The Callback: Love Island USA — Transcript

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1. 0:00One of the things that we like to do is
2. 0:01we like to find people who are just
3. 0:03ridiculously good looking. I mean,
4. 0:04hello. Hi. [laughter]
5. 0:09But we But beyond ridiculously good
6. 0:11looking, we love funny. I love somebody
7. 0:14who's just funny naturally.
8. 0:21So for like the Love Island fandom, I
9. 0:24think it happened around season six for
10. 0:26us.
11. 0:27And I think it was one of those all
12. 0:29moments, you know, when we're watching
13. 0:31it at home and watching our cast just
14. 0:33explode with everybody watching it. What
15. 0:35were your thoughts? It was so cool to
16. 0:38see cuz I was on season four, as you
17. 0:40know, and
18. 0:41it was nothing like it is now. So
19. 0:43watching the public finally see how
20. 0:47amazing this show is and actually like
21. 0:49see how fun every person is and I think
22. 0:52Love Island is so fun because you get
23. 0:53like attached to your favorites and then
24. 0:55you get to watch them grow in such an
25. 0:56interesting situation. But for me, I
26. 1:02have not had the fame that they have now
27. 1:04and it's crazy, but it's cool to see the
28. 1:06franchise grow and to be a part of
29. 1:08something so big now. What was your like
30. 1:11experience like being just as a viewer
31. 1:14watching it after you've done the show?
32. 1:16For you were on season four, so I don't
33. 1:19think people knew that you were on
34. 1:20season four or some people don't know,
35. 1:22but
36. 1:22>> So yeah, I mean, I love the show in
37. 1:24general and so I was recapping every
38. 1:25episode and then people were like, how
39. 1:26do you like know so much? And I was
40. 1:28like, well, I was on the show. So then
41. 1:29it was kind of nice to be on the
42. 1:31sidelines kind of giving like little
43. 1:32tidbits of insider information, but I'm
44. 1:35still mind-blown at how much it's grown.
45. 1:37Like billions of views, right?
46. 1:39>> Yes. I think for season six we had 1.1
47. 1:42billion minutes watched. That's billion
48. 1:44minutes. Billion minutes watched.
49. 1:47And for us, I think it was just one of
50. 1:48those things where the whole casting
51. 1:50team, I can only speak for our casting
52. 1:52team, is that I think that we were just
53. 1:54in awe thinking, oh my goodness, what
54. 1:57just happened?
55. 1:58>> Yeah, did you use like a different
56. 1:59formula for season six? You know, for
57. 2:02season six, I think the thing that came
58. 2:04about is because usually in casting, we
59. 2:07are all different departments. So we
60. 2:08have a casting department, you have the
61. 2:10production department, you have the
62. 2:11exacts.
63. 2:12>> Yeah, cuz there's I went through like 10
64. 2:13interviews, I think.
65. 2:14>> Right. And I think that that for season
66. 2:16six was the time that we all came
67. 2:18together with the executive producers,
68. 2:20you know, and ITV and then casting and
69. 2:23we all sat down and we kind of had a
70. 2:25kumbaya moment to where we were talking
71. 2:28to each other every single week
72. 2:30basically and talking what we liked and
73. 2:32what we didn't like about some of the
74. 2:33upcoming contestants. I think that was
75. 2:35the different part for us.
76. 2:36>> Interesting. Wait, that's so cool. So
77. 2:38that So the exacts had more of a say
78. 2:40earlier on, basically.
79. 2:42>> Right, they were with us the whole time,
80. 2:44I think. So I think that that was a
81. 2:46great moment because our team could hear
82. 2:48the real life responses of what the
83. 2:50exacts think cuz I think most casting
84. 2:52projects that we do is like you pitch
85. 2:55people and then you'll wait a week and
86. 2:57then you'll hear back from our exacts or
87. 2:59from the production company or the
88. 3:01network and this was real time. And we
89. 3:03all like culminated into a group
90. 3:06atmosphere to where we're now a family
91. 3:08and we're watching that. So I think that
92. 3:10was the difference from your season to
93. 3:13season six. You're a great example is
94. 3:15that people who just
95. 3:18are who they are and they have no
96. 3:19apologies for what they do or what they
97. 3:21say. You know what I mean? You're
98. 3:23unfiltered and you're always going to
99. 3:24say what's on your mind. You don't care
100. 3:26what anybody thinks of what you say. Not
101. 3:28in a negative way, but you know?
102. 3:30>> I think that's what was so refreshing to
103. 3:32me for Love Island was that they
104. 3:33actually let me embrace myself and my
105. 3:36silliness because I feel like reality TV
106. 3:38has such a bad rap of like, oh, you have
107. 3:40to be like this trashy person or it's
108. 3:42just like, but Love Island, you're
109. 3:43genuinely there trying to find a
110. 3:45relationship, but also like I grew so
111. 3:48much as a person, too. But the fact that
112. 3:50they let me like lean into like my humor
113. 3:53and my silliness is
114. 3:54so nice. You were epic on season four.
115. 3:58You're so epic because of things that
116. 4:00you would say. Like I always wanted to
117. 4:02ask you, you know, it's the way that you
118. 4:04thought. Like the birds. Like can you
119. 4:06give Can you tell me about the example
120. 4:08of the what we're what I'm talking
121. 4:09about?
