{"id":228133,"date":"2025-07-01T02:22:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228133\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T02:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:22:13","slug":"love-island-usas-ariana-madix-unpacks-shocking-casa-amor-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/228133\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island USA’s Ariana Madix Unpacks Shocking Casa Amor Return"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t[This story contains spoilers for Love Island<\/a> USA season seven through episode 24.]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAriana Madix<\/a> may be the host of Love Island USA<\/a>, but she\u2019s going through all the same emotions as the viewers whether they\u2019re watching from their couch or any of the watch parties popping up across the U.S.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing the success of season six of the Peacock<\/a> reality<\/a> series \u2014 which became a cultural phenomenon \u2014 season seven has some big shoes to fill. As the new season enters its fifth week, there have been plenty of jaw-dropping and emotional moments, leaving not only the Islanders in shock but also the fans.<\/p>\n

\n\tMore recently, the girls returned from Casa Amor (also called the ultimate Love Island test), and some original couples were reunited while other new couples were formed. Either way, the Vanderpump Rules<\/a> alum, who has been hosting the show since season six<\/a>, admits she actually was \u201cnot surprised\u201d at all by Taylor choosing new Islander Clarke over Olandria, who has been in the villa since day one.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs for the new Casa Amor format this season, Madix tells The Hollywood Reporter, \u201cI really thought it was necessary to shake things up. I also like shaking things up because it makes it so that next season, no one knows what\u2019s gonna happen.\u00a0I don\u2019t want to see any tired old tropes. I don\u2019t want to see anybody pulling anything that we\u2019ve seen before. I want it all to feel new and different.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBelow, Madix unpacks that shocking return of Casa Amor, and spills \u201cinsider tea\u201d on the viral Jeremiah and Hannah dumping, as well as her thoughts on the current couples.<\/p>\n

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\n\tGoing back to Casa Amor, what are your thoughts on the new format this season?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m obsessed with it. It was so necessary because\u00a0in the past, you see Casa Amor people come in, you barely get to know them and then they\u2019re gone. Or if they are brought back to the villa, they\u2019re somehow villains, and it feels so unfair to them to have to go through that process. You also sometimes\u00a0see the Islanders be loyal in situations where they shouldn\u2019t, or not really participate, or sometimes maybe someone thinks, \u201cOh, if I do some sort of big grand gesture coming back single, I can get away with certain things and coast through to the finale.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThere\u2019s been sprinklings of all of that through so many seasons, so I love the fact that we did this in a way that gave the Casa Amor Islanders agency to say who it was that they wanted to get to know and couple up with. I also love the way we did it because it made it so there was no way to villainize any one of them. Everyone\u2019s gonna get to know people; everyone\u2019s coupled up, no one can be pointed out or singled out to be villainized or harassed or whatever. I thought it was necessary to shake things up.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhat was your initial reaction to Taylor choosing Clarke instead of Olandria, and do you try to hide your reactions in the moment when you\u2019re in the villa?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI do because I don\u2019t want anyone to feel bad for making any type of decision. But at the same time, if someone is having a really hard time, I try to let them know that everything\u2019s gonna be OK. I was not surprised by that at all though (Laughs). That was not shocking. Taylor and Clarke really, you\u2019re watching them really get to know each other and, in my opinion, get immediately much closer than he and Olandria. <\/p>\n

\n\tI felt like this was gonna be great for Olandria because it was going to free her from thinking about Taylor, for trying to be loyal to this man who\u2019s breadcrumbing her. I was hoping that Taylor would make that decision and stand on it because sometimes I feel like he\u2019s a bit wishy-washy, and he worries a lot about whether or not people are going to be mad at him or he wants to be liked. I just want him to say, \u201cHey, I feel really strongly about Clarke. She\u2019s who I want. The end.\u201d So we\u2019ll see how things progress. Of course, things changed so fast in that villa, but I predicted that.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t(L-R) Olandria, Taylor and Clarke on Love Island USA.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeacock<\/p>\n

