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Love Island USA <\/em>season 8 star Corbin Mims was dumped on the July 3 episode<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n- \n\n
From his hotel in Fiji, he tells PEOPLE why he connected with Parmida Keshani, reacts to fan questions about how long they\u2019d known each other via social media before the villa and reflects on voting for Sincere and Melanie as one of the least compatible couples<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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The Love Island USA <\/em>season 8 finale airs Sunday, July 12, at 9 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nCorbin Mims<\/a> is relieved to no longer be under Peacock\u2019s watchful eye.<\/p>\nThe 22-year-old from Miami was dumped from the Fiji villa<\/a> on the July 3 episode of Love Island USA<\/em><\/a> with partner Parmida Keshani, whom he coupled up with during Casa Amor<\/a>. He tells PEOPLE it\u2019s \u201ca relief to come out of the villa\u201d as he unpacks his eventful turn on the reality series.<\/p>\nHe earned a nickname both inside the villa and from fans inspired by his monotone facial expressions, CorbinGPT, which he says \u201cstarted from when I walked in as a bombshell\u201d on day 4.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re like, \u2018Dude, you walked in like you\u2019re AI. You were walking in slow motion, damn near. You wasn\u2019t doing no facial expressions, dog. And you looked f—ing good from head to toe like you got picked from Mount Olympus and dropped here. You got created in the lab and just dropped in front of us.\u2019 So they\u2019re like, \u2018Dog, you\u2019re AI.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\nCorbin Mims on \u2018Love Island USA\u2019 season 8Credit: Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
His \u201csleeping patterns\u201d didn\u2019t help. \u201cI don\u2019t move at night and I also sleep facing up,\u201d he says. When the boys saw that, they started to joke that he was \u201crecharging\u201d at night.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s funny. At the end of the day, I\u2019m being me,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Now that he has his phone, he says he \u201ccan\u2019t help but just laugh\u201d at the memes about him, CorbinGPT and all.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really funny. Literally, I don\u2019t know how to describe it. Because in my head, when I\u2019m in the villa, I\u2019m not … I forget that we\u2019re being recorded, because now this is our life. So I\u2019m in there, I\u2019m just being completely myself. And sometimes I just be saying stupid s— sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another thing that fans clung onto from Corbin\u2019s time in the villa was that he and Parmida were the only couple to call out Melanie and Sincere when they were asked to vote for the least compatible couples.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m glad we voted for them,\u201d he says of his decision, as he felt the challenge was \u201cmy time to tell Sincere how I feel, and I\u2019m pretty sure I was speaking for a lot of the guys there that didn\u2019t want to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIf movie night never happened, I would\u2019ve never talked. I would\u2019ve never [known] anything. So the fact that I knew about that information, I was like, nah, I got to address this s— right here,\u201d Corbin says.<\/p>\n\n\n![\"Parmida](\"https:\/\/hermes.media.static.aol.com\/media\/2026\/07\/12\/ec18713d-5e01-31df-a7ea-ebfd7c3bac5d\/6ad4a838-d37b-42a7-b675-ae7dce90c882.jpg\"\/)
<\/div>\nParmida Keshani and Corbin Mims on \u2018Love Island USA\u2019 season 8Credit: Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n
\u201cWe chatted after, the next day, and I was like, \u2018Yo, I\u2019m here to be your bro, and I\u2019m a real ass friend to you. I\u2019m not going to sugarcoat s—, I\u2019m not going to tell you what you want to hear. I\u2019m going to be straight up, and if you don\u2019t like it, you don\u2019t like it. But at least you know how to move, and you know how I feel.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe heard that, and he understood that,\u201d he says of Sincere.<\/p>\n
Love Island USA <\/em>season 8 star Corbin Mims was dumped on the July 3 episode<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n From his hotel in Fiji, he tells PEOPLE why he connected with Parmida Keshani, reacts to fan questions about how long they\u2019d known each other via social media before the villa and reflects on voting for Sincere and Melanie as one of the least compatible couples<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n The Love Island USA <\/em>season 8 finale airs Sunday, July 12, at 9 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Corbin Mims<\/a> is relieved to no longer be under Peacock\u2019s watchful eye.<\/p>\n The 22-year-old from Miami was dumped from the Fiji villa<\/a> on the July 3 episode of Love Island USA<\/em><\/a> with partner Parmida Keshani, whom he coupled up with during Casa Amor<\/a>. He tells PEOPLE it\u2019s \u201ca relief to come out of the villa\u201d as he unpacks his eventful turn on the reality series.<\/p>\n He earned a nickname both inside the villa and from fans inspired by his monotone facial expressions, CorbinGPT, which he says \u201cstarted from when I walked in as a bombshell\u201d on day 4.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re like, \u2018Dude, you walked in like you\u2019re AI. You were walking in slow motion, damn near. You wasn\u2019t doing no facial expressions, dog. And you looked f—ing good from head to toe like you got picked from Mount Olympus and dropped here. You got created in the lab and just dropped in front of us.\u2019 So they\u2019re like, \u2018Dog, you\u2019re AI.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n Corbin Mims on \u2018Love Island USA\u2019 season 8Credit: Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n His \u201csleeping patterns\u201d didn\u2019t help. \u201cI don\u2019t move at night and I also sleep facing up,\u201d he says. When the boys saw that, they started to joke that he was \u201crecharging\u201d at night.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s funny. At the end of the day, I\u2019m being me,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Now that he has his phone, he says he \u201ccan\u2019t help but just laugh\u201d at the memes about him, CorbinGPT and all.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really funny. Literally, I don\u2019t know how to describe it. Because in my head, when I\u2019m in the villa, I\u2019m not … I forget that we\u2019re being recorded, because now this is our life. So I\u2019m in there, I\u2019m just being completely myself. And sometimes I just be saying stupid s— sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n Another thing that fans clung onto from Corbin\u2019s time in the villa was that he and Parmida were the only couple to call out Melanie and Sincere when they were asked to vote for the least compatible couples.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m glad we voted for them,\u201d he says of his decision, as he felt the challenge was \u201cmy time to tell Sincere how I feel, and I\u2019m pretty sure I was speaking for a lot of the guys there that didn\u2019t want to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf movie night never happened, I would\u2019ve never talked. I would\u2019ve never [known] anything. So the fact that I knew about that information, I was like, nah, I got to address this s— right here,\u201d Corbin says.<\/p>\n Parmida Keshani and Corbin Mims on \u2018Love Island USA\u2019 season 8Credit: Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cWe chatted after, the next day, and I was like, \u2018Yo, I\u2019m here to be your bro, and I\u2019m a real ass friend to you. I\u2019m not going to sugarcoat s—, I\u2019m not going to tell you what you want to hear. I\u2019m going to be straight up, and if you don\u2019t like it, you don\u2019t like it. But at least you know how to move, and you know how I feel.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe heard that, and he understood that,\u201d he says of Sincere.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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