122. 4:09>> We literally were sitting on the daybeds
123. 4:11one day and I was like, do you think
124. 4:12birds are real? Because before I Yeah,
125. 4:15TikTok was around then. So I would
126. 4:17always see like the birds aren't real
127. 4:19things on TikTok and I was like, you
128. 4:20know, that's a very good point. I'm
129. 4:21going to see what everybody in the villa
130. 4:23thinks. And and you were just definite
131. 4:25about it though, right? And you also,
132. 4:27look at me, I feel like a total fan
133. 4:29because now, you know, because although
134. 4:31we've we've met each other before, you
135. 4:33know, regarding the interviews and
136. 4:35everything like that though, but to
137. 4:36watch you on camera because I don't
138. 4:38think people know this though, but we're
139. 4:40we're not in Fiji when the show's
140. 4:42airing. You know, we're at home.
141. 4:44>> met you in person until after. Right,
142. 4:46it's crazy.
143. 4:47>> Right, because we're in the back. We're
144. 4:48like we're mama bears who are letting
145. 4:50our birds go. Like let's just see what
146. 4:53happens, you know, on what they're like
147. 4:55in the villa. And so you also did would
148. 4:57do
149. 4:58obstacle courses. Oh, yes. Okay, talk
150. 5:01about it. Tell us.
151. 5:02>> [laughter]
152. 5:02>> I got to do I mean, it was nice because
153. 5:05I got to do whatever I wanted. Like
154. 5:07that's what people also are like, oh, is
155. 5:08reality TV scripted? And it's like, no,
156. 5:10you literally can do whatever you want.
157. 5:11I was like, we had some downtime and I
158. 5:13was like, okay, I'm going to take all
159. 5:14the furniture apart. I'm going to make
160. 5:15an obstacle course for everyone and
161. 5:17we're just going to entertain ourselves
162. 5:18cuz you don't have your phones, you
163. 5:20can't like talk to anyone, so that's
164. 5:21also why everyone gets so close to each
165. 5:22other. It's why everything's so dramatic
166. 5:25cuz you're in this crazy environment.
167. 5:27How do you find people? Is there like a
168. 5:28mold you have to fill when you're
169. 5:30casting for such a phenomenon like Love
170. 5:32Island? Thank you for asking. I think
171. 5:34>> [laughter]
172. 5:35>> I think Well, one of the things that we
173. 5:37like to do is we like to find people who
174. 5:38are just ridiculously good looking. I
175. 5:40mean, hello.
176. 5:41>> [laughter]
177. 5:45>> But we But beyond ridiculously good
178. 5:47looking, we love funny. I love somebody
179. 5:50who's just funny naturally. Like A Maya.
180. 5:53A Maya this season was amazing.
181. 5:55>> mean to be funny. She just is funny, you
182. 5:58know? And and also people who are
183. 6:00relatable,
184. 6:01bold. You have to be bold for the show.
185. 6:04Totally. You know, and you have to have
186. 6:05[music] charisma, the it factor, you
187. 6:08know? But I think the more the thing
188. 6:10[music] is is that you also have flaws
189. 6:11and you accept those flaws, you know? I
190. 6:13mean, I mean, you for instance, you you
191. 6:16were like, hey, listen, this is me,
192. 6:18flaws and all. Like
193. 6:19>> falling out the whole time.
194. 6:21>> [laughter]
195. 6:22>> I was like, I'm trying to be cute on TV,
196. 6:23but it's not me, so it's not working.
197. 6:25Right.
198. 6:26>> But I think that's what's so fun me as a
199. 6:28viewer, but also being on the show is
200. 6:29one, like you genuinely do connect with
201. 6:32all the other cast members because
202. 6:33everyone truly is like a real person,
203. 6:35but also watching as audience, like
204. 6:39person is someone that somebody is on
205. 6:41the outside world, you know? So I feel
206. 6:43like you guys do that so well in picking
207. 6:45like people that everyone can relate to.
208. 6:48I think it's it's it's just the magic of
209. 6:50talking to people, thinking about them
210. 6:52like thinking like, hey, can I have a
211. 6:54beer with this person? You know, can I
212. 6:56sit down and actually hang out with
213. 6:57them? And the way that we talk, I mean,
214. 6:59I'm like a trucker when it comes to
215. 7:01language. I use the F bombs all the
216. 7:04time. And it's only just because I like
217. 7:06conversation and I think and it's
218. 7:08different because I think some casting
219. 7:11shows, you know, or like if we're going
220. 7:13to do interviews with edits, you know,
221. 7:14we have it's like a answer and then it's
222. 7:17it's a question, answer, question,
223. 7:19answer. With this, it's conversation. So
224. 7:21the whole time it's not like an
225. 7:22interview. You know, we're not
226. 7:23interviewing, we're talking like this.
227. 7:25>> one thing that surprised me was going
228. 7:26through the interview process was
229. 7:28they're like, okay, we don't really have
230. 7:29questions for you. We just want you to
231. 7:30tell us like your craziest stories. And
232. 7:32I was like, oh, so I can just yap like
233. 7:34I'm so good at that. Like it's amazing.
234. 7:35[laughter] Because you know what? When
235. 7:37you're when you're on set, do you have
236. 7:39anybody to prompt you?
237. 7:40>> No, that's so Wait, now it all makes
238. 7:42sense now.
239. 7:43>> [laughter]
240. 7:44>> But then it also takes a lot of pressure
241. 7:46out of the whole interviewing process.
242. 7:47But then at the same time I would get so
243. 7:48in my head. I was like, do they like me?
244. 7:49I was just like talking the whole like,
245. 7:51what are they going to get from that?
