{"id":24614,"date":"2025-07-03T13:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=24614"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:34:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:34:05","slug":"omg-love-island-usa-amayas-uncle-just-stood-up-for-her-and-hes-not-holding-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/03\/omg-love-island-usa-amayas-uncle-just-stood-up-for-her-and-hes-not-holding-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Omg, Love Island USA Amaya&#8217;s uncle just stood up for her and he&#8217;s not holding back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so since Amaya Espinal entered the Love Island USA villa, she&#8217;s been nothing but a ray of sunshine. But the bombshell hasn&#8217;t had the best of times since she touched down in Fiji. Folks are literally <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/03\/all-the-signs-that-prove-amaya-is-the-most-wholesome-love-island-usa-star-weve-ever-seen\/\">loving her, calling her the &#8220;people&#8217;s princess<\/a>.&#8221; But, inside the villa, she&#8217;s been in floods of tears. Now, Amaya&#8217;s uncle is speaking out.<\/p>\n<h2>Amaya&#8217;s uncle explains one thing<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height: 500px;\" data-embed-height=\"740\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LoveIslandUSA\/comments\/1lq6o8k\/amayas_uncle_defending_her_online\/\">Amaya&#8217;s uncle defending her online<\/a><br \/>\nby<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/oceaneyesistare\/\">u\/oceaneyesistare<\/a> in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LoveIslandUSA\/\">LoveIslandUSA<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As Love Island USA is airing, a lot of people are taking the opportunity to discuss what&#8217;s going each episode.<\/p>\n<p>Some people, like <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/02\/group-chats-to-parody-vids-kylie-and-kendall-jenner-are-so-obsessed-with-love-island-usa\/\">Kylie Jenner, are making parodies of the show<\/a>. And others, like TikTok user, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@aignerxo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@aignerxo<\/a>, are taking to their live streams to chat about all the gossip.<\/p>\n<p>On the TikTok user&#8217;s &#8216;Love Island Lowdown,&#8217; Amaya&#8217;s uncle joined the chat.<\/p>\n<p>He began by clearing something up: &#8220;A lot of people need to know this &#8211; Amaya wears her heart on her sleeve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s something that she gets from her mom, and her grandma&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Judging by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@amayaelizabeth_\/video\/7478319297178258734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amaya&#8217;s TikTok page<\/a>, she&#8217;s super close with her family, and even took her mom on a surprise vacation for her birthday.<\/p>\n<h2>Amaya&#8217;s uncle clarifies her roots<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@amayaelizabeth_\/video\/7340734134052048158\" data-video-id=\"7340734134052048158\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@amayaelizabeth_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@amayaelizabeth_?refer=embed\">@amayaelizabeth_<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Making my favorite empanadas <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c Dile al Amor - Aventura\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Dile-al-Amor-225490559531085824?refer=embed\">\u266c Dile al Amor &#8211; Aventura<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Amaya&#8217;s uncle clarifies more details about her while she&#8217;s in the <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/02\/wait-do-these-clues-prove-zak-and-amaya-knew-each-other-before-the-love-island-usa-villa\/\">Love Island USA villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amaya is from New York, born and raised in Brooklyn. She&#8217;s the first generation of Dominicans,&#8221; he explains.<\/p>\n<p>He added of his fan-favourite niece: &#8220;Amaya is definitely bringing that New York energy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>He addresses Ace specifically<\/h2>\n<p>Moving onto the current villa dynamics, which saw Amaya in tears not once, but twice, her uncle makes a point about how she behaves with <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/26\/everything-the-dumped-love-island-usa-contestants-have-said-about-ringleader-ace-greene\/\">Ace Greene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He says: &#8220;She&#8217;s quick to call him out, and a lot of guys are so defensive&#8230; as a fellow man, I&#8217;m letting you know a lot of guys they get a little defensive, especially when girls are not here for it&#8230; they think that girls are just gonna eat it up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nah,&#8221; he continues.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s not that type of girl, she&#8217;s gonna call you out on your BS. That&#8217;s why Amaya&#8217;s like &#8216;Yo, what the f***&#8230; we&#8217;re not on Friend Island, we&#8217;re here to connect&#8230;&#8221;<\/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 was left in tears 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