'Love Island USA': Sereniti Calls Out Chazz for Playing 'Mental Games'

Love Island USA 2022 star Sereniti Springs has spoken to Newsweek about how she was treated by Chazz Bryant during her time in the villa.

Springs, 28, joined the Peacock show as an original islander when the show returned to screens for Season 4 earlier in the summer.

Fans watched as the bartender, from Clovis, California, struggled to find her dream man. She did get close to co-star Felipe Gomes before realising they were better as friends, and also built a connection with Tyler Radz but that, too, soon fizzled out.

Springs was then unceremoniously dumped from the villa at the beginning of August after being ditched by Chazz Bryant—despite having got very close to him in the lead up to her show exit.

Bryant, who entered the villa as a bombshell alongside his sister, Bria, gave a recoupling speech that insinuated he was staying with Sereniti. He then left viewers, and his fellow islanders, shocked when he revealed he was actually choosing Kat Gibson and sending fan-favorite Springs home.

Bryant was dumped from Love Island USA on the August 16 episode, but ahead of his exit, Springs spoke to Newsweek about how she was treated by him during their time together.

Revealing that she was worried about how she would come across on TV during her stint on the show, Springs said: "It was very disheartening to go through this experience, feeling like you will look like the bad guy."

She went on to say that she feels viewers at home saw a different Bryant to what she saw in the villa. Springs explained: "The public matters that were done for me, were amazing. The private matters were the matters that made it very hard."

"He held a different energy with me that boiled down more to mental games and controlling the narrative," she told Newsweek.

Since Springs left Love Island USA, fans have showed her a huge amount of support, and are now even claiming that Bryant's own exit is his "karma" for treating Springs badly.

Speaking to Newsweek before Bryant's exit, Springs revealed how much the fan support means to her. "My favorite part of getting out of the villa has been the fan support. It is unreal! My heart is full!" she said.

"It makes this journey back to normal life so much easier and less alone. I feel so loved and blessed to have the fan base. My favorite people," she added.

Springs also revealed that she has been in contact with Radz, who left the villa shortly before her. Admitting that he was the first person she spoke to after she was dumped, she teased: "We have touched base."

Newsweek has contacted Bryant and is expecting a response within 24 hours.

Love Island USA is available to stream on Peacock. Episodes are released Tuesday to Sunday.