{"id":112213,"date":"2025-11-03T00:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/112213\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T00:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:59:08","slug":"love-island-usas-olandria-carthen-and-huda-mustafa-livestream-scandal-and-its-fallout-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/112213\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island USA’s Olandria Carthen and Huda Mustafa Livestream Scandal and its Fallout, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been months since Love Island USA was on air<\/a>, but season seven has cast an outsized, and more often than not, unfortunate, shadow. What should\u2019ve been over 40 episodes worth of good, clean drama, steamy hookups, with a sprinkling of falling in love<\/a> has instead spiraled into months of internet discourse and fan-led attacks. Two of the cast members who dominated the culture in and out of the villa were Huda Mustafa and Olandria Carthen<\/a>. Each girl left the villa with millions of followers and stan accounts keeping up with their every move. Nicolandria Nation<\/a> will go down in history for its unwavering faith, but the obsessions also led to unfavorable moments, with some stans posting hateful, at times racist memes pitting Carthen and Mustafa against one another<\/a>. In the villa, the two contestants went from strangers to friends to something akin to frenemies with audiences dissecting every twist and turn of their dynamic, a frenzy that post-villa life<\/a> has not totally quelled.<\/p>\n

Here we break down the latest incident between Carthen, Mustafa, and their fanbase that has the internet talking.<\/p>\n

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What was the inciting incident?<\/p>\n

Huda Mustafa ended her time on Love Island USA<\/a> season seven in a friendship couple, if we\u2019re being generous, with Chris \u201cI-could-be-playing-ball-overseas-right-now\u201d Seeley. After the villa, she began dating Louis Russell who appeared on season three of Netflix\u2019s Perfect Match. Mustafa made an appearance on Russell\u2019s recent Instagram Live where fans called in during the stream. One of the callers, an unknown number according to a post Mustafa made after the fact, used a racial slur against Olandria Carthen, to which Mustafa and Russell initially laughed at before expressing confusion. The now viral clip of the moment shows Russell saying \u201cWoah, hey, hey,\u201d while Mustafa asks, \u201cWhat did they say?\u201d<\/p>\n

So how did Huda Beauty get involved?<\/p>\n

Huda Beauty, announced in September that Mustafa would be an ambassador for the brand\u2019s Easy Bake Loose Powder now released as a duo \u2014 \u201cDouble the Huda.\u201d For the name play alone the moment was a seamless and synergistic launch, with fans even praising Mustafa for her acting prowess in the accompanying commercial<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a statement<\/a> released on October 31, Huda Beauty announced it was severing its partnership with Mustafa. \u201cUnfortunately one of our recent collaborators has displayed behavior that does not align with our values,\u201d the brand wrote in a post on Instagram. \u201cWhile we don\u2019t believe her actions reflect her character, we found them deeply upsetting.\u201d Since the announcement, Huda Beauty has removed all content related to Mustafa’s involvement from stores and their social media. In the caption accompanying the statement the brand continued asserting, \u201cThis action was taken not because of any creator or influencer’s content, this was taken due to the lack of seriousness around the issue and to people close to us who were offended by the actions during the live. Please remember this is about accountability not canceling people.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s happened since?<\/p>\n

Mustafa initially addressed the incident in the immediate aftermath of the livestream through a series of impromptu story posts to Instagram. In text atop closeup selfies<\/a>, she asserted that she and Russell could not clearly hear what the caller said at first. \u201cAlso laughter was because it was AWKWARD,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIt was awkward and inappropriate, whoever said it is in the wrong.\u201d Mustafa released a second statement and apology after taking a day to \u201creflect\u201d and collect her thoughts on the matter. \u201cI want to take this moment to more fully take accountability for my actions. I want to be clear that I do not condone or tolerate anyone who uses such language, and I strongly encourage the individual responsible to reflect deeply on their words and the harm they\u2019ve caused.\u201d She closed the statement with a pledge to make a personal donation to the NAACP and encouraged others to do the same if they felt so compelled.<\/p>\n