{"id":661,"date":"2026-07-14T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/07\/14\/love-island-usa-winner-trinity-tatum-asks-viewers-to-stop-sending-hate-to-costar-zach-georgiou\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T15:06:48","slug":"love-island-usa-winner-trinity-tatum-asks-viewers-to-stop-sending-hate-to-costar-zach-georgiou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/2026\/07\/14\/love-island-usa-winner-trinity-tatum-asks-viewers-to-stop-sending-hate-to-costar-zach-georgiou\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLove Island USA\u201d Winner Trinity Tatum Asks Viewers to Stop Sending \u2018Hate\u2019 to Costar Zach Georgiou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow season 8 castmembers reposted the message on Instagram July 14<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/m_rmgKhnkKr77rRcDt6f-1JPa88=\/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)\/trinity-bryce-zach-love-island-071426-bb2d0f6b46bc4810b2b0275f73b9e017.jpg\" alt=\"Trinity Tatum and Bryce Dettloff; Zach GeorgiouCredit: Ben Symons\/Peacock\" title=\"Trinity Celeste Tatum, Bryce Alakai Dettloff,  Zacharias Georgiou\" \/><figcaption><i>Trinity Tatum and Bryce Dettloff; Zach Georgiou<br \/>Credit: Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Love Island USA<\/em>\u2019s Trinity Tatum is asking fans to \u201cstop\u201d directing \u201chate\u201d toward one of her fellow islanders<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s very disheartening and we are people just like everyone else,\u201d she wrote in a statement that was re-shared by several costars<\/li>\n<li>Zach Georgiou\u2019s TikTok account was \u201cbanned\u201d after fans reported it, according to his brother Charlie, a past star of the reality show<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/love-island-usa-season-8-winners-how-continue-romance-outside-villa-12016787\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\"><em>Love Island USA<\/em><\/a> finalists are encouraging fans to treat one of their costars with more kindness.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, July 14, season 8 winner <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/love-island-usa-s-trinity-tatum-reveals-she-and-bryce-detloff-secretly-had-sex-12013128\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Trinity Tatum<\/a> shared a statement on her Instagram Stories, calling on viewers to put an end to the \u201chate\u201d and \u201cignorant comments\u201d directed toward costar <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/love-island-usa-star-zach-georgiou-s-brother-charlie-sends-flirty-comment-responding-to-kenzie-annis-11992572\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Zach Georgiou<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing out the villa one [thing] I want to say I\u2019m very blessed and appreciative of the love of support everyone has given me,\u201d Trinity, 22, wrote. \u201cWith that being said I wanna say the hate &amp; ignorant comments some of you guys are doing regarding Zach is absolutely not okay and needs to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trinity added, \u201cIt\u2019s very disheartening and we are people just like everyone else. We genuinely have love for each other inside and out of the villa and he\u2019s one of the most amazing people I\u2019ve met so please have some empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/mrKqFBjqcuGV2PEsxfu_0VWqzos=\/fit-in\/640x480\/trinity-love-island-071426-30a6da0e5e4543bd85e5ba604e74a383.jpg\" alt=\"Trinity Tatum\u2019s Instagram statementCredit: Trinity Tatum\/Instagram\" title=\"Trinity Love Island\" \/><figcaption><i>Trinity Tatum\u2019s Instagram statement<br \/>Credit: Trinity Tatum\/Instagram<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trinity\u2019s message was reposted by fellow finalists <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/all-about-aniya-harvey-parents-11990037\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Aniya Harvey<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/love-island-usa-s-trinity-tatum-reveals-she-and-bryce-detloff-secretly-had-sex-12013128\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">Bryce Dettloff<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meet-love-island-usa-season-8-first-two-bombshells-11990969\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">Kayda Bosse<\/a> and Melanie Moreno as of Tuesday morning. She also tagged <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/meet-the-love-island-usa-season-8-casa-amor-men-12004229\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"4\">Carl Schmidt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/love-island-usa-sincere-dad-address-his-behavior-12015985\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"5\">Sincere Rhea<\/a> and Zach himself.