246. 7:52But [laughter] you are so genuine. You
247. 7:54were always genuine. You're the same
248. 7:55person
249. 7:57outside of the villa as you are inside
250. 7:59the villa. And that's what makes you
251. 8:00real. What that's what makes you so
252. 8:02relatable to everybody, you know? And
253. 8:04you were funny. And it wasn't something
254. 8:06where you were pressing to be funny. You
255. 8:08were just funny, you know? And fun. And
256. 8:10people like from all flyover states,
257. 8:13things like that, they're watching them
258. 8:15going like, I so relate to Deb Chubb.
259. 8:17And that's the difference. I think that
260. 8:19we're That's what we're trying to
261. 8:21pinpoint, I think.
262. 8:22>> Totally. I mean, especially in a world
263. 8:23now where everything is so like such a
264. 8:25facade, it's so nice to be able to I
265. 8:27think that's why everyone loves
266. 8:29watching. You can just sit down and you
267. 8:31relate to these people and it's like,
268. 8:32oh, they're not these like influencers,
269. 8:35they're actual people trying to find
270. 8:36love and it's just refreshing to see
271. 8:38compared to everything that's on the
272. 8:39internet now. It's hard, you know, but
273. 8:41just because I think, like you said,
274. 8:43this generation right now, I think it's
275. 8:46people want to escape. You know, like
276. 8:48when you break up with somebody, what do
277. 8:49you do? You ghost them, you know? Yeah,
278. 8:51yeah. And now you can't run. Not that
279. 8:53that we you know, not that you're trying
280. 8:55to run outside the villa or anything
281. 8:57like that, but you got to face
282. 8:59and talk about your emotions.
283. 9:00>> You know, the craziest thing is when I
284. 9:02went in there, I had no idea I was going
285. 9:03to be talking about my emotions so much.
286. 9:05I literally was like just thinking, oh,
287. 9:07I'm just going to lay by the pool and
288. 9:08flirt all day and then I actually
289. 9:10genuinely grew so much as a person and
290. 9:12like in relationships and it's helped me
291. 9:14realize what I want and need in a
292. 9:16relationship, which is wild considering
293. 9:19it's Love Island. That's the common
294. 9:21things that everybody says when they
295. 9:23come out of the villa. Like this was a
296. 9:24learning experience for me. And what
297. 9:26Where do you think that you were What
298. 9:28was the part in season four that you
299. 9:29were like
300. 9:30boom?
301. 9:31>> Honestly, it was so early on because a
302. 9:33bombshell came in night one and the guy
303. 9:35that I was with went on a date with the
304. 9:36bombshell. So then I had to be like, oh
305. 9:38my gosh, I have to tell a man how I
306. 9:39feel. And so I had to be like, hey, I
307. 9:41like you. And so being vulnerable, like
308. 9:44kind of not being forced to be
309. 9:46vulnerable, but like you're in a
310. 9:47situation where oh, I either could go
311. 9:49home or I could step outside my comfort
312. 9:51zone. And so that kind of started the
313. 9:53snowball effect of working on being
314. 9:55vulnerable and like expressing how I
315. 9:58feel to men, which uh
316. 10:00>> [laughter]
317. 10:01>> Do you think after you did the show, do
318. 10:04you think that that people came to you
319. 10:06or messaged you asking you, like, I felt
320. 10:08that. I was I you were in my position,
321. 10:11or I felt like I was Deb in my world, or
322. 10:13anything like that?
323. 10:14>> it was really cool to like feel seen,
324. 10:17and to be kind of like
325. 10:20not like not like for like not hope, but
326. 10:22like if I can do it, like you can do it.
327. 10:25Like I can like face my fears and like
328. 10:27tell somebody how I feel, and do
329. 10:29something outside of my comfort zone,
330. 10:30whether that be go on Love Island, or
331. 10:32like stand up for myself. I would just
332. 10:34want to know from your side, how was
333. 10:36your audition experience? Do you think
334. 10:38like tell me about the interview. Who
335. 10:39did you interview with? Was it Sam?
336. 10:42>> Okay, yes. Love Sam. So, I actually, I'm
337. 10:45sure you know this, I applied for season
338. 10:473. I remember I saw an application, I
339. 10:49was just like in my bed board one day,
340. 10:51and I was like, oh, didn't think
341. 10:52anything would ever come from it cuz I'm
342. 10:53just a girl. And then
343. 10:56did like the interview with you guys.
344. 10:58There's like four interviews, right?
345. 11:00Pretty much. And then yeah, it it's
346. 11:02always changes every season, you know.
347. 11:03>> Yeah, and then you like talk to some
348. 11:05execs, and then they were like, "Hey,
349. 11:07it's not going to be a good fit." And I
350. 11:09was like, "Okay, cool." Like moved on
351. 11:10with my life, and then I was talking to
352. 11:11this guy the next summer, and he ghosted
353. 11:14me, and I was like, "You know what would
354. 11:15be some really good payback is if I were
355. 11:17to end up on Love Island." So, then I
356. 11:18hit you guys up again, did all of the
357. 11:20interviews again, and I also think it
358. 11:22was nice that I kind of had like a
359. 11:24a vibe of how it was going to be. And
360. 11:27then when
361. 11:28my season was in Santa Barbara, so then
362. 11:30when we actually get to Santa Barbara is
363. 11:31when we met the execs for the first time
364. 11:33in person, and you also do your like
365. 11:35in-person interview where you're kind of
366. 11:36like dancing with the sign and stuff.
