{"id":26100,"date":"2025-07-16T12:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=26100"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T11:06:11","slug":"so-whats-going-on-with-love-island-usas-iris-and-tj-meeting-up-and-hugging-for-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/16\/so-whats-going-on-with-love-island-usas-iris-and-tj-meeting-up-and-hugging-for-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"So, what&#8217;s going on with Love Island USA&#8217;s Iris and TJ meeting up and hugging for ages?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/11\/love-island-usas-tj-reveals-he-was-turned-off-iris-but-has-plans-for-when-she-leaves\/\">Iris and TJ<\/a> were spotted reuniting outside a block of flats after she reached the final of <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/16\/chris-ex-claims-hes-very-different-to-his-love-island-usa-portrayal-as-she-details-his-past\/\">Love Island USA<\/a> with Pepe Garcia. He was dumped from the island weeks ago, but now they&#8217;ve been spotted sharing a full eight-second hug in private.<\/p>\n<h2>Iris and TJ were spotted hugging for ages<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LoveIslandUSA\/comments\/1m0nl5r\/iris_and_tj_met_up_in_la\/\">Iris and TJ met up in LA<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/Final-Grand1578\/\">u\/Final-Grand1578<\/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>Iris and TJ were spotted hugging for eight seconds, before Austin came and picked her up into a cuddle, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/tj-palma-iris-kendall-austin-shepard-reuniting-07-15-2025\/\">TMZ<\/a> video shows. They reportedly went on a walk and talk for about two hours before going into his place to meet the other Islanders.<\/p>\n<p>Her friends dropped her off at TJ&#8217;s place, and in the video, you see him come out to meet her on the street. Pepe didn&#8217;t go straight to Los Angeles with the rest of the Islanders and instead went home to nearby Orange County to see his parents and his dog.<\/p>\n<p>TJ recently came out to say he&#8217;d be lying if he &#8220;wasn&#8217;t put off&#8221; seeing Iris and Pepe together, but did admit he wanted to chat to her to make a final decision about her. He even said that he &#8220;didn&#8217;t care about the prize money because she was the prize for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Pepe just revealed him and Iris are meeting up<\/h2>\n<p>Pepe confirmed that he only has eyes for Iris right now, which is &#8220;how he dates&#8221;. Pepe and Austin were actually with Iris and TJ when they all reunited, but Austin didn&#8217;t show up to hug her until after their private moment.<\/p>\n<p>He drove Iris home when they got home, FaceTimed her as soon as he reached his place, and had plans to meet her later that night in Los Angeles. Pepe also confirmed that he wants to rekindle <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/16\/debunked-theres-a-theory-pepe-and-hannah-are-secretly-meeting-up-after-love-island-usa\/\">his friendship with Hannah<\/a> outside the villa.<\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" 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