If you watched the reality TV gold that was Love Island USA season 7, then you know that Chelley Bissainthe and Huda Mustafa didn’t always get along in the Villa. Now that they’ve left Fiji, it appears that Chelley and Huda have unfollowed each other on Instagram amid severe harassment from fans, prompting them both to release statements condemning bullying and hate.
Need more info? Here’s everything we know about what’s going on with Chelley and Huda after Love Island USA.
Huda and Chelley had a major falling out in the Villa after Huda danced on Ace Greene during the Heart Rate challenge, and things only got more tense after the Standing on Business challenge, when Chelley questioned Huda’s behavior with both Ace and Chris Seeley.
Fans of both women immediately went to war on social media, and despite the fact that Chelley and Huda have unfollowed each other on Instagram (Olandria Carthen also reportedly unfollowed Huda), they’re asking fans to stop spreading any hate in their names.
Huda Asks Fans Not To Bully Olandria and Chelley
Speaking to Blavity in a post-show interview, Huda specifically defended Chelley and Olandria, who have been getting a lot of unwarranted hate as Black women on television often do. “I still love Olandria. If I’m not hating her, I don’t think anyone should be,” she said, adding that while “everyone is entitled to their own opinion,” there is a line that is to to be crossed.
“I don’t condone hate. I don’t condone bullying. I don’t condone any of that,” she continued. “I think people’s safeties are at risk. And the last thing I want is for anyone to feel unsafe or to feel like they’re getting some sort of backlash at my expense. I think that’s ridiculous.”
And while she admitted that she and Chelley weren’t close, that doesn’t mean she wants her fans to attack. “I do wish her the best and I do care for her as a person,” she said.
Chelley Releases IG Statement Thanking Fans and Condemning Hate
Meanwhile, in an Instagram statement thanking fans, Chelley alluded to the racist hate she’s received throughout the season.
“To the people who used their platforms not just to recap a show but to speak truthfully about the deeper realities Black women face, your words meant everything,” she wrote in part. “You reminded the world that we are layered, emotional, complex, worthy and real. Thank you for holding the line of truth with me and for me in times where hate seemed stronger than usual.”
She then echoed Huda’s calls for fans to stop harassing others, writing, “I just ask one favor... that my supporters turned family continue to spread love and not hate. Keep lifting each other up. Keep choosing compassion. That’s how we change the world.”
Chelley and Huda might not be friends, but they’re clearly not enemies. Hopefully fans will get a clearer answer on where they stand when the Love Island USA season 7 reunion airs August 25.
