It’s hard to actually put words on what we witnessed between the hours of 9 and 10pm last night, but this tweet does a pretty good job.
Iconically bad episode. Almost have to respect how shit it was. They served us up absolute slop and said, “Enjoy, fuckers.” #LoveIsland
— ⭐ amy o'connor ⭐ (@amyohconnor) August 11, 2021
A graduation ceremony. A love triangle between three people who’ve collectively been in the villa for a grand total of 8 minutes. And for some bizarre reason, further discussion about Priya’s running career? You’d have to wonder what we’ve done to deserve it.
There can be 100 people in a room… and Priya will tell every last one of them that her last ultra marathon took 12 hours #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/YJ0WTakKsh
— Orlaith Condon (@OrlaithCondon) August 11, 2021
We picked up the episode where we left off – new boy Brett looking undeservedly smug on the sun loungers and everyone rushing down to meet him. Hats off to Chloe, she gave an Oscar winning performance in the role of “woman excited to meet bombshell”, because once they all gathered around the fire pit it was clear not one girl other than Priya had any interest in the chap.
The minute I heard “my ideal date is a run” I had to turn it over because WHAT #loveisland
— Ambs (@AmberRoseGill) August 11, 2021
Priya confirmed to the girls that Brett was in fact her type, while poor unsuspecting Matthew basically listed off her Linkedin profile for him up on the terrace. He’s too sweet for the show, and after doing enough pull ups to earn a peck on Priya’s cheek, I think he had it in the bag god bless him.
We switched temporarily from Love Island to an American teen slasher movie where everyone rides and then gets murdered as the girls made a pact with each other to ‘graduate’ as a group later that night. If the undercover antics and the 8 hour ceremony led by Priya the next morning was anything to go by, they all passed with flying colours.
This graduation is making me want to go blind and deaf simultaneously #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/C6c3Glo9tn
— Lu (@BalfeLucy) August 11, 2021
Priya and Brett headed off on a date, and Margaret Thatcher smiled in her grave. The tory levels are through the roof with that pairing, and card carrying Son of Éire Matthew became nothing but a distant speck in Priya’s memory, getting smaller and smaller as the new couple headed off on their 1000km run in the country side.
The episode finished off with a re-coupling, which went mostly how you’d imagine:
The recoupling stakes have never been lower. Pls spare me the speeches. I will accept Chloe’s and that’s it. #LoveIsland
— Emer McLysaght 🏳️⚧️ (@EmerTheScreamer) August 11, 2021
- Kaz reunited with Tyler
- Millie chose Liam
- Liberty stuck with Jake
- Chloe and Toby continue their insane journey together
- Faye and Teddy gave it another shot
- Mary went with new boy Aaron
- Priya voted conservative with Brett
Meaning we said goodbye to wee Matthew. Sure, he was boring at times and had far too much to say about the gym, but he provided us with one of the best dumping speeches in reality tv history and it’s clear he had genuinely fallen hard for Priya. We’ll miss the lil guy.
Every Irish person right now #LoveIsland pic.twitter.com/n24ZTvZjfm
— Clo_Maho (@Clo_Maho) August 11, 2021
The preview for tomorrow night showed Liberty having doubts about Jake, and saying that if he doesn’t realise her worth, he’s not for her. Not sure what eventually led her to the light, but if we get to see her released from his toe obsessed grip it really would make my year.
The Holy Spirit is moving, Liberty is opening her eyes about Jake 😍 #LoveIsland
— Habibakatsha (@Habibakatsha) August 11, 2021
Header image via Instagram/Love Island
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