do you think about Iris getting back together with your bombshell brother TJ?
08:12Oh, I love it, love it, love it. When I got my phone back and I saw that they were together, I was so,
08:19so happy. I actually spoke to her on FaceTime. And I can't wait to go to LA and meet up with her
08:28and catch up. That's my girl. I love Iris. She's such a nice person. TJ too. So I'm really,
08:37really happy because I was there in the villa when they were together and I saw the chemistry.
08:43And to me, they just make sense. So I'm really happy to see that they're together.
08:48This was also the first reunion that was co-hosted by both Ariana Maddox and Andy Cohen. You got to
08:54spend the summer watching Ariana do her thing. What was it like to watch Andy live in action?
09:00I mean, it was good. I love Ariana. I feel like I definitely, I definitely had the opportunity
09:08to talk to her more now that I did games. And she was great because when bad things happened to me,
09:18I feel like she always looked at me kind of like, I'm sorry, mainly when Johnny betrayed me. So she
09:24definitely grew on me this season. And Andy, to be honest, I didn't know much about Andy before,
09:32but he was super respectful and I loved how he handled all the questions. And it was just
09:39fun watching the reunion after we filmed it because they made it fun.
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