367. 11:38So, it was a really fun interview
368. 11:40process. It was longer than I would
369. 11:42expect, but and you feel like you're
370. 11:44kind of like repeating the same things,
371. 11:46but I think maybe it's cuz you're
372. 11:47talking to different people. That's
373. 11:49right. I think that it's just because we
374. 11:50always have people, you know, that I
375. 11:52guess that you're interacting with, you
376. 11:54know, just to see how you are with
377. 11:56everybody, you know, just to let your
378. 11:57guards down because a lot of times I
379. 11:58think that people come in, and they
380. 12:00think this is going to be a job
381. 12:01interview, you know, I'm going to
382. 12:03I'm going to be perfect for them, or I'm
383. 12:05going to be, you know, I'm going to be
384. 12:07the villain. And there's no such thing.
385. 12:09Like just be yourself because you're
386. 12:11have cameras on you 24/7, so you can't
387. 12:13keep up that facade 24/7, you know, for
388. 12:17almost 6 weeks, right?
389. 12:18>> That's what's like bothers me when
390. 12:20people say they had a bad edit cuz I'm
391. 12:21like, you didn't like no, maybe you just
392. 12:24suck. Sorry.
393. 12:26Is there a part in the casting process
394. 12:28where you're like, "Oh my gosh, this
395. 12:29person is perfect. Like this is a
396. 12:31star."? All the time. And it could be
397. 12:33happen right away. I mean, I we do these
398. 12:37Okay, so
399. 12:38just for season 8, I'm looking at pop-up
400. 12:40material, which are pop-up villa, you
401. 12:42know, where we have where NBC Peacock
402. 12:46actually does these little pop-up
403. 12:47events. And it's like where people have
404. 12:4810 seconds to talk. I'm watching all the
405. 12:50videos because I don't want to let our
406. 12:51team watch it. I actually watch it
407. 12:53myself.
408. 12:56>> like the head honcho, you physically
409. 12:58watch every single one?
410. 12:59>> Every single one of them. Only because I
411. 13:00think you stood in line to come and say
412. 13:03hi to us, and so I feel like it's only
413. 13:05appropriate for me to watch every single
414. 13:07video, and actually look at people, you
415. 13:09know, and just say, "Okay, guess what?
416. 13:11Yeah, thank you so much for standing in
417. 13:12line, and we really appreciate it, and
418. 13:14I'm going to watch all your videos." And
419. 13:16people pop. And the ones who pop are the
420. 13:19ones who just
421. 13:21they don't have a filter. They don't
422. 13:22care. They were like, "Listen, I had a
423. 13:25really date the other night, you
424. 13:26know?" And I I I really hate this guy,
425. 13:29and I'm here for this, and just like how
426. 13:30you just said about the guy who dumped
427. 13:32you. Yeah. And uh when people give that
428. 13:36energy, it's magic. You know, I think it
429. 13:38is. And I you know, but we all have
430. 13:40different opinions on it, everybody. I
431. 13:41think that it's a conglomerate of what
432. 13:44the execs think, what our producers
433. 13:46think, you know, what the network
434. 13:47thinks, and what we as a casting team
435. 13:49think, you know, so just so we won't
436. 13:51miss anybody, we always show them more
437. 13:55people just to keep our bench warm, I
438. 13:56guess you could say. That's so nice to
439. 13:58hear cuz I feel like a lot of people
440. 14:00have been like, "Oh, I'm not going to
441. 14:01even apply because I know they're not
442. 14:02going to watch it. They probably get so
443. 14:03many applications."
444. 14:05>> We watch it. And we we actually had
445. 14:07thousands of applications that because
446. 14:08our our applications are always open
447. 14:1124/7. So, you could apply like in July
448. 14:13or August or whenever, even when we're
449. 14:15not casting. And then what happens is
450. 14:17when our team comes on board, the first
451. 14:18thing that we do is we look through
452. 14:20every single application, but we do it
453. 14:23from flyover states, and then hit the
454. 14:25big cities. Only just to make sure that
455. 14:27we cover everybody. That's how we found
456. 14:28Karsten. Remember Burgie?
457. 14:30>> Oh, Burgie, oh my gosh, wait. I love
458. 14:33that.
459. 14:34>> Burgie came from an application, and he
460. 14:36was a Dairy Queen manager, you know, or
461. 14:38Oh my gosh. Yeah, and it he was a Dairy
462. 14:40Queen manager, and it was one of those
463. 14:42things where you saw him, and you're
464. 14:42like, "There's something about him." And
465. 14:44I called him myself, and I said, "Hey,
466. 14:47uh call me back. This is, you know, I'm
467. 14:49the head of casting for Love Island.
468. 14:50Would love to talk to you. Let's chat."
469. 14:52And he called me, and he's like, "Who
470. 14:54are you? What is this all about?"
471. 14:56>> [laughter]
472. 14:57>> Wait, that's so cute that you guys give
473. 14:59like the small towns a chance, too. Like
474. 15:01I didn't realize that. That's so nice.
475. 15:03>> Just because you never know where the
476. 15:05magic happens, you know, or where the
477. 15:06magic is, or where the people are to
478. 15:09find those gems and those people because
479. 15:11it's it's you're looking for
480. 15:13relatability. So, you're wanting the
481. 15:14person who came from the small town. I
482. 15:17mean, I came from a town of like
483. 15:19400 people, you know, from a small town
484. 15:22in Texas. So, it's like you you want to
485. 15:24find those types of people because
486. 15:26people can relate to those who are in
487. 15:28small towns, you know? So, you can tell
488. 15:29like right away when like if you were to
489. 15:33see like
490. 15:34did you see Aimee-Leigh's tape, and you
491. 15:37were like, "She's going to win."? Yes. I
492. 15:39didn't think Well, let me put it this
493. 15:40way. I didn't think I didn't know she
494. 15:41was going to win or not, but I knew that
495. 15:43she'd be great on television. I think
496. 15:44the whole team did. I think we were all
497. 15:47like, "Wow, there's something about
498. 15:48her." because she didn't care about what
499. 15:51anybody thought. Her dad came into the
500. 15:53picture, you know, on her interview.