<\/p>\n<p>Trinity and boyfriend Bryce, 30, became good friends with Zach, 26, and Kayda, 22, during their time in the villa. Ultimately, Trinity and Bryce received the most votes from viewers and became the winners of season 8 on Sunday, July 12, securing a $100,000 prize.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear what comments prompted Trinity\u2019s statement, though fans online have pointed out that Zach\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@zachgeorgio?lang=en\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">TikTok account<\/a> is not active as of Tuesday, July 14. His Instagram account remains active, though he has not posted since leaving the villa.<\/p>\n<p>Zach\u2019s older brother Charlie, who appeared on season 7 of <em>Love Island USA<\/em>, is also standing by Zach on social media. On Tuesday, Charlie claimed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.com\/@charliegeorgio?xmt=AQG0Y-itCyowFhrIpZ4LGT17A_4AMzpIOiAFcDQxnb7E7g\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Threads<\/a> that TikTok \u201cbanned\u201d his brother\u2019s account \u201cbecause everyone is reporting it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWtf is wrong with people? The truth about the false narratives portrayed about his time there will be spoken on soon,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Days earlier, Charlie shared a message to those who \u201cdon\u2019t like me anymore for defending my brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGenuinely I don\u2019t need support from people that bully my brother online for absolute minute reasons,\u201d he wrote. \u201cYou\u2019d think he\u2019s been cancelled for something illegal the way you are talking about him. I have received death wishes, homophobic slurs and people even telling him to \u2018take his ass back to the Byzantine empire,\u2019 the region in which our heritage comes from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charlie added, \u201cThese are probably the same people who mocked Parmida\u2019s Persian name. Ethnic names don\u2019t deserve to be mocked just because they are different. For all the people who have said \u2018Zach withheld food from Kayda and has starved Kayda\u2019 as farfetched and ridiculously dramatic that statement is, Zach did make Kayda breakfast that morning it just wasn\u2019t shown.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/people.com\/thmb\/DQuRSJvGHfLc9gf4y7lr4Rq48f8=\/fit-in\/1280x960\/love-island-season-8-finale-071226-7-6e19ab64931b4514b1efa5c09186bceb.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Love Island USA\u2019 season 8\u2019s final four couples pose together in FijiCredit: Ben Symons\/Peacock\" title=\"Love island usa season 8 finale\" \/><figcaption><i>\u2018Love Island USA\u2019 season 8\u2019s final four couples pose together in Fiji<br \/>Credit: Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Charlie\u2019s statement was possibly referring to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tori.gracee05\/video\/7654026039634447646\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">scene in season 8<\/a>, in which Zach told Kayda she can \u201cmake breakfast as well\u201d after she told him she didn\u2019t want pancakes.<\/p>\n<p>PEOPLE has reached out to TikTok regarding the status of Zach\u2019s account, as well as a rep for <em>Love Island USA<\/em> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>In June, <em>Love Island USA<\/em> released a statement encouraging viewers to \u201cbe kind\u201d to its contestants. \u201cThe keyword in Love Island is&#8230; love. We love our fans. We love our islanders, we don\u2019t love cyberbullying, harassment or hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Love Island USA<\/em> season 8 reunion, co-hosted by Ariana Madix and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/andy-cohen\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Andy Cohen<\/a>, will drop Monday, Aug. 31, at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellow season 8 castmembers reposted the message on Instagram July 14 Trinity Tatum and Bryce Dettloff; Zach GeorgiouCredit: Ben Symons\/Peacock NEED TO KNOW Love Island USA\u2019s Trinity Tatum is asking fans to \u201cstop\u201d directing \u201chate\u201d toward one of her fellow islanders \u201cIt\u2019s very disheartening and we are people just like everyone else,\u201d she wrote in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything-else"],"wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"1":{"name":"Everything Else","link":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/category\/everything-else\/"}},"tags_names":[],"comments_number":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adsandthings.com\/winews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}