{"id":61203,"date":"2026-08-19T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=61203"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:41:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:41:04","slug":"amaya-speaks-out-following-speculation-shes-had-plastic-surgery-after-love-island-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/08\/19\/amaya-speaks-out-following-speculation-shes-had-plastic-surgery-after-love-island-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaya speaks out following speculation she&#8217;s had plastic surgery after Love Island USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People have been claiming that Amaya has got plastic surgery since her time on<a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/tag\/love-island-usa\/\"> Love Island USA<\/a>, but she&#8217;s now had to personally address the speculation as it&#8217;s actually all down to a chronic health issue she&#8217;s been dealing with.<\/p>\n<p>Amaya was diagnosed with Crohn&#8217;s disease in December 2025 following a hospitalisation for severe abdominal pain, for which she had emergency surgery.\u00a0 She spoke out about the chronic illness during Beyond The Villa, sharing that when she has a flare up it\u00a0feels like her intestines are pushing into each other, causing severe abdominal cramping.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">not the industry getting to amaya too\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\udc94 it is well, face card still tea tho! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IOEJIYBlTQ\">pic.twitter.com\/IOEJIYBlTQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emilia \u2661 (@MissPosEmilia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MissPosEmilia\/status\/2089598183185756465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nIn a now deleted TikTok video, Amaya addressed the hurtful comments about her appearance, sharing: &#8220;Whenever I get a flare up, I lose so much weight. My bones get more defined and people think I got Botox, more Botox than I already have.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I lose so much weight and I can&#8217;t eat nothing. I wanna eat, I&#8217;m starving but I can&#8217;t because every time I put something in my system, it&#8217;s out. And I&#8217;m starving, I wanna eat , I&#8217;m dehydrated. People are like, &#8216;omg you&#8217;re so skinny, stop losing weight.&#8217; Like girl, and I&#8217;m trying to contain the tears and contain the pain, but I wish my body is normal and I don&#8217;t need to be having these flare ups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcEa61KlCPq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcEa61KlCPq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Amaya Elizabeth (@amayaelizabeth_)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nShe continued: &#8220;I wish I didn&#8217;t need to have these episodes and I can eat whatever the hell I want without it causing my body to throw up some way or somehow, which causes me to throw up for hours, and doesn&#8217;t allow me to drink water or anything like that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just like how you should never comment on someone&#8217;s weight whether they&#8217;re overweight or underweight, you just really don&#8217;t know what that person is going through, that could be possibly causing them this flare up. 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