Gillian Griffin: Hi, I'm Gee. Marissa Castillo: Good night, Mimi. Gillian Griffin: And this is exclusively dating Island Tea Time. Freakin Hello, please y'all. Come on. Come on. Anyway, so Marissa Castillo: Happy finale everyone! Gillian Griffin: happy finale. My microphone's on this time. So sorry if you had to suffer through listening to AirPod quality recording from me previous episode. Marissa Castillo: It didn't sound that bad to me. To me. Gillian Griffin: Okay, well, I felt bad for doing it because it's just such a silly mistake. We were rushing and I didn't turn on the receiver and it's like, ugh, she's dumb. Nobody wants to hear this. Nobody wants to hear this. Anyway, it's the finale. Mika and Samurage Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: did not do their big one. Could have done us Marissa Castillo: No. Gillian Griffin: all a big favor. But here we are. Well, Marissa Castillo: And I really said that they weren't going to. Gillian Griffin: I figured they weren't going to, because Mika doesn't want to. They already feel really hated and I think it's really sus the way that the their decision was edited. It didn't really sound like much of a conversation, you know? Like they only talked about the couple's pros. It didn't sound like they talked about their cons very much. so it just sounds sus to me h how that was reached, 'cause I feel like the producers have been very on Julia and and sorry, Julia and Roller Lorenzo's sides. So Feel sus. Like I wouldn't be surprised if they were told they can't dump them. Marissa Castillo: Yeah, I I agree with that. Also, I unfortunately just got a phone call and I don't know how that came through. So if there was a technical difficulty, I'm sorry. Okay. Gillian Griffin: Nope. Nope. Couldn't hear it. Marissa Castillo: Cool. the thing counted down again, so I got scared. But either way, it felt a little bit what's the word? Set up. It w it felt a little bit produced. Gillian Griffin: Odd. I th I feel like the producers have been messing around a little bit too much with the storylines this year. I heard that Simbo was told that Angie was picking someone else in Casa. Yeah. That was Mara said that on a podcast. They bleeped out who said it, but a c couple people apparently said Simba was told by producers, you need to pick someone because Angie picked someone and you're gonna get dumped if you don't pick someone. Like if you wanna stay on the show, you need to pick someone. Marissa Castillo: I don't like that. Gillian Griffin: Yeah, I don't like that either. Like I wanna I wanna know that someone actually did someone dirty. I don't know. We'll we'll see how that all my computer's turned off. Wow, it's an interesting day, but it'll be fine. I've got this. I I remember. I remember it. Marissa Castillo: Ha ha ha ha. Gillian Griffin: but yeah, Yasmin and Tommy kicked out Mika and Sarmaj took them with them. How do you feel about it? Marissa Castillo: I obviously think it was the wrong choice. I literally wrote Mika and Samraj that was the wrong fucking choice. they what Samraj's point of just like you have to think about who deserves to be in the final. And I thought that they absolutely deserved to be in the final. Out of all the couples, Yulia and Lorenzo were the only couple that weren't as far along as the other couples that were left in the villa. I only felt that it was right. However, I knew that he was gonna use the logic of, well, they were the other couple that received the second most votes, so it only makes sense. Gillian Griffin: Yeah, and I I also I think they did that to protect themselves as well. They didn't wanna and unless they were told by producers they couldn't. I feel like they didn't want to have more blowback on them, knowing that Lorenzo's Marissa Castillo: Yeah. Gillian Griffin: been popular and favorite and favorite and favorite. And also, you know, whatever. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. I do feel like if they had picked Yulian Lorenzo, Mika and Samraj would have probably been exiled from the entire United Kingdom. So Gillian Griffin: Yeah. Yeah. Marissa Castillo: I can understand. I just didn't like it. Gillian Griffin: Me either. I'm and I'm really glad they cleared up for the eleventh time that Samraj and Mika both will be living in the UK. So Marissa Castillo: Yeah. so after that whole thing, you know, they brought out all the finalists. I felt like Yulia was just eating that shit up, eating all eat the attention up. She felt she just looked so happy to be there. Simba, let's talk about your outfit. I have notes. And then Gillian Griffin: yeah, someone said Simba, you didn't look like you were dressed to win. I want those shorts though. I want those fucking shorts. Gimme them shorts. Of course I do. I want to make a pair. Marissa Castillo: I knew you would. I knew gimme ten. Gillian Griffin: I want to make a pair. Marissa Castillo: I knew you would love those shorts. Yeah, his outfit wasn't the best choice for me. And then when Maya sat with everyone, Yulia picked the perfect time to be like, no, I'm gonna keep my mouth shut. I've learned to keep my mouth shut. Which felt so just calculated. Yes, yes. The way that she moved in this Gillian Griffin: It felt PR trained. Yeah. It as well as her being yeah. As well as her being like, no, no