501. 15:55Yeah, she was like, "Hey, hi, this is my
502. 15:57dad." And and you're thinking in your
503. 15:59head like, "Wow, she just has so many
504. 16:01stories, the way she is with herself."
505. 16:03And she again unapologetic for who she
506. 16:05was. And that's I think it's the biggest
507. 16:07key. Yeah. That's like when people reach
508. 16:09out to me and ask any advice for their
509. 16:11applications, I say you just have to be
510. 16:12yourself, which is so cliché, but have
511. 16:15tons of stories to make yourself stand
512. 16:17out a little bit, but at the same time
513. 16:19like be a real person. Right. It's so it
514. 16:21sounds so cheesy to say it. Be
515. 16:24authentic. Be your authentic. So, what
516. 16:25does that mean, you know? But it's
517. 16:28that's what I think in the application
518. 16:29because the first application is really
519. 16:31long. It's like 100 questions, right?
520. 16:32>> Right. And so, I think
521. 16:34in my mind, tell me if this is wrong,
522. 16:37when I was filling out those questions,
523. 16:38I tried to make them very conversational
524. 16:39to be like, "Oh my god, you'll never
525. 16:40believe this story." And I genuinely
526. 16:42think that is what helped me because it
527. 16:45was not like boring. Right. And you
528. 16:48weren't trying to impress us. I think
529. 16:50that's the thing. Everybody thinks you
530. 16:51have to impress I'm going to be like
531. 16:53again, like I'm going to be the villain.
532. 16:55You know, I want to come in there, and
533. 16:56I'm going to get you guys a whole bunch
534. 16:57of viewers.
535. 16:58>> [laughter]
536. 16:59>> So, there's no like science to any of
537. 17:01it.
538. 17:01>> There isn't any science. There isn't any
539. 17:03science. It's because there's so many
540. 17:05types of people that go on the show. You
541. 17:06know, like on your season, like, you
542. 17:09know, you were basically the funny one
543. 17:11who was always, you know, a great time.
544. 17:14And then you and Maddie were together,
545. 17:16besties, you know, on the show.
546. 17:18>> was Sydney who was crying, and then like
547. 17:20our fashion diva Courtney. Yeah, we had
548. 17:22such a fun mix of people. So, being in
549. 17:24there was the craziest thing. I think
550. 17:26day one is the most intimidating cuz you
551. 17:28walk in, and I was expecting somebody to
552. 17:30be like, "Okay, go do this. Go stand
553. 17:33here." And you literally like me and
554. 17:35Serenity walked in, and somebody was
555. 17:37like, "Go open the champagne." And we're
556. 17:39like, "Oh, okay." But like after that,
557. 17:42you forget everything like that's going
558. 17:45on around you. I forgot about the
559. 17:46cameras. I forgot that I was being
560. 17:48recorded, and I just genuinely was
561. 17:50finding connections with guys, and
562. 17:52forming friendships, and literally
563. 17:55nothing was forced other than them us
564. 17:57forcing us to wake up.
565. 17:58>> [laughter]
566. 18:00>> That was the worst. Honestly, the worst
567. 18:01was when they opened the blinds. They're
568. 18:03like, "Good morning." It's like your dad
569. 18:04waking you up in elementary school.
570. 18:06>> Did you know what time it was? No. Don't
571. 18:08know time it is. I just we started to
572. 18:10figure out the time. We would like
573. 18:11listen to the birds. We're like, "Oh,
574. 18:12it's morning." Or if it was a really
575. 18:13late night, we'd be like, "Oh, the sun's
576. 18:14going to come out soon." Oh my gosh.
577. 18:17>> But no, it was it's so crazy cuz even
578. 18:19it's hard to explain to people cuz
579. 18:20they're like, "Oh, reality show has to
580. 18:21be scripted. It's like And like yeah,
581. 18:24I'm sure there's something on going on
582. 18:25in the background. They have to like hit
583. 18:27these things, but really as a person, it
584. 18:29never felt anything being like, "You
585. 18:31have to do this. You have to talk to
586. 18:32this person." It was so just like live
587. 18:35your life. Have fun.
588. 18:37That's amazing. I think that for us
589. 18:39watching you guys, I think it's it's so
590. 18:41we have like anxiety 24/7 when we're
591. 18:44watching the show because we're watching
592. 18:46it real time. [music] I mean, the show
593. 18:47is almost taped real time, and we're
594. 18:49watching you grow into who you you are
595. 18:53on the show. Yeah. That sounds weird to
596. 18:56say that you're growing into because
597. 18:58you are you You know us better than the
598. 18:59public, so you're kind of like being
599. 19:01like, "Oh, come on. Like get out of your
600. 19:02shell." Cuz like I remember when
601. 19:05Beldasha was on, and everybody's like,
602. 19:07"Oh, she's talking so weird." And her
603. 19:08mom was like, "No, she's nervous." So,
604. 19:10it's like you guys are probably like,
605. 19:11"No, there's so much more. Like come on.
