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It looks like the glass slipper broke on its way back from Fiji. Boo! Two days after the reunion aired, our Love Island USA winner, Amaya Espinal, confirmed that she and Bryan Arenales are no longer together. “After leaving the villa, it became very clear that we were on two different journeys,” she wrote on August 27. “Our visions didn’t align and relationships are suppose to be a team sport.” The confirmation comes just days after they unfollowed each other on Instagram. Later the same day, Amaya claims in a TikTok comment that Bryan broke up with her hours before he went to Miami “doing the exact things you told him hurts your feelings.”
Despite being a fan favorite to everyone watching, Amaya Papaya had a difficult journey trying to find love in the villa; several people, like her former match Ace Greene, said that her affectionate pet names were too much for them. Eventually, Bryan defended her during a challenge, and they officially became a couple, splitting the $50,000 grand prize. At the reunion on August 25, Bryan addressed rumors he was cheating on Amaya at a club by saying that nothing happened besides him having a little too much fun pouring shots. Miss Papaya did leave us with one perfect Amaya-ism to give us a clue as to what happened between her and Bryan: “You don’t have to drink the whole sea to know it’s salty.”
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