more bad beef, like no more bad blood, Marissa Castillo: Yes. Gillian Griffin: like I've let all of it go. And I was like, You're so calculated, girl, because anyone like Priya was like, I'm not letting any of this go. Alicia's like, I'm not letting this go. They're saying no bad blah, but they're not letting it go, you know? So I'm just like, You Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: actually didn't care the entire time and you just did stuff to stir the pot, and that's fine, but I would have liked you to admit it more. Like I have less vim for Lucinda from All Stars because she literally was so clearly stirring the pot and so clearly thought it was all just funny. Like she couldn't even stay serious while she was doing it. And she was like, What? I like, you know, she was just like, Why like this is not that big of a deal. So it's like fine. But Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: this whole situation, I can't, I can't deal. Marissa Castillo: Yeah, I just feel like if you didn't see the situation for what it was, I don't know how you couldn't. literally the votes were coming in and she's picking just this perfect opportunity to be such a nice girl, squash the beef, keep her mouth shut, not share her opinions. But she's there to share her opinions and Gillian Griffin: Mm-hmm. Marissa Castillo: that's what that that's just who she is. So I'm just really I'm confused. I felt Gillian Griffin: Yeah. Marissa Castillo: confused. Gillian Griffin: And and Maya even said to her, she said, no, we don't want you to keep your mouth shut. I'm like, yeah, do your thing, girl. Do your big one. Marissa Castillo: Right. And then I said, Maya, don't encourage her. But she should have. She should have. I take it back. Gillian Griffin: How about Yeah. How about the how about the all the islanders outside of the villa hookups Ethan and Lysia? Marissa Castillo: all the tea? Gillian Griffin: Traydon Marissa Castillo: Kinda knew that Gillian Griffin: is back. Tommy and Charlene? Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Which I think Gillian Griffin: There's a tweet out there that said Charlene Murphy kissing Tommy Murphy after she was coupled up with Kevin Murphy and said that she should have picked Aidan Murphy. Marissa Castillo: It's Murphy. Yeah. Clearly she has a thing for Murphy men. Gillian Griffin: I don't know how you go around kissing Tommy. I don't know how you get mixed up in that girl. Marissa Castillo: To me, Tommy has been very like bottom of the barrel behavior sit in the villa and out of the villa. They called him like producer Tommy doing a gossip tour. Gillian Griffin: Mm-hmm. Marissa Castillo: And I have seen him the most out of everyone on Gillian Griffin: Mm-hmm. Marissa Castillo: social media and like feed, just yapping away. When you were there for five minutes, like simmer down. Gillian Griffin: I know. He's just trying to make his five minutes into thirty, so all right. He's absolutely gonna try and copy Tyreek and the other guys and do s live streams watching the show. Absolutely. Marissa Castillo: Yeah. And unfortunately people are gonna eat that shit up. Prayden Gillian Griffin: Yes. B because he's messy. He's the new messy match, let's be honest. Marissa Castillo: Ooh. Preyden. Gillian Griffin: She doesn't know who Messy Mitch is. Marissa Castillo: Well, after a comment that we received about how I didn't know these people, I refuse to acknowledge that I don't know these people. So I'm gonna Gillian Griffin: Part of our dynamic for anyone here who's like, why doesn't she know? That's part of the dynamic. She's a new fan. I am like not an OG OG fan, but I've been watching for so long. This point, I've clocked in like seven years watching this show. Don't mind me. So, like, that's part of the Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: fun. Is like, I know the lore, she's here to ride, she's enjoying. Like, that's the dynamic. So, don't worry about it. Marissa Castillo: Yeah, either way, getting back to my point, Gillian Griffin: Sorry. Marissa Castillo: I kinda love Preden. I'm sorry. I just they're just so unapologetically messy. And I kinda suspected that things would occur outside of the villa. They give like let's hook up here and there, but not Gillian Griffin: Yes. Marissa Castillo: be serious. Gillian Griffin: Yes. Also, Aiden fully gives, I'm gonna stop you from being with me. But then the second she's like, Let's make out, he's like, Hell yeah. You know what I mean? Like he's Marissa Castillo: Mm, mm. Gillian Griffin: gonna say he's putting an end to it, but he'll never actually follow through. Like he'll be like, That's fine if you wanna break up. Like he'll never fight for her. But then Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: as soon as she's like, No, but I want your attention, he's gonna be there and ready and be like, Give me a kiss, you know? Marissa Castillo: Yes. I did appreciate his attempt to stop her from putting her foot in her mouth even more. I understood where she was coming from, trying to explain where her comment came from, but she just kept going on and on and on and it's just like, babe, you gotta stop at some point. I'm glad that it was water under the bridge though. Gillian Griffin: Is it? Marissa Castillo: I don't know. Gillian Griffin: also, Alicia, go home. You're ill. That's what I was concerned about. I'm like, put a mask on or something. You sound like you are not well. She said, and she said, I'm really sick. And I'm like, then what are you doing there? Why are you in airports? Like, go get in bed and drink some soup, please. I beg. Marissa Castillo: Stay away from Ethan. Gillian Griffin: Ugh, exactly I'm gonna get Ethan sick. Ethan won't get sick. He's a physical trainer. He probably takes hella, Marissa Castillo: I know. Gillian Griffin: hella wellness shots. Also, though, Priya just really proved for me that her constantly the only person who could not stop looking directly into the camera. The whole time. And I was just like, she's so camera aware, it's crazy. And I'm like, Babe, babe, you're not doing yourself any Marissa Castillo: You know how I Gillian Griffin: favors. Marissa Castillo: I think I caught Tina looking at the camera last episode and I was I meant to point that out to you, but Gillian Griffin: did she? Marissa Castillo: I felt like she had one of those moments where, you know, somebody says something and she looks at the camera like, Did you just hear that? Gillian Griffin: But also do you know the tea? Marissa Castillo: No. Gillian Griffin: so apparently Tina called n Mibs thingy. Marissa Castillo: Thingy? Gillian Griffin: And it r yeah, she called her like, you wanna like whatever with thingy. Like she would didn't call her by her name, like very dismissively. And then Tina's defense was like, look, I did, but I'm actually really bad with names. I she said that she called Yasmin Ellie twice, which Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: we've all been there at this point. but then Namibia apparently like went on a podcast tour or whatever and was saying that like they never spoke at all and everything was like ice cold. And then Tina was saying that she doesn't understand why she's so upset. She's like, I've apologized so much. We did talk. Da-da-da-da-da. And then apparently on the episode where all the ex-Islanders came to the fire pit and voted, there's a fight between Namibia and Tina that was not aired. Apparently, they just like started laying into each other and drama broke out and they just cut it. So she may have been looking in the camera because that may or may not have Happened, been happening, just stopped, whatever, like, who knows? Marissa Castillo: Mm, okay. That is tea. Gillian Griffin: 'Cause I know they do like to mess with the edits. One of the times they did that same thing. I think Kaz season two All Stars, she was on the finale and was like, By the way, I didn't know what anyone was talking about. They edited it to make it look like I knew about this DM thing or whatever it was at the time. And so she she like very forcefully like if Maya had had a mic in her hand, she would have grabbed the mic and pulled it and been like, Just so you know, that edit made it look Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: like I was a part of that and I was not. So Marissa Castillo: Mm. Gillian Griffin: been known to happen. Marissa Castillo: Okay. Well, it seems as though everyone is doing well outside the villa for now. So are Ellie and Finley. He's still trying to win her friends over. Good luck with that. Gillian Griffin: All right. Marissa Castillo: Fitzy and Lola are going to Dublin. I'm sure they're there already. If he hasn't asked her to be his girlfriend by now, I'm sure it will happen very soon. And let me just say That impression of a horny pigeon? Iconic. Gillian Griffin: I just was not expecting it to happen. Maya went, that wasn't planned. I was like, I don't think you can plan that. I don't think anyone in Marissa Castillo: But it was Gillian Griffin: the history has ever planned that. Marissa Castillo: So good. Like I was like, that is a horny pigeon. Gillian Griffin: Finally seeing Fitzy's personality. Did you slash hear? Apparently on one of their interviews, he actually said, Sean said that him and Lola had been talking about leaving for at least a week. Marissa Castillo: I didn't hear that. But that makes sense. I felt like Gillian Griffin: Yeah, apparently like every day they were just going, like, should we leave today? I mean, like, what are we getting out of this? Da da da. Should we just leave? Da da da da. So I mean, I think I don't know, I think that they're gonna last. I think they're really happy together. Marissa Castillo: I do too. I do too. I do give them the longest time out of everyone. I think they're very sure of each other. I think they're very secure in their relationship. Gillian Griffin: Absolutely. Marissa Castillo: They're two perfect amounts of weird for each other. I think they balance each other really well. And yeah, they had that small bit of drama, which was nothing, really. So I wish them the best. Then they announced Gillian Griffin: Absolutely. Marissa Castillo: who won third place. Gillian Griffin: Yeah. Simba and Angelista, which honestly Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: I kind of chewed out for their interview because it was just like reho hashing old stuff and then something I started listening when I heard it was Angelista's birthday today. Once you're listening, happy birthday, Angelista. Marissa Castillo: Happy birthday, Angie, Leo