{"id":23056,"date":"2025-06-18T10:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=23056"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T09:45:25","slug":"love-island-usa-kissing-challenges-are-so-intense-one-star-was-left-with-lasting-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/06\/18\/love-island-usa-kissing-challenges-are-so-intense-one-star-was-left-with-lasting-damage\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island USA kissing challenges are SO intense one star was left with lasting damage?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s clear to see the temperatures are soaring on <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/18\/wait-the-love-island-usa-season-seven-drama-literally-happens-days-before-we-even-get-to-see-it\/\">Love Island USA<\/a> season seven &#8211; and not just because the cast is in Fiji. The show&#8217;s cast members have been giving the challenges their all this year, and we&#8217;re not sure where to look. As if the Peacock show&#8217;s challenges didn&#8217;t look saucy enough, it turns out they&#8217;re actually really intense. A former star was left with lasting damage!<\/p>\n<h2>Former Love Island USA star lifts lid on challenges<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Love Island USA&#039;s Belle-A Spills All From Fiji!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Neo2UV1RjjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After being <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/12\/belle-a-just-revealed-the-confusing-last-words-nic-said-to-her-before-love-island-usa-dumping\/\">brutally dumped<\/a> from Love Island USA season seven, Belle-A Walker was ready to dish all the goss to Chicks in the Office.<\/p>\n<p>When a visible bruise on her lip was brought up, Belle-A had some explaining to do.<\/p>\n<p>She laughed and said: &#8220;I&#8217;m so glad you asked this, because nobody else has and I haven&#8217;t been able to clear the air.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Belle-A explained: &#8220;I went in there and these guys just couldn&#8217;t wait to get a taste of me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They became vampires and sucked the whole life out of my lips.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>That kiss left lasting damage<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DG7Y66KOQ8R\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; 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