Love Island USA S7 reunion on Peacock with Ariana Madix, Andy Cohen

The seventh season of Love Island USA is headed for a highly anticipated reunion special on Peacock, scheduled for August 25, featuring host Ariana Madix joined by Andy Cohen. Cast members will reconvene in New York City to address events from the Fiji villa and the weeks that followed, including plans to show an extended, previously unseen version of the Heart Rate Challenge. The event will bring together the season’s winners, Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales, as well as a wide cross-section of finalists and noncontestants, many of whom have been at the center of ongoing drama since the finale.

Amaya Espinal, a 25-year-old nurse from New York City, and Bryan Arenales, 28, shared the season’s top prize after a season that elevated the show’s profile on Peacock. Their victory, and the couple’s public happiness in the weeks after, have been tempered by rumors and rumors-rebuttals about infidelity and judgment calls made in the club and on social media. In the reunion trailer, Bryan acknowledges that there was a “lapse in judgment” after the finale, a moment he says merits open discussion rather than silence. Amaya, meanwhile, has been portrayed in interviews and social chatter as...