Love Island USA contestant Jen Terry made a strong declaration expressing her dislike for all men.
In the episode aired on Friday, July 3, she stated, “I just hate men. I always say this. I say it outside of here and inside.”
She further added, “They all f**king suck. When will it ever be my turn? It feels like it never is.”
Jen was expressing her frustration over her failed connection with Gal Tshnieder. The male participants were tasked with choosing their partners, and Gal opted not to pair with Jen. Consequently, she was the only single person left and had to leave the villa.
Prior to her departure, Jen openly shared her struggles with the lack of interest from the men in the villa.
In a June episode, she remarked, “I know that I am gorgeous and stunning but here — besides when I was with Gabe — I felt like, ‘Am I hideous?’ Is there something wrong with me? Does my personality suck?”
She continued, “Normally I am used to guys drooling over me. Here, it has been so hard.”
Love Island USA features a group of singles who must pair up to continue their stay in the luxurious villa. These contestants, known as Islanders, live in seclusion under constant video monitoring. To remain in the competition and have a chance at the $100,000 prize, they need to form couples.
The series recently hit a milestone, with season 7 accumulating 18.4 billion streaming minutes, marking it as the most-watched original season on the platform.
Narrator Iain Stirling told Us Weekly in July 2025, “[This season] there’s a lot more emphasis put on the journey as opposed to the result. I think it’s about the journey of finding someone and how you grow as a person by doing that. Whereas five or six years ago, you had, like, proper millennials in there. There was that more traditional approach to dating.”
Despite some fan skepticism about the romantic paths, Stirling supported the Islanders’ new approach.
He explained, “The end goal [was] to be with someone and you have this contract with someone you’re in a relationship with to honor that person and to honor that relationship. I think now there’s a lot more people who make contracts with themselves to have the journey that they want and the experience they’re after.”
He added, “These people are predominantly speaking in their early 20s. If you can’t be selfish dating then — then when can you? Especially people from my generation, they weren’t selfish in their 20s and maybe did not want to upset people. Then they get to sort of 30 to 40 and get divorced and go insane. Maybe it’s the healthier way to do it.”
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