The Love Island USA Season 7 reunion is on tonight on Peacock, but the rumors about full-blown detective investigation began already after the fans discovered the show’s golden couple, Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales, completely unfollowed each other on Instagram. You did read that correctly. The couple who won the season, who walked off into the sunset arm-in-arm, with hands full of money, and with mouths full of forever love words, now are not even following one another on the most toxic relationship scoreboard on the planet.
From “Prince Charming” to “Disappointed but Not Surprised”
Let’s take it back. Amaya’s parting line from the villa was literally plucked straight from the pages of the Nicholas Sparks novel. She described Bryan as “a man who drains my cup” and “evidence that fairtales exist.” Bryan shot it back the same way, proclaiming Amaya his “peace to the chaos” and vowing he’d run the Love Island circuit a hundred times just to come back to see her. Ew, isn’t that just sometimes just that? Barf-inducingly so.
Three weeks forward, and Amaya’s re-posts on TikTok are crying sad girl starter pack. Within the past 48 hours alone, she’s posted a reel on being “disappointed but not surprised,” a Scandal cut on never letting her walls come down again, and another proclaiming “how it feels when you know you gotta leave him alone.” Honey, if this isn’t a thesis on heartbreak, then I don’t know what.
Cheating Rumors, Baseball Pitches, and Dad Drama
The news of the breakup isn’t new. Fans were already on chaos mode when someone speculated that Bryan was cheating. Amaya and Bryan shut it down afterwards with a smug couples tiktok labeled “When everyone thinks you’re over meanwhile this is us.” Cute damage control till the cracks began showing.
Let’s return just a few weeks ago when the pair was so preppy together throwing out the first pitch together at Fenway. Amaya even went so far on her Instagram story placing little red hearts around Bryan’s face calling him her “crush.” But behind the couple-goals photo shoot the cheating rumor would just wouldn’t quit. So much so that even Bryan’s dad had to intervene on fan pages to defend son typing angrily on the comments: “PLEASE STOP LIES & RUMORS!!!!! That’s NOT TRUE. That’s absolutely NOT true. Bryan’s Dad” Sir, when the parents actually Log into Instagram fan accounts, things already haven’t quite gone so great.
Andy Cohen and the ReunionBombshell
Of course, Andy Cohen wasn’t gonna let that mess slide. In the reunion trailer he is specifically calling Bryan out: “Chris, you were with Bryan the night of the alleged cheating.” Bryan, sitting there looking like he wishes he could just fade into the floor, apologizes accordingly: “I had a lapse of judgment.” What does that even even describe? A kiss with a few drinks involved? A taboo DM? Poor word choice the editorial staff at Peacock are spinning for ratings gold? We will see the aftermath on the TV when we view it, but the internet at large already collectively pronounced them finished.
From Vows of Eternity to Instagram Silence
Just a month ago, Amaya and Bryan were updating Us Weekly that they were playing it slow, focusing on one another, and doing nothing for the “public eye.” Amaya even joked “the public would definitely be seeing me and Bry Bry.” Well, Bry Bry is now MIA on her feed, and she’s MIA on his.
“Happily ever after” is now really just “oh, that couple we assumed would stick around to September.” The fairytale quite literally may be done right here, and if it is, the pain already is getting the better of Amaya more than that Fenway opening day pitcher. Leave it on, however, because if tonight’s reunion goes down the way viewers are hoping it does, this breakup will be the year’s largest reality TV meltdown.
