Love Island USA season 7 winner Bryan Arenales has broken his silence after he and Amaya Espinal ended their whirlwind reality TV romance.
“Amaya and I have decided to go our separate ways,” Bryan, 28, wrote via his Instagram Stories on Wednesday, August 27. “Unfortunately, we were not on the same page, and that is OK. We both gained clarity that we are on different paths right now. I am thankful for the time we have spent together, and I wish her nothing but the best moving forward.”
Amaya, 25, confirmed several hours earlier that the duo broke up following days of speculation.
“Bryan and I are no longer together,” she wrote in a social media statement. “After leaving the villa, it became very clear that we were on two different journeys. Our visions didn’t align and relationships are supposed to be a team sport. You don’t have to drink the whole sea to know it’s salty.”
She continued, “All love here, and I truly wish him the best.”
Several days earlier, fans speculated that Amaya and Bryan broke up after noticing they unfollowed one another on social media. Amaya further stoked the fire when she reposted several shady memes about heartbreak.
“When I finally pick myself back up and never let my walls down like that again,” one caption read.
Amaya and Bryan found a connection inside the Love Island USA season 7 villa, leaving both as the winners and in an exclusive relationship.
“We care deeply about each other and we don’t want to rush things,” Bryan exclusively told Us Weekly in a cover story published last month. “Her happiness is very important. My happiness is very important. We got the love that we got [from fans] because we’re letting things happen naturally instead of doing stuff for the public eye, and we’re gonna continue doing that.”
Despite plans to make a relationship work, Bryan was later accused of infidelity when he was spotted with two women at a nightclub. During the season 7 reunion, Bryan denied the accusations and stressed that he had a “lapse in judgment” at the time.
“They’re trying to just throw any hate my way,” Bryan said. “And with the cheating video, the hosting, I got paid to be there, I used to bartend back in the day, I had a lapse in judgment, we’ve talked about it.”
After cohost Andy Cohen pressed for more details, Bryan explained that he was “pouring shots around” to individuals in the crowd.
Amaya, for her part, said during the taping that she believed Bryan.
“We definitely spoke about it,” she said. “I’m also not a woman who would be with someone who doesn’t respect me. So if I’m still with him, it’s because the relationship dynamic is healthy and great.”
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