\n\tThere\u2019s also some tension now between Chelley and Huda after the heartbeat challenge on Sunday night. Some fans are speculating that viewers didn\u2019t see all of Huda\u2019s performance, which may have caused the fellow Islanders\u2019 shocking reactions. Can you confirm if there was anything cut from her turn?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI have no idea. If I was there watching in real time, I would be able to say. But I only saw what you guys saw, so I have no idea until one of the Islanders maybe comes out and tells us. I was impressed by the acrobatics of it all (Laughs).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDo you find it challenging trying to balance playing it cool when you\u2019re in the villa, since you technically know what America thinks, yet the Islanders don\u2019t?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThere have been some moments where it was challenging. There was the night that America voted who they wanted the Bombshells to couple up with, and obviously the Islanders had no idea that vote was happening at all, and I knew what the results of America\u2019s vote were. I knew Iris was gonna be put with Jeremiah, I knew Hannah was gonna be put with Pepe, and I knew Jalen and Olandria are gonna be together. I did not know how the Islanders would choose as far as who to send home. And even as I was announcing the results of America\u2019s vote, my heart was beating out of my chest. Mostly for Hannah and Charlie, because I was in the dressing room being told I had to wait. I was supposed to come in earlier, but Hannah and Charlie were having this incredible conversation on the balcony and they\u2019re [producers] like, \u201cWait just wait a second.\u201d So I\u2019m in full glam, watching on the TV going, \u201cOh my God. Oh no, this is going to be horrible!\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThen when [Charlie] asked me if he could speak, I was like, \u201cYeah, speak. Please.\u201d I was shocked no one else spoke. I thought, \u201cOh, he spoke, he\u2019s good. They\u2019re going to understand he and Hannah just had this moment. They\u2019re totally going to get it. No one\u2019s gonna vote for Charlie.\u201d Then they voted for Charlie and I was trying to be cool, but even then, I feel like you could see I was like, \u201cI\u2019m so sorry.\u201d And then I want to be like, \u201cAre they really sending him home? Can he stay?\u201d Then the next two episodes I didn\u2019t watch until I had to because when I go to do Aftersun, usually I\u2019m watching them as soon as I get them, but I had to wait because I was like, I\u2019m not ready for Hannah and Pepe. I\u2019m still stuck on Hannah and Charlie.\u201d And then eventually, I needed to get over it and I did.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tHannah and Charlie on Love Island USA.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeacock<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the most controversial episodes was when Hannah and Jeremiah got sent home by their fellow Islanders, leaving fans upset and calling for them to make a surprise return.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m shocked, too. If you\u2019re mad, why didn\u2019t you vote for him to be your favorite? I\u2019m so confused as to how all of a sudden America was upset. I don\u2019t understand (laughs).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDid you agree with the\u00a0decision to send them home?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIt\u2019s tough because I think that no matter what happens, there\u2019s always one of these votes every season that you\u2019re like, \u201cWhy did the Islanders choose this person?\u201d And of course, people watching the show have different thoughts and opinions on the reasons why or who they think should have gone home. Insider tea: Jeremiah was the absolute last for the boys. So if it was just going off of America\u2019s vote, he would have gone home anyways. The reasons why they chose him to go home as fellow Islanders, that I do not know. <\/p>\n

\n\tI think we always see this every season where it\u2019s not just about your romantic connections. It\u2019s your relationships with the other Islanders that also always comes into play, and you never know when it\u2019s gonna come into play, but it always does. We\u2019re gonna lose them all eventually (Laughs). Eventually everyone\u2019s gonna go home and sometimes it\u2019s gonna be really tough, and that\u2019s the nature of the show and that\u2019s why we love it, because we do fall in love with them and then they\u2019re gone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t(L-R) Jeremiah, Pepe, Austin and Hannah.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPeacock<\/p>\n

\n\tNow that the season is more than halfway over, do you find it concerning that there are not many strong couples, and more newly-formed couples?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIt is what it is. Our team finds the most amazing people to put in and you never know what\u2019s the dynamic gonna be until they\u2019re all together. This person and this person, you might think they\u2019ll hit it off and then they don\u2019t. That is the special sauce to the show is that dynamic that you cannot predict. <\/p>\n

\n\tThis season is a little bit different than last and then last season was a little bit different than the one before, and I think that\u2019s what makes it so fun. We\u2019re just here for the ride and so I\u2019m enjoying seeing how things are playing out. I love that we went into Casa [Amor] without too many strong couples. It makes for an enjoyable time for me as a viewer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLooking ahead, can you confirm if there\u2019s going to be a movie night and a tweet\/social media challenge later this season?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI have no idea. I know we have a couple of more weeks left, and I know that our team out here is always pulling things out of their sleeve, and they have so many plans. Sometimes those plans are diabolical, so who knows what\u2019s to come? I have no idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t***<\/p>\n

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