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Huda Mustafa in season 7 of Love Island USA.

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Huda Mustafa in season 7 of Love Island USA.

Ben Symons/Peacock

Love Island USA is pure chaos, and admittedly: we love it. It’s one of many spinoffs of the long-running British hit series, Love Island — and it might be the closest thing we’ve got to a watercooler event. The latest season of Peacock’s knowingly trashy reality dating show has fired up the group chats thanks to this messy batch of conventionally sexy singles. Sometimes, for better or worse, fans even get to stir the pot and decide who stays or goes.

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