606. 19:12Like pick it up." Always. Always. And I
607. 19:14think that our stakes are so high
608. 19:16watching you guys all, and I think that
609. 19:19the magic that the executive producers
610. 19:21do, and the production team, I mean, I
611. 19:24don't realize how crazy it is as of a
612. 19:26turnover because it's like what, 48
613. 19:29hours, and then it's on the next day.
614. 19:30So, it's almost live. Yeah. Uh I don't
615. 19:33know how they do it.
616. 19:34>> no idea. And the post, I have no idea
617. 19:36how they are so magical in what they do.
618. 19:39And our production staff, I don't know
619. 19:40how they turn that over, but for us,
620. 19:43it's like every single day we're glued
621. 19:44to the TV more more than most people are
622. 19:47because we're sitting there rooting for
623. 19:48you guys going, "Oh, please, do good.
624. 19:50You got this." And and it hurts us when
625. 19:52you have like a heartbreak. Yeah.
626. 19:54>> like
627. 19:55I mean, even on games, like
628. 19:58Oh. On games.
629. 20:01Uh You know what I'm going to say,
630. 20:02right? About Courtney and when she
631. 20:05called you out and you guys were close,
632. 20:07close friends.
633. 20:08>> Yeah. And that killed us, I think.
634. 20:11>> that was Yeah, that was wild. But even
635. 20:13I'm sure when you have like a favorite
636. 20:15or somebody that you really connected
637. 20:17with gets dumped, like what is that
638. 20:18like? That's
639. 20:19so in hurts us. We're like we're It's
640. 20:21seriously, we feel like we're like the
641. 20:23moms, you know? And we're sending our
642. 20:25kid off to preschool. We're watching
643. 20:26>> the
644. 20:27the [laughter] villa like at the end of
645. 20:28the tunnel with orange slices and
646. 20:29waters. Like the team moms. It's like
647. 20:31crazy. You know what's so weird is on
648. 20:34For season six, I think everybody shows
649. 20:37up, you know, as they are. Mhm. But
650. 20:39>> [music]
651. 20:40>> Serena Page Mhm. was one of my surprise
652. 20:43people or one of our surprise people, I
653. 20:45should say, because I speak for the
654. 20:46casting team though. But she was so
655. 20:48bubbly and she was so energetic which
656. 20:50she was on our interviews and was like
657. 20:52life of the party. And when Cordell
658. 20:55walked in after Casa Amor, the
659. 20:57recoupling, with Daya, [music]
660. 20:59you know?
661. 21:00>> Yeah. And she just turned into a
662. 21:02lioness. And for me, I'm watching I
663. 21:05still have chills. I have chills right
664. 21:06now going what she went through and how
665. 21:10she navigated her emotions. We were all
666. 21:13as women going, "Yes!" Yes. Go, girl.
667. 21:16It's like I feel your pain cuz that has
668. 21:18happened to all of us, you know?
669. 21:20Totally. Same with the audience. I think
670. 21:21that's why everybody fell in love with
671. 21:22her cuz she was speaking for all of us.
672. 21:24Cuz we've all been over by stupid
673. 21:27men.
674. 21:28>> [laughter]
675. 21:29>> But it was refreshing to see that. But
676. 21:30it like you said, it's probably true cuz
677. 21:32in the interviews, you're not really
678. 21:33talking about like You can't really tell
679. 21:35how somebody's going to stand up for
680. 21:36themselves.
681. 21:37>> No. Like they can give you stories or
682. 21:38situations, but
683. 21:40>> [music]
684. 21:40>> watching That's so cool. Yeah. Because
685. 21:42we cast so many people, you know, we
686. 21:45cast I think that we look at around
687. 21:49700-plus people. Woah. And more,
688. 21:52actually, you know, with our
689. 21:53applications and everything like that.
690. 21:55But as far as regretting somebody
691. 21:59to be on the show
692. 22:00you know, it's not a regret. It's
693. 22:02thinking, "Why didn't you keep going?"
694. 22:04You know what I mean? I don't think that
695. 22:06I ever have a regret for somebody to be
696. 22:08on the show, but I do have that
697. 22:11instinct of like, "Hey, listen. Why
698. 22:13didn't you go where you were supposed to
699. 22:15go?" Or Or why weren't you yourself?
700. 22:18Yeah.
701. 22:18>> Does that make sense? Yeah. I Yeah, that
702. 22:20does make sense. Cuz do you Have you
703. 22:22seen people come on and they weren't how
704. 22:24they were in their interviews?
705. 22:25>> Right. Yes. You've seen that?
706. 22:26>> Yeah, sometimes. Wow.
707. 22:28>> And and and and it Right, our casting
708. 22:30company We've been doing this for 20
709. 22:31years, though, but it's it's sometimes
710. 22:34people cease to amaze us Mhm. or cease
711. 22:36cease to disappoint us. Mhm. But
712. 22:39I mean, we can't control that, you know?
713. 22:41But there has been people who I was
714. 22:43thinking, "Oh, you know, you were so
715. 22:46different, you know, with us on
716. 22:49interviews, you know?" So, I love Love
717. 22:51Island that it's live because the public
718. 22:53can see through that. Like it is so easy
719. 22:55to tell when somebody's not being
720. 22:56authentically themselves. [music]
721. 22:58So, that's one of the like my favorite
722. 23:00parts of Love Island cuz then the
723. 23:01public's like, "What is like something's
724. 23:02off."
725. 23:03>> They're savvy. Yeah.
726. 23:05>> Our audience is savvy and I think that
727. 23:07they're vocal and we learn every time.
