Having formed connections with multiple men in the villa, Phoebe soon transformed into social media public enemy No.
1, with many viewers voicing their opinions about her.
“About time!!
Good riddance,” one person wrote onTwitter.
First and foremost, give me an update as to where you guys are now in your lives.
So much has changed, I’m sure, in the last couple of weeks.
Phoebe Siegel: I’m at school, so that’s really weird for me.
A lot of change is happening.
I’m mourning my old life a little bit while also indulging in this new one.
There’s a lot of mixed emotions, a lot of exciting emotions.
Chad and I, we hung out outside of the villa right after we left.
We’re in Michigan.
We’ve been texting and communicating, and we intend on seeing each other.
Chad, anything to add?
How’s life been?
What’s this whirlwind experience been like?
Chad Robinson: It’s been dope.
There’s definitely been more stuff going on.
I don’t have some crazy amount of bombarding.
It’s only people that I already know who are hitting me up more.
As far as the other side of it, I don’t really see it.
I don’t really know what’s going on.
That definitely elevated our connection as well.
And we’re close.
I’m still on the other side of the state.
I got to move all my stuff out back.
What drew Phoebe and Chad together that we didn’t see on screen?
I want to get into the show and everything that happened.
We’ll start with you, Chad.
When you recoupled withCourtney [Boerner]after Casa Amor, you had a connection with Phoebe.
What was it about her that drew you in?
Chad: Phoebe’s dope.
For one, she’s very beautiful.
Look at her face.
She goes about her business, and she doesn’t take anything from anybody.
She’s also very intelligent.
I would even go as far as to say she might be the most intelligent person in the villa.
[She and I] are similar on that wavelength.
In some aspects, I think I might [have the] edge.
Well, that’s for another day.
Phoebe: See, I could be older, wiser.
Not that everybody else there wasn’t smart, but she’s a different caliber of intelligence.
That’s what drew me to her.
Chad made me feel very safe and comforted in times of need.
And he knows that.
He’s so f***ing hot.
Instead of asking, “What do you look for in a partner?”
or “How do you like to date?”
or “What do you like in bed?”
things like that, we had these very natural conversations that kept drawing me in.
What’s your response to that now that you’re getting your footing outside of the villa?
I did what you’re supposed to do when you go on “Love Island.”
[In] certain situations, I was like, “Let me keep putting myself out there.”
It changes the narrative, for sure.
Phoebe: It changes the narrative.
[You] deserve to choke and die.
[You] deserve to never be loved."
That’s an odd dichotomy, I’m sure.
That’s what I did.
I was being myself.
They didn’t see everything that happened.
They didn’t see all my girl chats that I had.
What they see is not the full story.
I am a mental health advocate here on my campus.
I’m the president of Mental Health Matters.
I have a voice and I will let it be heard.
I’m right now digesting everything.
What does Chad think of the hate Phoebe has received?
Chad, what’s your response to all of this?
Chad: I’ve been waiting for this.
That’s the first thing.
Even from a simple mathematical standpoint, the longest episode is, what, 42 minutes maybe?
There might be [a] longer, specialty one.
You’re seeing 42 minutes of 24 hours on a good day of experiences.
One thing from what I saw involving Phoebe is that she was probably the most straightforward person in there.
[With] everything she did, nothing was out of the blue.
Everybody knew what she was going to do before she did it.
For instance, I can speak about my situation with her.
But we made sure we did, and we didn’t even get close.
We never cuddled or anything.
The way she went about everything was so respectful.
It was always a conversation.
It was always a very mutual understanding of exactly what’s about to happen.
All the girls talked about that too, which is great.
You have to understand what’s actually going on.
Do either of you have any regrets from your time on the show?
Chad: No, not at all.
Everything I did on the show, personally, was completely organic.
It was my gut feeling [about] how I should go about things.
I respected who I was connecting with [and] who I wasn’t connecting with.
We were all on the same wavelength.
I had such a great time [with] everything in between too.
Everything leading up to it was so that this could happen how it did.
I had such a great time.
It was such a dope experience.
I don’t regret anything.
Phoebe: I don’t regret any of my actions.
There was a lot more to the conversations that occurred.
It had everything to do with my emotional reaction to everything, and I did apologize to Mackenzie.
I was like, “My 21 was showing.
I’m so sorry.”
And Mackenzie [and I] hugged it out.
She’s like, “I totally understand from your side how you had that response.”
Things were said in the dressing room.
I want to say, I am sorry for that.
I hold honest, calm, and collected conversations [in] very high regard in my life.
Watching that over and even feeling that right after it happened, that is something that I regret doing.
But I’m human.
And now I know that it came from me being emotional.
“Love Island” Season 4 concluded on August 28.
The reunion episode will drop on September 1 at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
