Stirling: Hacker’s also up there! I thought that would have been a reference too far for an American, but clearly not, clearly you’re all over it. Yeah, Taskmaster and Love Island are definitely the two things I’m the most proud of in terms of, like, television stuff. Paste: So I’m coming from what feels like an increasingly rare position: I actually have no background at all with Love Island! But when Peacock reached out to Paste about getting on the phone with you, I was like, well, I loved Iain on Taskmaster, and I loved his recent stand-up special, so yeah, let’s go! Note: The following conversation has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Paste got on the phone with Stirling in advance of Love Island USA’s big streaming relaunch to talk about the process of adapting the series’ signature lexicon and tongue-in-cheek tone for an American audience, adjusting to post-pandemic notoriety, and, of course, Taskmaster. That’s right: Love Island USA is bringing back Scottish comedian Iain Stirling as the series’ quippy, disembodied narrator. More importantly, though, Peacock has picked up on one of the elements that makes the UK original stand out not just to international audiences, but to fans of comedy. For one thing, life on a streaming platform offers a lot more, uh, flexibility (to speak in euphemism) than life on a broadcast network like CBS does. Featuring a contractually obligatory bevy of hot international singles and hosted by Modern Family’s Sarah Hyland, the Peacock version of one of the goofiest shows to take American audiences by pandemic-storm promises to hew much closer to the UK original than the previous broadcast version. Love Island USA airs almost nightly on CBS at 9 p.m., with additional moments on Paramount+.Peacock’s Love Island USA-a cheeky, streaming-first revamp of the CBS adaptation that premiered in 2019 and ran for three seasons before handing American rights over to Peacock for a two-season order earlier this year-launches its first season this week. Claire and has 'MAJOR respect and love for her.' The social media influencer added that she has 'never fought' with fellow islander Shannon St.

No reason to run around making anyone's life any harder, it's all love here baby.' When one fan said they were expecting more juicy responses, she acknowledged that it might have looked like 'I'm drama' but 'that's just not my vibe.' As she explained, 'It may look fake, but I honestly had the time of my life and have no ill will towards a single person in the villa.

She also confessed she doesn't hold ill will toward the other islanders. ' Another one again asked how she lost her voice, and she said she was just 'really excited lol, tons of yelling and I honestly never stop talking soooo.' As fans theorized about the cause of her raspy voice, one asked, 'was it a cold?' The Texas native replied, 'I lost it from yelling and hyping everyone during the raunchy races. Cool!'Į! News has reached out to CBS for comment on her departure and has not heard back.Ī few Insta slides later, Leslie shared a video of herself smoking a vape pen and said, 'Are y'all catching my draft or nah,' though it wasn't in response to a particular question.Īdditionally, Leslie implied on Sunday that her exit wasn't related to an illness. Well, anyway, how about some more kooky facts? Uh, sure, flamingos are born grey and turn pink after a year or two. Matthew narrated, 'What a beautiful sunrise. Leslie appeared briefly at the start of Aug. However, as he introduced the girls one by one, fans noticed Leslie was left off and was ineligible for voting. He asked America to turn to the mobile app to vote for their favorite girl and boy in the villa.

girls called the first major 'drama' on set in Hawaii, narrator Matthew Hoffman introduced the next public vote for the reality dating show. What happened to Leslie? This time, the Love Island gossip isn't over the latest recoupling-but rather, a mysterious offscreen dumping.ĬBS viewers last heard from purple-haired contestant Leslie Golden on the July 30 episode of Love Island USA, when she called out the guys for talking bad about her and fellow Casa Amor newcomer Genevieve Shawcross, who hit back after being labeled as 'raunchy.'Īfter the islanders' blowup, which the O.G.

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