Love Island USA's Miguel Harichi Reveals He Played aLove IslandContestant onTed Lasso(Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Miguel Harichi attends the “Love Island USA: The Reunion” photo call at Chelsea Studios on August 14, 2024 in New York City.Photo:John Nacion/Getty

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Love Island USA’s Miguel Harichi had some prior experience when he stepped into the villa this summer.

Therunner-up, who left Fiji with fan-favoriteLeah Kateb, joined the Peacock dating series in episode 9, but he tells PEOPLE that wasn’t technically his firstLove Islandexperience.

The episode Harichi is referring to is a season 2 moment when Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster) joins a British reality dating series that’s modeled afterLove Island, but calledLust Conquers All.

Harichi’s appearance comes when Tartt is dumped from the villa — despite his confidence that Harichi would be the one sent home instead.

Harichi admits, though, he has “not actually seenTed Lasso, nor have I seen that [episode].”

“When I do work, I do not watch it back,” he says. “Unless it’s modeling. Because it’s shoots, so you’ll see it and you’re like, ‘Okay, I can appreciate the picture.'”

The actor alsoadmitted that he’d taken in someLove Island UKof his own. “I had one season I got into,” he said. “It was the Dani Dyer season.”

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source: people.com