Rachel Reckless was a fan of Perfect Match suit Louis Russell until he ruined the season 3 finale by debuting his new romance with Love Island ‘s Huda Mustafa in the area.
Rachel, 29, admitted on a Tuesday, Aug. 5, episode of The Viall Files podcast that it was “unsatisfying” to see Louis Hard, 24, start his relationship with Hood, 24, last month before their Netflix series season had completely dropped.
“It’s literally aired — we have what, maybe two weeks. It feels, like, a little selfish,” Rachel explained. “It affects everyone involved.”
Louis and Huda sparked dating rumors in July when they were spotted together in London, shortly before the first episode of Perfect Match premiered on Friday, August 1.
On Thursday, July 31, Hood and Louis seemingly addressed rumors surrounding their romance when they stepped out together for the Los Angeles premiere of Guns in the Field. They were photographed holding hands as they posed for pictures.
Fans met Hood earlier this summer on Love Island US Season 7, where she was initially linked to Jeremiah Brown in The Local. After a rocky relationship, Hood moved on with Chris Seeley and the pair made it to the final but called it quits before the winners were announced.
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“Everyone has their own opinion. I know exactly how I want to be treated in a relationship, and I’m not going to settle,” Hood told US Weekly in July about her and Chris’ breakup. “I’m never going to sit here and just accept [whatever] he says to shut me up. It’s a different thing, Chris would want me to shut up. I don’t like that.”
Huda, who has a 4-year-old daughter, Arleiga, with ex Noah Sheline, noted that it didn’t make sense for her to “put on a show and be a happy girl and whatever when I’m not happy in my relationship.”
Clayton Echard, despite his current social media drama, has nothing but fond memories of his Perfect Game costar Louis Russell. “He calls himself ‘the threat,’ but I think Louis is one of a kind,” Clayton, 32, said on a Friday, Aug. 1, episode of the “Dear Shandy” podcast. “I have a lot of respect for Louis. He’s 24 […]
Meanwhile, Louis sparked a relationship with Sandy Gallagher in the first episode of Perfect Match Season 3. However, after confirming his relationship with HUDA, fans know that won’t last — at least once the cameras stop rolling. (He previously filmed for Season 5 of Too Hot to Handle .)
“I love him as a person. I think he’s amazing. I got along so well with him. He’s such great TV,” Louie said Tuesday, noting that she’s not a fan of his recent activities.
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The former Bachelor added, “It just feels, like, a little selfish. I mean Sandy and he have such a good connection on the show. Now people see that they see things like, ‘Oh, what’s happening now?’”
Rachel noted that “what’s happening now is crazy” with Luis, referring to his budding romance and falling out with Miguel Harichi. It seems to have happened when he was public with Hood.
Louis has been dating Love Island US season 6 star Miguel, 28, for a while but is apparently on the outside looking in. The pair made headlines last month when fans speculated that Miguel’s girlfriend, Lee Kate, was having an affair with Hood and Louis after she “followed” them.
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Lee, who also starred in season 6 of Love Island in the US , denied that she had any “beef” with any of the season 7 islanders after fans noticed she was no longer following Hood.
“I’m incredibly proud of everyone who has gone on Love Island bc it takes a lot to put yourself on a board like this,” Lee, 25, wrote in a TikTok comment last month. “I wish them all the best. … I haven’t talked about Love Island once. I don’t watch it. I don’t know why you guys want to involve me so much. Please leave me alone.”
Meanwhile, Miguel broke his silence on the alleged feud, taking to his Instagram story on Saturday, August 2, explaining why he didn’t leave Lee for the couple.
“They did it because as women, based on why he introduced her, it didn’t sit right with them,” Miguel claimed, referring to Lee and her friends. “Whether they truly fall for each other, at this point I couldn’t care less. I wish them nothing but peace, but my path is my own, and I would prefer if my name and my girl’s name were no longer locked away in their world.”
Miguel also explained his distance from Luis in recent weeks, writing, “It feels funny, I’m even writing this post, but this [is] the world I’m in and it seems like everyone needs an explanation. So, here it is. People you thought I was close to, please remove that idea from your [sic] minds because it’s clear to me now, we’re on two different paths.”
The second half of Perfect Match Season 3 drops on Netflix on Friday, August 8th.
