Love Island USA's Pepe gives Huda 'side-eye' as fans cringe over 'uncomfortable' blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment

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Love Island USA's Pepe gives Huda 'side-eye' as fans cringe over 'uncomfortable' moment
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    LOVE Island USA star Pepe gave Huda the 'side-eye' making fans cringe over the 'uncomfortable' blink-and-you'll miss it moment. 

    Love Island USA‘s season 7 finale took place on Sunday, July 13, as Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe, Huda Mustafa and Chris Seeley, Iris Kendall and Pepe Garcia, and Amaya Espinal and Bryan Arenales competed for the win.

    Love Island USA star Pepe gave Huda the 'side-eye' making fans cringe over the 'uncomfortable' blink-and-you'll miss it moment
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    Fans rushed to comment on the ‘cringe’ moment
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    Iris, 25, and Pepe, 27, finished in fourth[/caption]

    The episode kicked off with each of the four couples going on romantic dates to close out the dramatic season.

    Later on, host Ariana Madix announced Amaya, 25, and Bryan, 28, as the season 7 winners.

    Olandria, 27, and Nic, 24, came in second place.

    Coming in third place was Huda, 24, and Chris, 27, while Iris, 25, and Pepe, 27, finished in fourth.

    But fans noticed that, while waiting for Ariana Madix to announce the winners, the camera panned to Pepe kissing Iris on the head. 

    Huda then asks him, “One for Huda?” leading Pepe to give a hysterical side eye. 

    Fans immediately took to the comments after the playful interaction, as one person wrote: "PEPE'S SIDE EYE AFTER IRIS ASKED "one for huda?" LMAO" 

    A second penned: "One for Huda?" PEPE'S FACEEE." 

    A third person said: "huda just made pepe so uncomfortable," and a fourth added: "Pepe's face when Huda asked if he wanted to give her a kiss too— he's rethinking his whole life rn."

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    Someone else wrote: "huda just made pepe so uncomfortable," followed by several laughing emojis

    During the series finale, when it came time for the $100,000 prize, Amaya picked first and opened an envelope revealing $0.

    Bryan decided to split the money with Amaya.

    FAN BACKLASH

    Fans were upset over the winners, as viewers have been rallying for Nic and Olandria to win Love Island USA.

    LOVE ISLAND USA SEASON 7 CAST

    Love Island USA has returned to Peacock for Season 7 with a new cast - and new drama! Check out the cast of Love Island USA below.

    Original cast members:

    -Chelley Bissainthe, 27, Orlando, Florida 

    -Huda Mustafa, 24, Raleigh, North Carolina

    -Olandria Carthen, 27, Decatur, Alabama 

    -Belle-A Walker, 22, Honolulu, Hawaii (Dumped from island)

    Yulissa Escobar, 27, Miami, Florida (Removed from house)

    -Ace Greene, 22, Los Angeles, California 

    -Taylor Williams, 24, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 

    -Nicolas Vansteenberghe, 24, Jacksonville, Florida  

    -Austin Shepard, 26, Northville, Michigan 

    -Jeremiah Brown, 25, Los Angeles, California (Voted off)

    Bombshells:

    -Cierra Ortega, 25, Los Angeles, California

    -Charlie Georgiou, 27, United Kingdom (Voted off)

    -Hannah Fields. 23, Tucson, Arizona (Voted off)

    -Amaya Espinal, 25, New York, New York

    -Iris Kendall, 25, Los Angeles, California

    -Pepe Garcia, 27, Los Angeles California

    -Jalen Brown, 27, Sparta, Georgia (Dumped from the island)

    -TJ Palma, 23, Pleasantville, New York

    One fan wrote of the finale, “Well this was the worst love island summer ever.”

    A second said, “Nic and Olandria robbed omg.”

    A third commented, “Nicolandrians we tried hard, give yourselves some love.”

    A fourth penned, “These not my winners sorry you were robbed Nicolandria.”

    A fifth viewer said, “This has to be the worst #LoveIslandUSA finale!”

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    Coming in third place was Huda, 24, and Chris, 27[/caption]
    Host Ariana Madix announcing the winners of Love Island USA season 7
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