{"id":24507,"date":"2025-07-02T17:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=24507"},"modified":"2025-07-02T17:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:24:36","slug":"theres-a-wild-theory-on-why-elan-just-switched-up-his-entire-look-on-love-island-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/02\/theres-a-wild-theory-on-why-elan-just-switched-up-his-entire-look-on-love-island-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s a WILD theory on why Elan just switched up his entire look on Love Island USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The heat turned up a notch on Love Island USA season seven when the Casa Amor episodes came along. The spicy segment saw a bunch of newbies enter the show, and one of them was Elan Bibas. For a minute, people might&#8217;ve lost track of who all the newcomers are. But, now that Elan has changed his look on <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/02\/love-island-usa-stars-have-this-code-word-for-intimacy-and-its-getting-talked-about-a-lot\/\">Love Island USA<\/a>, he might as well have re-entered as a whole new Islander.<\/p>\n<h2>Elan showcases his new look<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I feel bad for Elan bc all toxicity and mess is distracting everyone from how good he looked with his hair combed back tonight<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIslandUSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveIslandUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OulWE7Ufcg\">pic.twitter.com\/OulWE7Ufcg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dougla Gyal Barbie (@deadbeat_auntie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deadbeat_auntie\/status\/1940247173146525894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This summer, Elan has got people pausing, doing a double-take, and rewinding Love Island USA.<\/p>\n<p>During the show&#8217;s July 1 episode, he donned a whole new look.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s safe to say his slicked-back hair has got viewers divided. Some are giving the whole look a great big chef&#8217;s kiss, while others are &#8220;horrified&#8221; by his new &#8216;do.<\/p>\n<p>Some are taking to X with a wild theory on why they think Elan switched up his regular hair for this new look. They reckon it&#8217;s all in a bid to look less like someone else in the villa?!<\/p>\n<p>More are busy complimenting the season seven star, comparing his looks to celebrities like Aaron Taylor-Johnson.<\/p>\n<h2>Twinning with another Islander<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nic and Elan beefing is so funny because they dead ass look the same <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIslandUSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveIslandUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Sy9X2PjpsJ\">pic.twitter.com\/Sy9X2PjpsJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Muted. Argue with yourself. (@___inCANdescent) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/___inCANdescent\/status\/1939775328471458010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Elan has been adding some juiciness into the mix on Love Island USA.<\/p>\n<p>He kissed <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/02\/heres-the-shocking-real-reason-cierra-has-lost-over-70k-followers-in-under-24-hours\/\">Cierra, who is coupled up with Nic<\/a>. And, people were already putting him and Nic in the same sentence, saying the two looked kind of similar.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not the first time Islanders&#8217; looks have been compared. <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/01\/wait-theres-a-wild-theory-these-two-love-island-usa-stars-are-sisters\/\">Cierra and former Islander, Johnnie Garcia<\/a>, had people thinking they were sisters?!<\/p>\n<p>Nic and Elan do look quite similar, and some are convinced he changed his hair to move away from the Nic comparisons.<\/p>\n<p>The theory could be true. But being called Nic&#8217;s doppelganger might not be the worst thing &#8211; he&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/13\/erm-we-just-found-nic-from-love-island-usas-ex-girlfriend-and-shes-a-fully-fledged-model\/\">fully fledged model<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h2>Intruder alert<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The .2 seconds of screen time Elan got this episode were just enough to scare the shite out of me- thought there was a damn intruder in the villa!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIslandUSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveIslandUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LrTGfHupD7\">pic.twitter.com\/LrTGfHupD7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 autumn updates (@autumns_updates) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/autumns_updates\/status\/1940245991560814683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The most hilarious part about Elan&#8217;s new look?! The fact that people think he&#8217;s actually someone completely different.<\/p>\n<p>Some people admitted they &#8220;forgot&#8221; Elan was in the villa and had a &#8220;jump scare&#8221; when they saw him with his combed-back hair.<\/p>\n<p>One viewer took to social media to say they thought &#8220;an intruder was in the villa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More added how they thought the camera accidentally panned across to someone from <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/19\/all-the-juiciest-behind-the-scenes-production-secrets-you-never-knew-about-love-island-usa\/\">production<\/a>, and others are simply shook, writing how they &#8220;barely recognised&#8221; him.<\/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 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