“He was out of country, out of mind,” she said. “Reality sank in a little bit when I knew that we were doing this project together and he was going to be involved.

“Love Island USA” season 6 star Leah Kateb says she and Miguel Harichi, who is from the UK, are “locked in” and never did long distance.

"I love that message that everybody was able to get and receive from that," she said.