Submission 153

Background

Episode 12 of Love Island USA Season 6 featured a recoupling that has been dubbed “one of the most iconic and dramatic of all time.” Love Island USA is a reality dating show that streams on Peacock. Season 6 took place from June 11-August 19 2024, with new episodes every day except Wednesday. Contestants, referred to as Islanders are filmed at almost all hours of the day, and are participating to find love and also win a $100,000 cash prize. Islanders “couple up” and “recouple” as Islanders enter and leave the villa.

Synopsis

Love Island Season 6 Episode 12 featured a recoupling where the bottom three couples were left vulnerable, based on the public vote. The safe girls and safe boys had to respectively choose one girl and one boy to send home. The girls chose to send Andrea home, who was coupled up with Rob Rausch. This decision sent the villa into chaos, producing images of Andrea crying hysterically that were widely circulated on social media. It also produced a popular TikTok soundbite of contestant Leah Kateb, who was previously coupled up with Rob, mimicking his outraged reaction to the girls’ decision, after he threatened to go home with Andrea, before ultimately deciding to stay.

Origin

The TikTok sound of Leah saying “now you’re sending three home, and you’re still here bitch in your overalls now what” was posted on 6/25 by @jessicavonb and has garnered 259K likes, 581 comments, 21.4K shares and 3.9M views. The sound has since been used 28K times on TikTok, with various users lip syncing and making jokes with the audio.
Original Video
Twitter users and brands have also created content quoting Leah and making meme edits of the recoupling as a whole.