{"id":31864,"date":"2025-09-04T13:57:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=31864"},"modified":"2025-09-04T13:57:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T12:57:52","slug":"oops-this-love-island-usa-couple-may-have-just-given-away-that-theyre-back-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/09\/04\/oops-this-love-island-usa-couple-may-have-just-given-away-that-theyre-back-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Oops, this Love Island USA couple may have just given away that they&#8217;re back together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever TJ and Iris have got going on, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/09\/03\/love-island-usas-sti-testing-rules-spark-huge-debate-and-its-thanks-to-this-islander\/\">Love Island USA<\/a> couple appear to be getting back together. A woman seemingly filmed him cutting a pizza, to which she then laughed, and everyone recognised that it sounded just like Iris&#8217; laugh.<\/p>\n<p>The video appeared on TJ&#8217;s Snapchat story, and he was clearly smiling from ear to ear. He then told her, &#8220;Wow, this is it. I claim this as mine.&#8221; And the fact Iris has such a distinctive laugh has basically given away the entire secret. Oops!<\/p>\n<p>After Iris and Pepe split, people wondered whether she&#8217;d get back with TJ, who was dumped from the island while she was coupled up with him. Even when he left, TJ was pretty vocal about wanting to get back in touch with her after her villa journey ended.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" style=\"height:500px\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/LoveIslandUSA\/comments\/1n7x2ap\/iriss_voice_in_tjs_snap\/\">iris\u2019s voice in tj\u2019s snap<\/a><br \/> by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/slaybaby77\/\">u\/slaybaby77<\/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>A lot of people seem bothered about the prospect of Iris going back to TJ &#8211; even though we all saw the clip of them hugging for ages after taking a romantic stroll, and that was when she had only just left the villa and was still dating <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/16\/debunked-theres-a-theory-pepe-and-hannah-are-secretly-meeting-up-after-love-island-usa\/\">Pepe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An anonymous Deuxmoi tip claimed TJ and Iris were spotted together in Tampa together in Whole Foods supermarket, just a week after she split from Pepe, and after that clip, people are convinced it&#8217;s true. 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Being in the limelight isn\u2019t always the best thing in the world.\u201d Iris also spoke out confirming the news, but admits she&#8217;d &#8220;hoped to keep this private.&#8221;<\/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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