dozens of other contestants. <\/a>Bryce and Trinity coupled up on Day 1 of the show. While each considered \u201cexploring\u201d other potential relationships in the villa, Trinity said Bryce\u2019s personality made her \u201cwant to work this out instead of try other people.\u201d<\/p>\nIn the first few episodes of the season, the biggest hurdle facing the couple was their age gap. Trinity is 22, while Bryce turned 30 while filming Season 8. <\/p>\n
Bryce said he found Trinity to be \u201cthe most mature person on the show.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cI felt so comfortable with her, and our laughter, she understood, like, her level of comedy and everything just showed she was just so intelligent and so beyond her age, that the age gap ended up just like completely disappearing in my mind,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Trinity added that now, \u201cI honestly forget.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cI honestly see it as a positive thing, because he can be very funny, he can be like \u2014 I don\u2019t want to say childish,\u201d she said with a laugh, \u201c… but when it\u2019s time to be serious and have those conversations, he knows exactly what to say. He gives the best advice.\u201d <\/p>\n
Craig noted that most couples don\u2019t reach the \u201cI love you\u201d stage after just six weeks. But for Trinity, the pace of their relationship made perfect sense.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been around each other for what, six weeks. We\u2019re around each other all day, 24 hours, we\u2019re having intimate conversations that sometimes you don\u2019t see,\u201d she said. \u201cGenuinely, I feel like if you could be around somebody that long and you think you won\u2019t fall in love? … That\u2019s kind of insane.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so alike that it\u2019s like, we\u2019re always in sync,\u201d she added. \u201cSo genuinely, just being around him and getting to know him and the little sweet gestures and the things that he does, it definitely made me fall for him hard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now after leaving Fiji, Trinity said they are currently experiencing \u201ca little separation anxiety\u201d whenever they\u2019re apart.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething we weren\u2019t anticipating was just like how much our connection has affected us outside of here, too,\u201d Bryce added. \u201cAnytime she\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019m gonna go run this errand,\u2019 I\u2019m like \u2018Where\u2019s she going?\u2019 Like my heart rate starts, I\u2019m like \u2018What\u2019s going on right now?\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n
As for what\u2019s next for the couple?<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were just in Fiji like less 20 hours ago,\u201d Bryce said. \u201cSo coming back in … 50 days without our phones, without any access to the outside world, it\u2019s been unreal to see everyone\u2019s responses. It\u2019s a little overwhelming, to be honest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trinity said she doesn\u2019t expect to spend much time in her home state of Virginia. Instead, she\u2019s looking forward to \u201cexplore L.A. more\u201d alongside Bryce, who calls the city home. <\/p>\n
\u201cI definitely want to be wherever Bryce is, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t like being away from him.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cLove Island USA\u201d Season 8 winners Trinity Tatum and Bryce Alakai started the season as singles looking for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-527519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Trinity Tatum and Bryce Alakai are the winners of “Love Island USA” Season 8!PEACOCK \/ Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/p>\n