You're crazy.

Chris, welcome.

Thank you.

Very excited to be with you.

Very excited to get to know you.

We were just kind of talking before we got started just about

this show in general and and you know it's like we're in its seventh season yeah but it's it's

second i don't know it's been on i don't long it's been on peacock but it's really almost been like

two seasons where the show has been like the it show the number one show on on reality television

yeah and in quickly in two seasons it's it's become this behemoth and this kind of very toxic fan base. And it's just like, even the shows like ours who are covering it. I don't even know what it's like for y'all to be a part of this. And the discourse that we see online, even for us people who cover it, we're just

like, gee, man, God, this is just like, oh, it's exhausting. First of all, like, how are you doing? You know, like, how is you, how's your mental health? How are your emotions? I'm sure a bunch of highs and lows, like, how are you feeling today? Honestly, man, I'm doing really well. You know, come out the villa, I was a little curious about what could happen or what life was going to be like. You know, this is all new for me. I play basketball. Sure. So, like, coming back and like to this type of life is something that I have to get adjusted to because this is my type of life when I'm overseas. Like, for example, when I was in Indonesia, I was kind of like that famous person for them. You know what I mean? So like coming back to home and being that famous person here is weird because this is usually like my space where I'm like at peace. I can be in my family. Like I can move how I want, do this, do that, get away from all that stuff. So like coming back to this is kind of crazy. That's kind of interesting for you because like a lot of people who go on these shows, they go from complete

obscurity, just like, you know, your average, average person, average good looking person in whatever

town. But you've had obviously success in athletics and with that you've gotten notoriety.

Right. And do you feel like that's helped prepare

you for, even though it's different, do you think that's helped prepare you for what you're about

to embark and just like having that kind of emotional maturity to know like what you should pay

attention to and more importantly what you shouldn't pay attention to? Yeah, I feel like it's helped a lot

for sure, but there are a lot of things that I need to learn, know not just the other islanders but you know other people that i've connected with her trying to like help me with along the way just as far as like how i should be moving now how i should be talking not just about myself but about others too so yeah i mean it's it's for sure taking some time to get adjusted to. It's only

been what a few days so far. But I think with the help that I have, I think I'll be okay.

So what initially made you go on Love Island? Honestly, it wasn't even a thought for me about

going on Love Island. They had reached out to me as I was leaving Indonesia. Once I made

decision to come back home, I got the DM from a casting

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