Confession: I may or may not have spent the last week yelling at my television while watching Temptation Island on Netflix. And it seems I wasn’t the only one compelled to talk to the screen. In a new interview, Temptation Island producers revealed that one couple’s final decision had them all yelling behind the scenes. And, no, it wasn’t Alexa and Lino‘s surprise engagement.
Reflecting on the season—the show’s first on Netflix—executive producer David Goldberg and showrunner David Friedman spoke to Variety about how Temptation Island differs from other dating shows. Notably, Temptation Island isn’t a show that depends on couples staying together, like The Bachelor or Love Is Blind. Instead, it’s about helping two people figure out what’s best for them. “In the end, only they decide what’s right—it doesn’t matter what I think, doesn’t matter what the producers around them think,” Friedman said, noting that they take great care not to steer anyone in a direction they don’t want to go.
But were they ever tempted to intervene? Well, Friedman did add, “When Brion and Shanté got back together, sure, everyone in the truck in the control room was shouting at the screen.” But, he said, “It’s not our decision.”
Brion and Shanté were one of the more, uh, dramatic couples on the island this season. After initially claiming he came on the show to prove to Shanté that he could be faithful, Brion wasted no time cozying up to the single women in the villa. Before the very first bonfire, he had already broken his and Shanté’s “nothing physical” rule, and he continued to disappoint.
Most notably, Brion appeared to engage in a threesome with two other women in the bathroom. Though there were no cameras in the bathroom, production still caught some audio and images of them emerging from the bathroom together. Brion later said he had no regrets, but also hoped that Shanté would forgive him. And, in the end, she did. Shanté and Brion left the island together, with Brion promising to continue to work on himself to be the man she deserved. Hopefully we’ll get a full rundown over what happened after the show in a Temptation Island reunion.
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