Love Island USA Season 7 Reunion Kicks Off with Explosive Confrontations

NEW YORK - The highly anticipated Love Island USA Season 7 Reunion Special premiered tonight, Monday, August 25, at 9 p.m. ET exclusively on Peacock, with hosts Ariana Madix and Andy Cohen guiding the drama-filled event.

The two-hour special reunited all surviving Islanders, picking up where the Fiji villa left off and immediately diving into unresolved tensions. Early in the show, Chelley Bissainthe and Olandria Carthen directly confronted Huda Mustafa over her claims of feeling bullied in the villa, accusing her of misrepresenting interactions and reducing Olandria to tears with unspoken barbs.

A focal point of the reunion was the long-awaited showdown between Jeremiah Brown and Ace Greene, as Jeremiah accused Ace of orchestrating his surprising elimination. The heated exchange saw both men trading barbs over who truly held power in the villa dynamics.

Former Islander Bryan Arenales, crowned one half of the Season 7 winning duo alongside Amaya Espinal, addressed swirling cheating rumors head-on. Acknowledging “a lapse in judgment” during a night out, Bryan insisted there was no intent to betray his partner but conceded he regretted certain decisions. Amaya, meanwhile, stood by his side, sharing that even her mother had grown emotional over their connection.

Perhaps the most talked-about moment arrived when Peacock unveiled the extended, unseen footage of the controversial Heart Rate Challenge, eliciting gasps and stunned silence from the cast as previously unaired moments of the make-out session played out.

Several Islanders, including Hannah Fields, found themselves overwhelmed by the raw footage and sought a moment to compose themselves onstage, highlighting the emotional stakes that remained high long after the season wrapped.

With Andy Cohen and Ariana Madix at the helm, tonight’s reunion lived up to its billing as “no joke.” Peacock expects the special to shatter streaming records for the franchise, cementing Love Island USA Season 7 as one of its most-viewed offerings to date.