{"id":246279,"date":"2026-06-15T00:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/love-island-usas-sean-reifel-reacts-to-mayors-comments-after-leaving-the-villa\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T00:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T00:14:08","slug":"love-island-usas-sean-reifel-reacts-to-mayors-comments-after-leaving-the-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/15\/love-island-usas-sean-reifel-reacts-to-mayors-comments-after-leaving-the-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island USA’s Sean Reifel Reacts to Mayor’s Comments After Leaving the Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Sean Reifel<\/strong><\/a> is speaking out about his town\u2019s mayor commenting on his leaving the police force to join Love Island USA<\/strong><\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n

The 29-year-old season eight islander, who was the first dumped from the island this year, was a cop in Bethlehem, Penn., before leaving to Fiji to appear on the Peacock dating show. <\/p>\n

In a controversial statement, the town\u2019s mayor, J William Reynolds<\/strong>, criticized Sean<\/strong> for leaving the police force to go on Love Island USA<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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\u201cOur police department spent a lot of time training,\u201d he told local outlet\u00a0WHTM<\/em><\/a>. \u201cWe paid thousands of taxpayer dollars to send him to the police academy. We are disappointed he left as we now have another vacancy in our department that is impossible to fill until next year.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought I\u2019d see the day in America where reality show participation wins out over being a police officer,\u201d the mayor added. <\/p>\n

He later told TMZ<\/a><\/em> that Sean<\/strong> could re-join the force, but would have to start at square one in the hiring process.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sean<\/strong>\u2018s sister hit back at the mayor on social media and said this was a missed opportunity for the mayor and PD to connect with the community.<\/p>\n

On Aftersun<\/em>\u2018s first episode over the weekend, cameras were up and showed Sean<\/strong>\u2018s reaction to finding out what the mayor said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI guess he\u2019s upset. That\u2019s interesting,\u201d Sean<\/strong> said after reading about the comments. \u201cI definitely had a sit down with my job and told them exactly where I was going and what was happening, and they asked me to put in for unpaid leave.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt does bother me because they just, before I left, gave me awards for like, with my partners, taking a lady out of a building on fire and talking someone off a roof that was mentally ill,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo, it\u2019s like to give me those and then do something like this? I just don\u2019t understand.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want to say anything bad about them. I know things can be taken out of context. Everyone in the department knew where I was going,\u201d Sean<\/strong> said. \u201cI hope like, you know, my partners I worked with are like, you know, still appreciate all the stuff we have.\u201d <\/p>\n

Sean<\/strong>\u2018s mom also previously commented on the mayor\u2019s statements on social media, saying they didn\u2019t spend as much money on his training as he already came to that department with four years of training as a sheriff deputy in Northern California. <\/p>\n

She added that while they say he resigned, he was denied the leave after requesting it. <\/p>\n

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