728. 23:09But sometimes you can't see that
729. 23:11sometimes. You know, where you're
730. 23:12thinking like we we're spending hour
731. 23:14with you.
732. 23:15You know, we spend an hour and then we
733. 23:17spend more time with you Cuz you don't
734. 23:19you still don't meet them in person,
735. 23:20right? No. Sometimes I do. Sometimes I
736. 23:23do.
737. 23:23>> [music]
738. 23:23>> You know, and then obviously, if we
739. 23:25scout them on the streets or something
740. 23:27like that, obviously though, we do meet
741. 23:29them. But I think that I mean, when
742. 23:33you're in casting for so long you think
743. 23:36that you know somebody though. But
744. 23:37there's been people who are couples and
745. 23:39they didn't even know that their husband
746. 23:40or their wife was going to be, you know,
747. 23:42turn out to be who they were, you know?
748. 23:44>> True. So, it happens with us sometimes.
749. 23:48>> bamboozled.
750. 23:48>> Bamboozled.
751. 23:49>> [laughter]
752. 23:51>> After season four, I mean, how do you
753. 23:53think that it has changed you because
754. 23:55you were on Love Island, you know? Like
755. 23:57Like we always want to know. Um It
756. 23:59Honestly, it made me more confident in
757. 24:01myself. I think seeing that the public
758. 24:03accepted me at my absolute craziest,
759. 24:06worst, lowest points, but also my
760. 24:08highest points made me really be like,
761. 24:10"Oh, wait. I think I just need to like
762. 24:13continue to be myself as weird and
763. 24:17awkward as that is. But it just It made
764. 24:19me more confident in myself. And then it
765. 24:20also made me want to pursue the things
766. 24:23that I want to actually do more. So, it
767. 24:25was amazing to come out and be able to
768. 24:27do social media full-time. Now, I'm
769. 24:29nowhere near where they are now, but to
770. 24:31be able to like make a living off of
771. 24:32that so I can have the freedom to pursue
772. 24:34things that I've actually always wanted
773. 24:35to do like acting and improv and just
774. 24:37being more creative has been the most
775. 24:40amazing thing to come out of it.
776. 24:43So, do you think that Love Island was
777. 24:45um positive
778. 24:47thing in your life?
779. 24:49I think I think it was a positive thing.
780. 24:51Um maybe looking for a husband might be
781. 24:53a little different, but
782. 24:55>> [laughter]
783. 24:55>> career-wise, it's been really positive.
784. 24:57Do you still talk to Jesse? I've not
785. 24:59spoken to him since November 2022.
786. 25:02Really?
787. 25:03I do feel like I have a dream job and I
788. 25:05think
789. 25:07It's like our whole team, I think we
790. 25:09live for this. Meaning that we live for
791. 25:11finding people who can make an impact in
792. 25:14people's lives or that we can make an
793. 25:16impact in their lives, hopefully. You
794. 25:18know, hopefully it's a positive
795. 25:20experience. But and then also find love
796. 25:22like our Hannah and Marco. Yeah. Like
797. 25:25the fact that they're engaged. I'm like,
798. 25:27"Hello!" I know. It works.
799. 25:29>> Where's our grandbabies? It works. You
800. 25:31do have the coolest job ever. I thank my
801. 25:33lucky stars every single day. I mean,
802. 25:35I've been everything from a
803. 25:37>> [laughter]
804. 25:38>> you know, from a front desk agent at a
805. 25:40hotel to
806. 25:43uh to a publicist to everything. And
807. 25:44it's one of those things where this is a
808. 25:46culmination of every factor and I don't
809. 25:48think I ever want to be anywhere else.
810. 25:50Every day is different. Yeah. You know,
811. 25:51and every person's different. And I
812. 25:53mean, I was just talking to somebody
813. 25:54before I came up here telling him about
814. 25:56how to apply for the show. Oh.
815. 25:58>> And it's a whole It's coming back, you
816. 26:00know, season eight. Wee!
817. 26:02>> [laughter]
818. 26:03>> We have such a long casting period. I
819. 26:05think we have It's like 6 to 8 months
820. 26:08that we find you, you know, people like
821. 26:10you. During that time, I mean, you might
822. 26:12fall out. You might be getting you know,
823. 26:15become a partner in love, you know? You
824. 26:18might get a job that you can't do the
825. 26:19show. And after the
826. 26:226 to 8 months, you know, while it's
827. 26:25going, people don't realize that we're
828. 26:27still casting while the show's on. So,
829. 26:30when when the show comes out
830. 26:31>> never ends.
831. 26:33Yeah, it basically You're always looking
832. 26:35for people?
833. 26:36>> Always looking for people.
834. 26:36>> Wow. Yeah, like I mean, right when the
835. 26:39intro start and day one starts, we're
836. 26:41still looking for people just to have a
837. 26:43bench of people to make the show fresh.
838. 26:46Right.
839. 26:46>> You know, in case that somebody might
840. 26:47fall out at the last minute, you know,
841. 26:49that might come in into Casa Amor. Yeah.
842. 26:51Or people who are the last bombshells,
843. 26:53you know? So, we're still casting while
844. 26:54the show is airing. If you like were to
845. 26:56go to lunch right now and see a hot
846. 26:58person, would you tell them to apply?
