“Love Island USA” contestants Iris Kendall and TJ Palma may be spinning the block on their relationship as the pair were spotted getting cozy together on Monday.
Just one day after the series finale, the reality stars reunited in Los Angeles where they were all smiles while hugging and flirting, according to video obtained by TMZ.
Sources told the outlet the two went for a walk that lasted about two hours and then went back to Palma’s place where they met up with fellow “Love Island” contestant Austin Shepard.
When Palma left the villa on the July 3 episode, Kendall coupled up with Pepe Garcia and the pair ended up being a part of the final four, eventually leaving Fiji together.
But as soon as Kendall got back to L.A., her friends dropped her off at TJ’s place, insiders told TMZ. Meanwhile, Pepe didn’t go to L.A. with the rest of the cast, but rather went to visit his parents in Orange County.
Monday’s sighting comes just weeks after Palma revealed that Kendall initially wanted to leave the villa with him after he was eliminated.
“When [I was first eliminated], she was super upset and everything. She’s like, ‘There’s nothing here for me anymore. I wanna leave,’” Palma told Us Weekly.
Given her initial reaction, he admitted it was hard to see her stay in the villa and start dating someone else.
“I’m human. It’s definitely not the best,” Palma said of watching Kendall and Garcia’s relationship. “And you don’t see everything, so it always has my mind wondering.”
Regardless of the shakeup, Palma said he wanted to reunite with Kendall after the show to see “how she’s actually feeling.”
“I think the best thing is to have a conversation after it’s all said and done and see truly what happened … and just go from there,” he said. “It would be silly to just leave it all in the past.”