Queen. Makes sense. Gillian Griffin: Yeah, we love her. it does make sense. Just a cool what? Marissa Castillo: you could have finished your thought. No, you could have finished your thought. I'm so Gillian Griffin: You said pause. okay. I don't even know what I'm thinking now. Say it. Marissa Castillo: sorry. I just got so excited when when Maya used my joke that they found love in a hopeless place. Gillian Griffin: You're right. You're right. Marissa Castillo: I was so excited. But yeah, Gillian Griffin: Magical. Marissa Castillo: they were just rehashing things. He turned twenty five in the villa apparently. Gillian Griffin: Apparently. Marissa Castillo: I wish they had aired his birthday. Gillian Griffin: Usually they maybe it's because he wasn't popular, but usually if someone's if it's someone's birthday in the morning someone says like happy birthday so and so, maybe we weren't paying attention. I don't know. But but I also feel like we missed Marissa Castillo: Maybe, let us know if we weren't paying attention. Gillian Griffin: Bryce's birthday in US. Marissa Castillo: That's true. Maybe it was on one of those like Gillian Griffin: On sea bets. Marissa Castillo: unseen bits. I'm sure and we don't watch the unseen bits in case you're new here. Gillian Griffin: Yeah. We already do six episodes a week. Like maybe when we start making money off of this, maybe. Maybe. But I don't really I think y'all need a break from us too. Like, let's be real. Marissa Castillo: Mm, mhm. They had sort of like the little exit interviews with Yulia and Lorenzo and Jasmine and Kavan, where we learned that Lorenzo basically manifested Yulia and that's where the name Saskia came from during the Gillian Griffin: I know. I said the Saskia lore revealed about why he thought that was her middle name, so that was a joke, obviously. Marissa Castillo: Uh-huh. Gillian Griffin: but I don't know. Their exit interview is weird for me because even like the date thing, like, what do you want to see on a date from Lorenzo? And then it was giving that Yulia did not understand the question, but once she understood the question, she was very just like, I don't know, dinner and drinks or something. She sounded like she did not care. Marissa Castillo: No, and then they talked about going on a holiday together, which y'all were just on one, but go ahead. You can actually Gillian Griffin: and then Marissa Castillo: learn sorry, you can actually learn a lot about someone by traveling with them. So Gillian Griffin: That's so true. Good luck to them if they travel. It's gonna Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: be a lot really fast. but then Maya was like, I'll meet you and Ibiza. And I was like, Maya. Trying to hang out with Lorenzo. Marissa Castillo: Okay. Just an Gillian Griffin: Lorenzo, get with Maya. Forget all forget all of this mess. Marissa Castillo: She's a baddie. Gillian Griffin: Lorenzo and Maya. Let's let's see some of that maybe or something. I don't know. He can't handle her. It's fine. Marissa Castillo: No. Gillian Griffin: Then Jasmine and Kevin, just more rehashing it felt like. And then they're talking about parties with Bella, how Aiden has a crush on Bella. Jasmine respectfully shut that the F down. Marissa Castillo: Mm. She just Gillian Griffin: She went, yeah no. Marissa Castillo: She just gassed up this man so hard and he had not one gassed up thing to say about her. That's what I took away from the whole thing. He's just so Gillian Griffin: And she's literally talking about how she's gonna start like meshing into his lifestyle, be like, Yeah, I'm gonna be super interested in this thing that he likes. Marissa Castillo: Yeah, a pub garden girl. Gillian Griffin: I just I saw an edit where Marissa Castillo: Girl. Gillian Griffin: it was Victoria saying about Samraj and Mika and being like, look, the guy should be more interested in the girl, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. If the girl's more obsessed with the guy, it'll end up being a situationship. And then it was Mika and Samraj going, like, right, whatever. And then hard left wasn't expecting it at all. The next clip in the edit is Jasmine and Kevin. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: And just going in and like clips of them and all the ways that she's clearly obsessed with him and him being like and like movie night where he didn't like flinch even once at her like sobbing. It was just like man. Yeah. Listen, if they can make it work, Marissa Castillo: I don't know. Gillian Griffin: more power to them, but I hope she frees herself sooner rather than later, 'cause I I don't I just I don't see him giving her what she deserves and it's making me crazy. Like, granted, yes, it's it's giving what is his name? Zack and Cada. It's giving Zach and Cada from US for anyone who watches US. It's giving that same thing. She is in love. 100,000 percent. She is obsessed with that man, but he keeps giving back basically crumbs in comparison. She spent so much time gassing him up, so much time showing him love, so much time fawning over him, and He didn't at least to what we saw, he didn't ever make her breakfast. He didn't ever do any right? No Marissa Castillo: Kevin so yeah, sorry. No. Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: I'm not talking I'm just comparing, but I'm saying he never made her breakfast. He never set up like a cute little cheese board. Nothing. Marissa Castillo: Yeah, it's just very minimal effort. It's just I I don't know. I don't know what she sees. I'm gonna take her word for it. Hopefully once they get outside and he starts living his Kent life like he was before, 'cause I've seen videos of him and Aiden before they have gone into the villa. It just gives very broy. It gives very Gillian Griffin: And what was that? Marissa Castillo: broy. It gives very like they're there for a good time, not a long time. And I just don't I can't picture him hanging out with Aiden at a pub being respectful or, you know, dodging comments or not being flirty back. Gillian Griffin: I especially when Aiden is gonna be there to gas him up every single second. Every single second. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And not to mention, since we're talking about Kavan, they played that video from his dad. So we finally heard from his dad. And it was I was scared of him. His dad scares me. So I'd be a little weary about, Gillian Griffin: Por quê? Marissa Castillo: yeah, you made us laugh, you made us cry, you made us happy, you made us sad, like, huh? Gillian Griffin: Yeah. Speaking of the Friends and Family videos, Yulia's best friend on the golf course, it was giving invest in my Bitcoin Ponzi scheme. It was giving join my pyramid scheme. I was just like, What is sh everybody else picked a wall. She said, No, I'm the producer. This is my Marissa Castillo: Right. Gillian Griffin: moment for people to see who I am and I'm on a golf course. I play golf. Marissa Castillo: Jesus. Gillian Griffin: Like, okay girl. Marissa Castillo: But I did appreciate all of Jasmine's people gassing her up and reminding her that she is a baddie. Right. Gillian Griffin: She's a bad bitch. Yes. Even her sister finally like seemed to have gotten the memo. And she's like, no, you Marissa Castillo: Mm. Yeah, because Gillian Griffin: are. Marissa Castillo: Bella, we we were rooting we were all counting on you. Gillian Griffin: Yeah. Knock some sense into her. She was too excited to be in Marissa Castillo: And y and maybe Gillian Griffin: the Love Island villa. Marissa Castillo: that's true. And maybe they I don't know if they edited it in a way where maybe she did say something and they just cut it out. I don't know. Gillian Griffin: Yeah. absolutely. It's just like also, meanwhile, by the way, another reason why I just do not think that Kavan is ready, I think he kind of like I just watched a video about who gained the most Instagram followers. And the top three are Yulia, Lorenzo, and Jasmine. And Jasmine is home and away miles ahead of everybody. She went from like 80k or something to 534, something like that. Okay. So she's at over half a million. She's gained 40,000 followers just since the last time we talked about that, which was like Friday night. Forty thousand. That's like ten thousand a day. Marissa Castillo: And he's Gillian Griffin: You cannot catch her. She is a runaway train at this point. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. So, Jasmine, if you ever listen to this and you're so sad because you and Kavan broke up, just know there's so much opportunity out there for you. And you could bag someone who's gonna literally tell you every day how beautiful you are, how much of a baddie you are, how successful you are, and not be upset if you go out and not text back within the next 10 minutes. Cause that's what he gives. Gillian Griffin: Yeah. Like, just truly, like, don't worry. I think this is I think this is her romance to like learn. I don't think that it's her one. But if it does end up being her one forever or for a time, then you know, girl, as long as you're happy, but we all just want you happy and we're all concerned. It's just certain movements. I'm Marissa Castillo: Yes, for sure. Gillian Griffin: concerned for Angelista still, even though. Apparently the producers made him do it, but I don't know. Marissa Castillo: Yeah. Gillian Griffin: Anyway, spoiler alert Lorenza Lorenzo and Yulia won and he seemed the most shocked of anybody. He literally, What the hell is happening? What's going on? Marissa Castillo: Yes, here's my thing, only Lorenzo won in my eyes. Just Lorenzo. Gillian Griffin: yeah. yeah. Marissa Castillo: I don't feel like it was fair that Yulia was there. Gillian Griffin: There brutal. Marissa Castillo: I was there. I'm sorry. I saw I'm I'm I'm glad I'm finally seeing enough people talking about her in a not so positive way and not understanding the hype because Gillian Griffin: Yeah. Marissa Castillo: I don't understand the hype truly. Gillian Griffin: Because people watching US are catching up now. It's it's US viewers. It's US Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: viewers for sure. And it's just like, I think it's a little more clear to us. And then maybe you can skip ahead starting right now. Maybe I'll put a time code. We're at 26 minutes in. It's about we're about to play the race car, but it feels valuable to me because so Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: many of these girls brought up their points, stood their ground, did things that were maybe not a hundred percent cool. And like stood on business and were like, hey, da-da-da-da-da. But either Yulia's only cool because she did it only to women, only to women, never her partner, especially, and because maybe she's just Polish. