{"id":189277,"date":"2025-08-26T14:32:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/how-netflix-clapped-back-at-andy-cohen-over-love-island-season-7-reunion\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:32:40","slug":"how-netflix-clapped-back-at-andy-cohen-over-love-island-season-7-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/how-netflix-clapped-back-at-andy-cohen-over-love-island-season-7-reunion\/","title":{"rendered":"How Netflix Clapped Back at Andy Cohen Over \u2018Love Island\u2019 Season 7 Reunion"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Nothing says Love Island USA<\/em><\/a> reunion like a little drama \u2014 but this season, the biggest sparks flew between Andy Cohen<\/strong><\/a> and Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

During the highly anticipated season 7 reunion, Andy put the streamer on blast after contestant Huda Mustafa<\/strong><\/a> claimed she wasn\u2019t allowed to talk about her love life. \u201cI can\u2019t speak about my relationships outside the villa,\u201d Huda told him, adding that there were \u201clegal reasons\u201d behind her silence. She clarified, \u201cIt\u2019s Netflix, I\u2019m not allowed to talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Andy looked stunned and pressed further, asking, \u201cNetflix won\u2019t let you say whether you\u2019re dating somebody?\u201d He even tried to coax out some details, saying, \u201cYou were on a red carpet with somebody\u2026.Is that someone you\u2019re seeing?\u201d But Huda stood firm, refusing to spill. Eventually, Andy quipped, \u201cTell Netflix this was the number one streaming show of the summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t take long for Netflix to clap back. The streamer updated its Twitter bio with a cheeky response: \u201cDON\u2019T @ ME IDK!!!\u201d Fans immediately clocked the move, calling it Netflix\u2019s way of throwing shade right back at the host.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, speculation about Huda\u2019s relationship status has only grown louder. The 24-year-old North Carolina native, who entered the villa on Day 1, was spotted holding hands in July with fellow reality star Louis Russell<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 known from Too Hot to Handle<\/em> and Perfect Match<\/em>. The pair later made a red carpet debut at the *Weapons* premiere and shared subtle TikTok hints, fueling rumors of a budding romance.<\/p>\n

The timeline only adds to the drama. Netflix\u2019s Perfect Match<\/em> season 3 was still airing when Huda and Louis were seen together, and contestants are typically required to keep dating lives private until episodes finish dropping. That may explain the strict silence Huda cited at the reunion.<\/p>\n

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Still, the couple hasn\u2019t exactly kept things low-profile. On Aug. 1, they were photographed hand-in-hand at the Hollywood Weapons<\/em> premiere. Weeks later, Huda appeared in Louis\u2019 Instagram content, with fans noticing her hand in one of his music promo videos. The lyrics of his new single, \u201cShe Pretty,\u201d also raised eyebrows with lines like: \u201cTikTok know she pretty \/ IG know she pretty \/ Going viral \u2019cause she pretty \/ They follow \u2019cause she pretty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Louis\u2019 Perfect Match<\/em> partner Sandy Gallagher<\/strong>, however, wasn\u2019t impressed. On her What\u2019s the Reality<\/em>\u00a0podcast, she admitted she was blindsided: \u201cThey quite literally hit a red carpet and hard-launched their whatever relationship the day that our show premiered.\u201d She continued, \u201cWhen you\u2019re on dating shows, you have to keep your dating life on lockdown until the show is done because it ruins the show.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sandy confessed she was \u201cupset\u201d by how it played out \u2014 not personally, but for the sake of the production and its viewers. \u201cIt was, like, a little bit of a relief in a way, but for the sake of the show, the other castmates, our story line and, most importantly, the audience, I thought it was a really, really big slap in the face and a disrespect to the whole production.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n