The Love Island USA season 7 reunion dropped some major bombshells, but none were more fun—or more revealing—than a previously unreleased clip of Huda Mustafa and Iris Kendall. With this clip, the Love Island USA reunion debunked a major Cierra Ortega theory and replaced it with something truly magical.
You might remember in July when Cierra abruptly left the Villa after old social media posts in which she used racist language resurfaced online. At the time, fans were desperate to know every single detail of her ousting. One popular online theory suggested that you could hear Cierra scream about being forced to leave in the background of an Olandria Carthen confessional.
Well, thanks to the reunion, that theory has been thoroughly debunked. It wasn’t Cierra yelling, “You can’t do this!” in the background of Olandria’s confessional—it was Iris and Huda singing the Selena Gomez classic “Who Says” at the top of their lungs in the bathroom. To quote Olandria, “No way!”
“I’m glad they showed that,” Huda said after the clip aired. “Because everyone kept saying, like, ‘We don’t understand how Iris and Huda are friends after this.’ I'm like, we bonded like this in the Villa!”
Selena hasn’t commented on the epic moment, but she is a fan of the show and the season 7 Islanders. She even invited a handful of the season 7 cast members—including both Iris and Olandria—to celebrate the launch of her new Rare Beauty Perfume.
This sweet bonding moment was—unfortunately for Huda—one of only a handful of times she wasn’t in the hot seat during the reunion. Olandria might have laughed at the clip, but she also confronted Huda about her promise to make a social media post asking her fans to stop sending Olandria and Chelley Bissainthe racist hate online—something Huda has yet to do. (She did, however, ask her fans to stop the hate in an interview, but it’s unclear what reach that had.)
So while this clip shows that Huda and Iris are friends, it’s also a good reminder that Huda and Olandria are not.