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: And that's like it doesn't seem fair. Mika has been dragged through the mud back and forth for weeks. Jasmine has had everyone come for her. Meanwhile, somehow she's still the most famous person in there at this point now, or who was in there. And it just it doesn't sit right. All this stuff about Priya. Priya backs herself. Priya dragged Alicia. Like it just It seems off when it's so many of them that are being absolutely eviscerated. And Angie seems to be doing just fine because she just kind of went, I don't get involved in drama. And that's cool too. That's cool too. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: But there's a lot of parallels between the things that the other three girls did and what Yulia did. And I'm just kind like, I don't know. Doesn't sit well with me. Marissa Castillo: It doesn't sit well, it hasn't sat well with me for weeks. And you and anyone who's been listening knows that about me already. that it just it just there was just something so off about the entire thing. I didn't like how everyone was coming for Mika for doing something that appeared to be so sneaky and snaky. People have done worse. Somehow Gillian Griffin: Absolutely. Marissa Castillo: Simba ended up in the final when he explored two connections and he went about it so horribly. I think I like Lorenzo not Lorenzo, Samraj and Mika both acknowledge that yes, they could have done things better and they could have communicated better. But to be scrutinized constantly, to be put in the bottom constantly, to have that one single thing held over their heads constantly, and for Yulia to use it as ammo constantly didn't Gillian Griffin: Yeah. Marissa Castillo: sit right with me at all. Gillian Griffin: The way once they were back together, didn't stray from each other, never looked another way, never had what one second. Like, I feel like Samraj kissing that girl in Casa was just like, I'm in Casa, I'm supposed to kiss girls, everyone's kissing girls. Like, I guess I'll I'll do it. And then didn't feel good about it. Like, you know what I mean? Like, of all the things guys have done in Casa in the last few years, incredibly minimal. Incredibly minimal. Marissa Castillo: minimal. So minimal. Gillian Griffin: Didn't even consider being someone back. She absolutely did not even blink or think about another person. Also, I think that it was taken out of context that Sam Raj said, like, I'm starting to get the ick from Priya, I don't really want to kiss her. And then I feel like because then they show that clip for the finale and she said, Yeah, don't tell her that. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: And I don't think it was her going, Don't tell her you don't tell her you don't like her. I think she was going, Don't tell her, don't say that to her. Marissa Castillo: Right. Gillian Griffin: You shouldn't say that sentence to her, but especially in that way. I think it was like, you shouldn't say that to her like that is what she meant. Mika has spoken many times about how she doesn't feel very eloquent or like she represents herself well with how she actually thinks and feels. And she's also twenty one, so Marissa Castillo: Yes. And thank you, Maya, for pointing the fact that pointing out the fact that they are young, that they are still exploring what it's like to be in a relationship with one another. I will also say Gillian Griffin: For the first time. Marissa Castillo: that yeah, I will say even if I think what I took away from Mika saying don't tell her that and I think they had brought it up previously, is that they weren't sure of their feelings. So why say anything if they weren't absolutely certain that that was something that they That was a road that they wanted to go down. It was just kind of like beginning chatter, like, should we, shouldn't we, should we just stick as being friends? Should we not? Let's just be certain of what we want before Gillian Griffin: Mm. Marissa Castillo: we have these conversations, which I can understand. I I just think getting back to the whole Yulia thing, I'll die on that hill. She was involved in things she shouldn't have been involved with. She brought up things she shouldn't e didn't need to bring. She spent way too much time worrying about other people and not about her own couple. And that's just my opinion. And that's what we're here for. Gillian Griffin: That's right. Also, I just like to say I give them Forty-five days. Marissa Castillo: That's a specific number. Gillian Griffin: give them a month. I don't think they will let make it to two months. If they make it to two months, I'll hold my hands up and go, wow, I was wrong. They made they they got there. If they are still together, when Mimi comes here to LA for her Los Angeles trip, I will let her crack as many eggs on my head as months have they been together. Okay? That's my promise to you. Marissa Castillo: And and we will make a video. Gillian Griffin: Absolutely. If Yulia and Lorenzo are still together for more than two months. Cracking an egg on my head for every month that they stay together because there will be