Hurricane Huda Strikes Again
we're in for a rough ride and its the Islanders fault.
I’ve written multiple iterations of this post before and during episode 14 and I had to scrap them both. What I thought was going to happen did not play out the way I imagined.
At first I wanted to discuss the way that production, editing and Jeremiah all played in having Huda look a little crazier than she probably is. Then, once Jeremiah picked Iris, I was convinced Huda was going home so I was going to talk about that… and now, well, Huda is staying.
There were a lot of theories on the internet the past few days about what is actually happening on our screens. We know a few things for certain — Huda is not cut out for this environment, her and Jeremiah are not a match, and producers want her to stay.
Before tonight’s airing I thought that yes, her edit was bad but it couldn’t have been that bad because Nic, Ace and the girls were rallying around her after the fan voting and almost making it seem like the audience was trying to save her from Jeremiah. That tells me that what’s happening inside the Villa isn’t exactly what we’re seeing on our screens.
Then, on Monday’s episode when Huda was listening in on the boys’ conversation she immediately told the girls a completely different story. I don’t think Huda misunderstood, misheard or was lying about what Jeremiah said (about him wanting to be with Iris so he could win), I think that the editors cut out a lot of what he said.
Another tidbit we didn’t really get a full scene on was Jeremiah spraying Huda’s bed with his cologne after the recoupling…that is something that happens in a psychological thriller. It seemed mean and manipulative, and was glossed over.
None of this is to say that Huda is absolved of her behavior. She completely overreacted and took things too far with name calling, yelling, talking over everyone and just being unhinged. But, I think there is a reason she’s acting that way and it’s something we’re not seeing.
In the same breath, Jalen and Pepe were scared to leave Huda alone with Iris and the other women felt the same…that’s why they went into Soul Ties with her on Monday’s episode. Her behavior had to be bad enough for that to happen… It was also the first time we saw the sun go down— it was light out when Iris and Huda started talking and dark by the time the women corralled her into getting ready for the night. You know she was going on and on…
Through all of this you have to question why Nic and Ace both voted for Huda to leave the Villa but then went hard on Jeremiah when it was revealed that he didn’t comfort Huda after the recoupling. I think they were right in their questioning but it seemed strange to get into a fight with Jeremiah over what he was doing wrong, and then criticize him for listening to you. It’s all very disjointed which makes me feel like we’re missing key pieces of information.
Which brings us to Tuesday night, episode 14, where we got another recoupling. Other seasoned Love Island fans have said that there is usually never recouplings so close together which lead a lot of us to believe they were going to send Huda home tonight.
That clearly did not happen.
We were so close though, and then all the women and Ace decided to back her up.
The way Ace has been moving since the beginning was giving calculated and now I’m more convinced that he is a producer plant. Him standing behind Huda while being president of the I Hate Huda and Jeremiah fan club is foul behavior. The women aren’t doing so hot either because they talked so much about Huda behind her back this episode and then defended her honor by keeping her there.
I don’t know where we go from here. Huda is the only single one in the Villa and from the previews for Thursday, it doesn’t look like her behavior is going to get any better. Will a bombshell be enough to get her mind off Jeremiah or is she destined to torture everyone until she gets voted off?
My reality TV loving heart thinks this is what is happening: producers can’t get rid of a villain in the 2nd week. Her behavior in the villa can’t be as dangerous as people online are making it out to be if they jumped through these hoops to keep her around. They’re either hoping she mellows out and someone else gets her attention, and/or they’re going to soften her edit to make her seem more desirable to the audience. If they can do that, it’ll be obvious that they were playing god with her image this entire time by trying to convince us she was seeing things we weren’t.
We don’t know what’s going to happen but I do know that we’ll all be watching…