Jeremiah Brown is out of the villa and spilling all the tea on his “toxic” romance with Huda Mustafa!
As any Love Island USA fan knows, Jeremiah and Huda’s explosive romance has been a huge part of this controversial season! They coupled up fast and got serious quickly before Huda started aggressively lashing out at Jeremiah for not living up to her expectations.
Meanwhile, fans back home claimed he was “love bombing” her and, of course, were extremely concerned with Huda’s seemingly controlling behavior. Her actions have drawn so much backlash online, she’s one of several reasons the show issued a statement to viewers to stop cyberbulling! It’s been really messy AF!
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After this week’s shocking elimination, Jeremiah stopped by Wednesday’s episode of The Viall Files to share his thoughts on everything that went down!
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How It Started
The reality star recalled having “this crazy electricity” with Huda when they first met. The first night of the show, he shocked viewers when he gave his short-lived cast member Yulissa Escobar a kiss on the cheek. It was seen as a symbol of respect for Huda — but he says he simply “panicked” because he didn’t want to be stolen before he got to pursue his current connection further:
“I was like, ‘What can I do to not get stolen?’ So it wasn’t even that I already liked her that much. I just didn’t want to get her stolen. I was like, ‘I want to really explore this.’ Once we had three or four convos, I was like, ‘Are we gonna explore this?’ Then — this was a mistake on both our parts — we got really intimate really soon. That set us up for failure.”
He wouldn’t kiss and tell and refused to confirm whether the couple had sex, but it’s something Hudu discussed on-screen.
He also acknowledged the romance quickly went off the rails, saying:
“I would say one, it was very real and very genuine off the bat. It got a little toxic due to me not nipping in the bud the crazy expectations that she had set for me early on. Then the communication at the end was just not being perceived well.”
“A little toxic”?! That s**t was off the charts!
Pancake-gate
The model explained that he told the mamacita he was the kind of boyfriend who liked to go out of his way to do nice gestures for his girl — however, he didn’t make it clear that it takes him months to work up to that kind of behavior, not days.
So, when he wasn’t instantly going above and beyond for her — or just not meeting her (very high) expectations, she flipped out. He dished:
“Honestly things were amazing up until pancake day. We had a week where it was fire. There were some minor things but we had such a genuine connection. Where things started going south was when I told her who I was in a relationship. Then she kind of took that as who I need to be now.”
Taking responsibility, he added:
“I didn’t nip that in the bud. So I take responsibility. I didn’t sit her down and go, ‘That’s not who I am.’
He’s still trying to protect her even after everything! Whoa.
The 25-year-old ultimately believes their connection was “not healthy” for either of them, something that became clear when he would try to resolve issues:
“When I was trying to de-escalate, she would kind of crash out. But at the end of the day, I just know that moving forward what I learned from it is not being intimate too soon.”
That has a way of changing the dynamic!
What We Didn’t See
When asked what he thought about how much the 24-year-old often talked about herself, he candidly replied:
“Not to bash on her, but it was a lot of self-centeredness. I noticed that in conversation with her. Which is why I started to move because she didn’t really ask me questions about myself.”
Interestingly, Jeremiah said he was pleased with the edit they got and felt like producers did a good job condensing long chats accurately. As for what we didn’t see? Lots more chatter about Huda and her daughter. He said:
“I remember we talked a lot about her daughter during the date. Then we talked a lot about her daughter on the pink couch. We talked about her daughter for, like, 30 to 45 minutes. Then after that, s**t went south so we didn’t get to talk about it. We had at least two or three conversations talking about her daughter.”
The Recoupling
His opinion on the romance really started to change once he realized fans weren’t shipping them, he noted:
“Once America [voted to pair me with Iris Kendall], I was like, ‘They’re seeing the s**t I’m feeling but I’m not vocalizing.’ I don’t want my ego to take over. We spoke for two or three hours. It was me apologizing for not showing up. Then she was just saying she’s hurt the whole time.”
He continued:
“I was like, I am going to apologize, validate your feelings and then I want to go from conflict to resolution. Or at least start working toward that.”
When questioned why he didn’t comfort Huda after she left the bedroom to cry following their uncoupling, he claimed he wasn’t allowed to:
“Once we’re in our beds, we’re supposed to stay in our beds. You stay in your beds for the night and you don’t go to other people’s beds. There were a lot of times we almost got in trouble for some rule breaking stuff.”
After Their Breakup
Despite their DRAMATIC breakup and everyone begging Huda to leave the toxic romance in the past, Jeremiah said she STILL tried to rekindle things with him after the recoupling! He explained:
“I don’t think she would have honestly — actually, I’m cap ’cause she did until… I don’t know how much y’all saw but literally everyday up until I left, she would try to, you know, talk to me or kiss me or do something like that. So honestly maybe.”
Dang. She wasn’t gonna give up! But in his mind, there was no going back once he’d heard the nasty thing she’d said about him, such calling him “a bitch,” “liar,” and saying she’d throw any food he made for her in his face.
On ‘Ringleader’ Ace
The fan-favorite even opened up about theories that fellow Islander Ace Greene — AKA the “ringleader driving the conversations” in the villa, as the podcast guest put it — wanted him dumped because of his own feelings for Hudu and being jealous all the bombshells were interested in Jeremiah. Jeremiah speculated:
“He did kiss her during the blindfold challenge so I can see that. He just likes mess, which I get. But honestly, there could be truth to it. He got stolen in the first challenge and I think he didn’t like me because he got stolen from Chelley and he likes Chelley. So maybe that’s where it started.”
Whoa. A lot to process here! Watch the full conversation (below)!
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