{"id":23668,"date":"2025-06-25T13:01:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=23668"},"modified":"2025-06-25T13:05:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T12:05:39","slug":"omg-olandria-transformed-her-whole-life-before-love-island-usa-with-a-huge-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/06\/25\/omg-olandria-transformed-her-whole-life-before-love-island-usa-with-a-huge-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Omg, Olandria transformed her whole life before Love Island USA with a huge move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">People watching Love Island USA season seven said they&#8217;ve been left &#8220;broken&#8221; after Olandria Carthen made a heartwrenching statement. The fan favourite admitted she&#8217;s had to be &#8220;strong&#8221; her whole life. And, now it seems everyone watching the Peacock show has taken to X in bits. It turns out Olandria really wasn&#8217;t lying. A quick glance at her TikTok page, and it&#8217;s clear to see she transformed her whole life before <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/17\/everything-makes-sense-now-i-know-all-the-love-island-usa-season-seven-stars-ages\/\">Love Island USA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Olandria&#8217;s admission about being &#8216;strong&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23679\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23679\" src=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-19.png\" alt=\"Olandria Carthen from Love Island USA\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-19.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-19-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-19-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1-19-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During Love Island USA season seven&#8217;s June 24 episode, Olandria is dubbed &#8220;strong&#8221; by her fellow Islanders.<\/p>\n<p>She responded to their comments, saying how she&#8217;s &#8220;had to be strong her whole life,&#8221; which left people in tears.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/25\/wait-have-olandria-and-nic-actually-left-the-love-island-usa-villa\/\">Olandria<\/a> said: &#8220;You have to be. Ain\u2019t nobody here gonna be strong for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The season seven star also told her castmates she&#8217;s been single for five years prior to looking for love on the show.<\/p>\n<p>All of this combined had people taking to X to say they &#8220;love&#8221; her and that they&#8217;re left &#8220;broken&#8221; by her comments.<\/p>\n<h2>She&#8217;s posted TikToks to prove it<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@x_0lan\/video\/7114027104781552939\" data-video-id=\"7114027104781552939\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@x_0lan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@x_0lan?refer=embed\">@x_0lan<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Beyond proud of myself! Cheers to new beginnings \ud83e\udd42\u2728 <a title=\"htx\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/htx?refer=embed\">#htx<\/a> <a title=\"relocating\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/relocating?refer=embed\">#relocating<\/a> <a title=\"movingvlog\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/movingvlog?refer=embed\">#movingvlog<\/a> <a title=\"blackfirltiktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/blackfirltiktok?refer=embed\">#blackfirltiktok<\/a> <a title=\"blackgirlluxury\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/blackgirlluxury?refer=embed\">#blackgirlluxury<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"houston\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/houston?refer=embed\">#houston<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c Proud of You (Motivational Speech) - Fearless Motivation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Proud-of-You-Motivational-Speech-6786834452057163778?refer=embed\">\u266c Proud of You (Motivational Speech) &#8211; Fearless Motivation<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Throwing it back to 2022 and Olandria was making some big changes in her life.<\/p>\n<p>She posted a TikTok sharing how she was &#8220;beyond proud of herself&#8221; and was celebrating &#8220;new beginnings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/13\/heres-how-much-money-each-love-island-usa-cast-member-makes-outside-the-show\/\">Love Island USA contestant<\/a> moved her whole life from Decatur, Alabama, to Houston, Texas, for a job opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to the comments, she wrote: &#8220;I am so thankful for each and every one of you that congratulated me &amp; wished me well on my new journey. Y\u2019all made my entire day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That same year, Olandria graduated from Tuskegee University.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote in another post: &#8220;You&#8217;re a first-generation college student graduating from the illustrious Tuskegee University.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Olandria also shared a new home she&#8217;d moved into and said it was her &#8220;first postgrad apartment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She began an &#8220;apartment series&#8221; on her page where she unboxes a new couch and rug. But, it seems Olandria&#8217;s home influencing came to a halt and she opted for lfe in the Love Island USA villa.<\/p>\n<p>These days, Olandria works as a sales associate at Otis Elevator Co, per <a href=\"https:\/\/screenrant.com\/love-island-usa-season-7-olandria-carthen-age-job-instagram-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Screen Rant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She said she&#8217;s always had to be 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