egg on my face. Okay? Cause then I'm wrong. I don't think you'll be able to, and if you do, it'll be funny. And I'll have collagen on my face or something? I don't know. Something about egg yolks Marissa Castillo: Mm. Gillian Griffin: or whites. Marissa Castillo: I I don't know. I give them this is I give them four months. Gillian Griffin: You give them four months? That's a lot of eggs on my head. Marissa Castillo: I do. Gillian Griffin: That's four eggs on my head. Marissa Castillo: I give them four months. That's all I that's all I'll say about that. Cause I'm over talking about them. I wish them the best. I hope that Yulia I actually do hope that Yulia does switch up. I hope it's Sammy and what's his name? Last season's All Stars. Gillian Griffin: Sammy and Kieran. Marissa Castillo: I hope it's a Sammy and Kieran situation because Sammy wasn't there for the right reasons yet. Yeah. But Gillian Griffin: Yeah, that just bails Yeah, just bails immediately. that's what I feel like is most likely to happen. Could be wrong, could be wrong. However, calma, Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: I just wanna say, and we'll get into this more in our next episode, which will be about lessons we've learned from Love Island. I just wanna say this is a sad depiction of where we've gotten as a soci a society. Sad depiction. Marissa Castillo: Mm. Gillian Griffin: Because what everyone's validated. It was sad when Liam and Millie won and he had gone astray and Casa Mormon, the first guy to go astray and then win the show. Now we're at the point where five other couples in the show have been in love. We are giving the win to Marissa Castillo: sorry. I burped. I'm sorry. Gillian Griffin: But now it's gotten to the point too where there's five other couples in love, and we're giving the win to exclusively dating Island. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: You know what I mean? Like, this is so sad on this the state of heterosexual dating. Like, really, that this is like, my god, he was evasive and he was an avoidant attachment style and He's never been in a serious relationship, but because he's going to exclusively date someone, we're so proud. That's incredible that a man can do that. It's crazy. It's honestly, it makes me feel unwell. Lorenzo is hilarious. I was starting to die laughing at exactly how much he was laughing at it because he really was like, why did I win? This doesn't make sense. Marissa Castillo: Right. Gillian Griffin: Which again, that's how much he even knows. That he's like, man, okay. It's Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: just like, guys, what are we doing? This is where it is really applicable that people have. lost the plot. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: How can you have a couple? When all the other couples were in love, how can you have a couple that's not in love? When just bananas and it's Marissa Castillo: Not even Gillian Griffin: just because it's all like big up to Lorenzo for his amount of growth that was growing to exclusively dating someone for the first time at his big age of twenty eight. Love you, Lorenzo, but you're such a red flag, and you know it, you know you are. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. He doesn't deny it. Gillian Griffin: Takes them two weeks to get to a second date or something, three weeks to get to a second date. Three weeks to a second date. Good luck, Yulia. Marissa Castillo: Three, because he's busy. Because he's busy. That's another thing. It's just like honestly, good luck. Good luck to the both of them. Gillian Griffin: Good luck. You better move yourself into his apartment. Just move yourself Marissa Castillo: God. Gillian Griffin: in. If you want it to last, you have to literally just take over his life and be like, I'm here, I live here now. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: Yeah. Marissa Castillo: Great. Gillian Griffin: Yep. Marissa Castillo: So that's that I guess. Gillian Griffin: And that's the tea. we're on to doing some superlatives. Marissa Castillo: Yes. Cause we did this for USA. Gillian Griffin: which is our little f thing. it's like the yearbook thing, most likely to best this, most that. start off at the top. Jasmine, most likely to succeed. Marissa Castillo: Hmm. I put I I kinda got a little cre not creative, but I don't know. I put Jasmine as most likely to fall in love first. Gillian Griffin: Okay, okay. Which do you think we should go with? Marissa Castillo: Yours. Gillian Griffin: Yeah. Marissa Castillo: Since I know this is going on socials, yours. Gillian Griffin: I I I see what you mean. But maybe Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: we should use superlatives more like that next year that our more about the emotional love island side of it. I wanna I wanna hear others. Lorenzo Classlow. Is there another answer? Marissa Castillo: I put Lorenzo I put Lorenzo as Villa MVP. Gillian Griffin: You know what, I like that better. Even though I just dogged on him. Marissa Castillo: 'Cause I do have a class clown. Gillian Griffin: Aiden? No. Marissa Castillo: No. I I only used the three couples that were in the finale. clown is in like you clown, not like ha it is Kevin. Gillian Griffin: Kevin? Okay, actually yes. Absolutely. I just still can't believe he told Charlene that he wanted to go on to New York for Christmas with her and that has not come up on the show. Marissa Castillo: I hope she finds out. Gillian Griffin: I hope she finds out. I hope she finds out Yulia called her a bitch. People apparently are mad that Jasmine didn't hug Yulia, but apparently Maya kind of got in the way and Jasmine only hugged Lorenzo, which also it's fine. Yulia doesn't like her. Marissa Castillo: Right. They don't have to be friends. Gillian Griffin: It's okay. The show's over. Okay. