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The coveted season 6 of Love Island USA has ended, with the season finale being released on Sunday, July 19. The bittersweet episode saw Serena and Kordell take home the title, while Leah and Miguel came in second.
Fans are following their favorite cast members on Instagram to stay updated with their lives as they bid adieu to the show. Leah became the most followed contestant from the finale cast, as more than a million people now follow her, as of this writing.
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Love Island USA fans have taken to X to react to Leah's rising followers. Some are cheering the 24-year-old for the achievement, while others are accusing her fans of buying followers for her. Her stans are defending her calling out the people who are accusing her of buying followers.
"Leah has more followers than the love island ig acc SHES THE QUEEN," one fan said.
"Oop and there it is, fake or not, Leah Kateb is officially the first ever love island usa islander to hit 1M followers on Instagram," said another.
"Leah said, “why?!” Lmao. She’s gonna lose her mind when she sees 1M IG followers and all the TikToks. America loves her," one fan wrote.
"It’s funny that people don’t believe Leah’s follower count is real but there are so many celebrities/ influencers following her so who bought their follow??? Like just say you’re a hater," said one fan.
Some fans still stuck to their opinions on her fans buying followers for her. They couldn't believe the rise in her social media following in such a short time.
"10k comment 321k likes in 5hours, I understand the pain. Fake followers be doing a good job in engaging post". one fan said.
"Leah stans bought her a million followers just for her to lose and get dumped in a couple months," one user wrote.
"I agree. JaNa and Kenny should have been 2nd. I think Leah's wealthy family bought followers and chat and voting bots," wrote another fan.
"Leah has the same thing, she for sure has a wide reach and would still have the most followers but some fans need to stop buying fake followers cause it makes it easy for people to discredit her reach," said one user.
Leah and Miguel's journey to the finale of Love Island USA season 6
Leah and Miguel's Love Island USA journey started when Miguel entered the villa in episode 9. At the time, Leah was paired with Connor, who she paired with after Rob left her for Andrea. Miguel, who entered as a 'bombshell', paired up with Liv, after she let got of the previous partner, Hakeem.
Come Casa Amor, Miguel found a connection with the 'bombshell' Sierra, and chose to pair up with her on Day 20. Leah remained single because she was loyal to Miguel when he was in the Casa and didn't find anyone worthwhile in hers.
However, in the Day 24 recoupling ceremony, Miguel chose to leave Sierra for Leah. Sierra found a better connection in Caine, so she stayed in the game. Leah and Miguel's bond got stronger after this because their love prevailed over Miguel's Casa Amor shenanigans.
Season 6 of Love Island USA is available to stream on Peacock.
