{"id":62054,"date":"2026-09-01T14:52:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=62054"},"modified":"2026-09-01T14:52:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T13:52:26","slug":"wait-is-the-screenshot-of-sol-on-love-island-usa-star-melanies-phone-even-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/09\/01\/wait-is-the-screenshot-of-sol-on-love-island-usa-star-melanies-phone-even-real\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait, is the screenshot of Sol on Love Island USA star Melanie&#8217;s phone even real?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/08\/11\/trinity-addresses-claims-she-got-thrown-out-of-love-island-usa-reunion-for-fighting-with-sol\/\">Sol<\/a> appeared to be on the phone screen of <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/08\/10\/weight-loss-company-makes-gross-claims-theyll-help-love-island-usas-melanie-drop-15-lbs\/\">Melanie<\/a>&#8216;s cell in a selfie, and it&#8217;s making the rounds after she claimed not to be a mean girl on <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/09\/01\/heres-where-melanie-and-sincere-stand-after-the-messy-love-island-usa-season-eight-reunion\/\">Love Island USA<\/a>. Some people are wondering how on earth this even happened, following their tense drama on the <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/06\/05\/peacock-imposes-a-strict-new-rule-on-love-island-usa-following-bullying-and-online-hatred\/\">Peacock<\/a> show.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it turns out the wild photo is genuinely real, because it was shared to <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/06\/30\/this-is-how-much-kayda-will-actually-know-about-why-alannah-left-love-island-usa\/\">Kayda<\/a>&#8216;s TikTok page. They&#8217;re dancing backstage with <a href=\"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2026\/08\/28\/bryce-and-trinity-publicly-call-out-how-love-island-usa-viewers-treat-interracial-couples\/\">Trinity, <\/a>where you can clearly see Melanie&#8217;s phone, which shows a photo of Sol underneath a snap of the White Chicks actors, saying, &#8220;That chin.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kaydabosse\/video\/7680313088175869214\" data-video-id=\"7680313088175869214\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@kaydabosse\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kaydabosse?refer=embed\">@kaydabosse<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Lets get exciteddd<\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Princess Dolly Babe \ud83d\udc51\ud83d\udc93\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7663870729758329614?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Princess Dolly Babe \ud83d\udc51\ud83d\udc93<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Basically, it all looks very mean girl-coded, but it could genuinely have been an accident. It looks as though Melanie has clicked on the X post, so it doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean she agrees with it, but with all the drama that&#8217;s happened between her and Sol, it doesn&#8217;t look great.<\/p>\n<p>After all the backlash, it doesn&#8217;t even look like she&#8217;s asked Kayda to delete the video! A lot of people are claiming it&#8217;s edited, but now that it&#8217;s been confirmed it&#8217;s on Kayda&#8217;s official Instagram page, the viral photo going round on X genuinely has truth to it. Oh dear.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">this is so messy omfg LMFAOOOOOOOO <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g1wOzDDakX\">pic.twitter.com\/g1wOzDDakX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 tyris \u2730 (@TYRISPRINT) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TYRISPRINT\/status\/2094580586673209551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Sol has stayed silent in response, and has uploaded photos to her Instagram Story of completely unrelated topics. However, some people think that Melanie was simply scrolling through her feed, and mentioned how it doesn&#8217;t look like she follows the content.<\/p>\n<p>Some people went as far as to accuse her of creating the post, which is just hearsay and not confirmed. One person slammed her actions and said: &#8220;Public figures will double check their content all the time before posting &#8211; it\u2019s their job &#8211; best believe this is intentional.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reality Shrine<\/a><\/span><\/i><i> on <\/i><i><span draggable=\"true\"><a 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\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like she&#8217;s shading 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