847. 27:00>> 100%. And And also, our team, even
848. 27:03though that they might be on other
849. 27:04shows, you know, because we we we work
850. 27:07on other shows when we're not working on
851. 27:08Love Island, they're always looking. And
852. 27:11then our executive producers, they were
853. 27:12like, "Hey, you know, I might have seen
854. 27:14this person, you know, what do you think
855. 27:15of these people?" Yeah, so we're always
856. 27:17looking. I actually ran
857. 27:19in my neighborhood. My boyfriend and I
858. 27:22were walking and this guy was running
859. 27:23and he looked like this beautiful
860. 27:25gazelle. That's the only way I could
861. 27:26describe him. He was like a gazelle
862. 27:27running. And I'm like, "Who is this
863. 27:29leaping, beautiful human?" And I told my
864. 27:32boyfriend at the time I mean, we're
865. 27:34really old. So, I was like, "Listen,
866. 27:35we're walking." And I was like, "Just
867. 27:38hold on. I'm going to run after this
868. 27:39guy."
869. 27:40I literally ran and he's like, "Who is
870. 27:43this strange woman?"
871. 27:44Filipino woman running after me. And I'm
872. 27:46like, "Hi, hi. Would you ever do the
873. 27:48show?" And So, yeah.
874. 27:49Always casting. And even like Do you
875. 27:52guys send each other TikToks, too?
876. 27:53Always. Like the reach is just
877. 27:55everywhere. It's crazy. I'm We're We're
878. 27:58We We I mean, I think that we're just in
879. 27:59shock and awe right now. Just how and
880. 28:02grateful we are that it's it's such a
881. 28:05phenomenon,
882. 28:05>> [music]
883. 28:06>> you know? Do you think there was a
884. 28:07difference in the cast in season six and
885. 28:09seven that made people kind of fall in
886. 28:11love with season six a little bit more
887. 28:13than season seven? That's a great
888. 28:14question. I do. I think that
889. 28:19I You know You know what? I think that
890. 28:20every season's different.
891. 28:22>> Great. I can't really say that one's
892. 28:23better than the other. Like the magic.
893. 28:25>> Yeah. All the ensembles for each season
894. 28:27like your season, season four, season
895. 28:29three, season two, season five and six.
896. 28:32They're Everybody Everything is
897. 28:34different though. But the ones who watch
898. 28:36the show and had remembered from season
899. 28:38one, you know, we we didn't even cast
900. 28:40season one or two. We came in on season
901. 28:42three though. And
902. 28:44uh
903. 28:44>> [music]
904. 28:44>> but every season, the the ensemble is
905. 28:48just different and unique in its own
906. 28:50way. So, I can't really say that I liked
907. 28:53season seven more than I
908. 28:55less than I liked season six. I think
909. 28:56it's different.
910. 28:57>> Is there like It's like a puzzle you
911. 28:58have to put together. Like you have to
912. 29:00Do you do any of the like, "Oh, this
913. 29:02person would be good with this guy or
914. 29:03this girl?" Do you Do any of those
915. 29:05mix-and-matches or is that exact?
916. 29:07>> I think Well, it's a culmination of
917. 29:08everybody though. But at the end of the
918. 29:10day, it is actually the exacts and the
919. 29:12producers of the network and they get
920. 29:15together and they actually find out
921. 29:17who's going to be the OGs, who's going
922. 29:20to be, you know, Casa, who's going to be
923. 29:23the bombshells. We don't even know. So,
924. 29:25this is a great little tea for you. I
925. 29:27think that when you when we have the
926. 29:30cast reveal, the day of the cast reveal,
927. 29:32we don't even know who the OGs are going
928. 29:35to be.
929. 29:35>> No way.
930. 29:36>> zero idea. Only because it's just kept
931. 29:38under wraps so tight that I mean,
932. 29:40because we're back here in the States
933. 29:42while they're, you know, filming that uh
934. 29:44they keep it really, really, really
935. 29:45tight. So, it's actually just as
936. 29:47exciting it for us as it is for
937. 29:50everybody at home watching cuz we're
938. 29:52we're like on pins and needles wanting
939. 29:54to know who became the OGs. Does the
940. 29:56timeline of when you apply and have your
941. 29:58interviews affect when you go in the
942. 30:00show?
943. 30:01>> That's a great question, too.
944. 30:03>> [laughter]
945. 30:03>> Who are you?
946. 30:05Uh no, it doesn't. It really doesn't
947. 30:08because you could come in in October,
948. 30:10you could be in one of our first
949. 30:12pitches, or you could be at the final.
950. 30:14How did you know?
951. 30:15>> It doesn't It doesn't matter where you
952. 30:16come in just as long as you're still
953. 30:18stay single and you know and we'll call
954. 30:21you and sometimes it takes us like a
955. 30:23couple of months and say, "Hey, remember
956. 30:25us?"
957. 30:25Wow, interesting. So, yeah, we're always
958. 30:29continuously casting and we might pull
959. 30:31up people from past seasons, too, that
960. 30:33might have auditioned for the show.
961. 30:35That's very rare though, [music] but
962. 30:36mainly it's always like new people,
963. 30:38people who apply, people who come to the
964. 30:40pop-ups, or people that we scout and
965. 30:42find. Sometimes we even go to like labor
966. 30:45unions, we go to we find people at
967. 30:48schools, everything, you know, just to
968. 30:51find a great roundabout cast. I'm so
969. 30:53happy I went on the show. It honestly
970. 30:55has made me who I am today and it has
971. 30:58made me somebody that I'm so proud to be
972. 31:00and it was the best experience of my
973. 31:02life.
974. 31:03Thank you.
975. 31:05>> [laughter]
976. 31:05>> I love you.
977. 31:06>> you. I love you.
978. 31:08Oh my god.
979. 31:11>> [music]