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: I had for Angelista most genuine. Marissa Castillo: I had her for most confidence. Gillian Griffin: Ooh. Mm. Marissa Castillo: I'm fine with either or. Gillian Griffin: Hmm, I don't know. Marissa Castillo: I just feel like her confidence is what got her to the finale. She was herself. She said so. She's like, I don't know how I got here, I was just myself. That's true. Gillian Griffin: That's what makes me think most genuine. Okay, most genuine. Then we're just missing Yulia and Simba. I don't know what you want to give them to because I'm just like, what? Marissa Castillo: Well, Yulia I gave most likely to start Villa Drama. Gillian Griffin: Okay. Okay. Marissa Castillo: And then Simba I did most likely to turn their head. Gillian Griffin: That's so mean. Marissa Castillo: I know. Sh w should we give him best dressed? We should we could give Yulia best dress if you want. Gillian Griffin: Yulia can have best dressed. Marissa Castillo: Okay. Gillian Griffin: Although I wanted to put most likely to have a a meme coin. Marissa Castillo: Mm. Gillian Griffin: Simba Marissa Castillo: Semba Gillian Griffin: Most changed. Marissa Castillo: Yeah, there we go. That's nice. Gillian Griffin: Okay, this will be on the gram tomorrow. Most likely to seed. Succe. I can't. Okay, Jasmine, most likely to succeed. Lorenzo, Villa MVP. Kevin, class clown. Angelista, most genuine. Yulia, best dressed. Simba, most changed. And there we have it. And that's the Marissa Castillo: And there we go. Gillian Griffin: tea on the Islanders. I can't believe this is done. I can't believe we just. all suffered through that together because that was crazy by the end of it. I just the winners are it's like, what's going on? What are we doing? But here we go. Lorenzo, enjoy your money. You guys enjoy your money. Earned it by being hilarious Marissa Castillo: I know. Gillian Griffin: overall. Marissa Castillo: I hope to see you on All Stars, Lorenzo. That's what I hope. Gillian Griffin: I'm pretty sure if if Lorenzo is not on All-Stars this coming All-Stars season, you've gotta dump something else on my head because that's crazy. Like I don't understand how he wouldn't go straight to All Stars. Marissa Castillo: Mm-hmm. Gillian Griffin: At a minimum, he's gotta end up on games or something. I don't know. Marissa Castillo: Something. I need more Lorenzo. Thank you. Gillian Griffin: That's right. Also, if you need a little more of us, if you want to continue to support, we will still be doing episodes, we will be doing topics, and we have a Patreon set up. It will be live by the time you're listening to this. You will be able to subscribe. There's different tiers. We're starting a Discord to help grow the community because that is one of the favorite parts of the show, is chit-chatting about it with people who are watching. and Basically, right now it's set up so you only get Discord access by becoming part of the Patreon. But also, I think if you leave a five star review somewhere and you can send that to us, we can send you an invite into the Discord as well. but the very first tier Patreon starts at one dollar. We have lots of like welcome gifts and stuff that we're doing. We basically designed it so that I'm losing money as we have you join. but yeah. Marissa Castillo: We so that we are losing money. I'm just not Gillian Griffin: know that I'm gonna be paying for most of it. Marissa Castillo: I'm just not working right now. Summertime. Gillian Griffin: Anyway, mugs, friendship bracelets, stickers, it's gonna be a fun, fun time. hope y'all check that out. We would love to have your support. We would love to be able to grow this community and have you keep listening. You'll be able to do things like pick topics and vote on topics that we're gonna be talking about, bonus episodes, etc. etc. etc. But yeah, Mimi, where can you find us if you wanna reach us? Marissa Castillo: You can follow us on Instagram or TikTok at Love Island Tea Time. We are also on X. Our handle is Capital L I T Time Pod. And I would just like to say a thank you to everyone that has listened to us every day consistently for the last I don't know how many weeks because I've lost track of time, especially Gillian Griffin: Eight weeks. Marissa Castillo: eight weeks, especially with UK. It has been such a journey, an emotional one, an eventful one. I think I well, I hope there's big things that come in the future. But we obviously wouldn't have continued this if we didn't feel all the support and love that you all give. So thank you so much. I'm getting emotional now. I'ma stop talking. Gillian Griffin: She's always emotional. But yeah, we love you guys. Thank you for listening. And you'll hear from us on Saturday. Bye. Marissa Castillo: Yes. Bye.