Love Island’s Charlie Refuses to Stop Defending Brother Zach

Love Island USA‘s Charlie Georgiou clapped back after receiving backlash for defending brother Zach Georgiou.

“To all the people who don’t like me anymore for defending my brother, I’m glad,” Charlie wrote via Threads on Friday, July 10. “Genuinely I don’t need support from people that bully my brother online for absolute minute reasons.”

Charlie questioned the hate directed at Zach.

“You’d think he’s been cancelled for something illegal the way you are talking about him,” he continued. “I have received death wishes, homophobic slurs and people even telling him to ‘take his ass back to the Byzantine empire’ the region in which our heritage comes from.”

In a follow-up post, Charlie slammed the negativity, adding, “These are probably the same people who mocked Parmida’s Persian name. Ethnic names don’t deserve to be mocked just because they are different.”

He concluded: “For all the people who have said ‘Zach withheld food from kayda and has starved kayda’ as farfetched and ridiculously dramatic that statement is, Zach did make kayda breakfast that morning it just wasn’t shown.”

Love Island USA follows a group of singles who must pair off in order to stay in the show’s luxury villa. The contestants — referred to as Islanders — live in isolation in a villa under constant video surveillance. They must be coupled up to remain on the show and earn a shot at the $100,000 prize.

While the islanders are filming nonstop for weeks, viewers are watching daily episodes and casting votes that affect the couples and the fate of the contestants.

While the Islanders paired off during Day 1, it didn’t take long for those bonds to shift. There was also the arrival of bombshells, who tempted several Islanders to reconsider their connections.

Before viewers tuned in, Peacock issued a message to remind the audience to be kind.

“The Villa runs on good vibes, and so does this community. We love seeing your reactions, opinions, and debates, but everyone deserves to feel safe and respected,” read their statement. “This is a space for fun, not negativity – so keep it kind, keep it positive, and remember: this is LOVE Island!”

Host Ariana Madix has also had to previously issue a message for those Love Island USA viewers who are taking things too far when expressing their frustrations with the show.

“I do want to say something to some of those people who are online,” she said during a June 2025 episode of Aftersun. “Don’t be contacting people’s families. Don’t be doxxing people.”

Ariana questioned the behavior she saw on social media.

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“Don’t be going on islanders’ pages and saying rude things. You still have time to delete all of that because the islanders don’t have their phones,” she noted. “So we are giving you a chance because this is a fun, amazing and beautiful show. We should be thanking each one of these islanders every single day for giving us themselves.”

New episodes of Love Island USA are released six days a week — except for Wednesdays — on Peacock.

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