Going Deeper With Corbin Mims

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I walk into an airport and stuff and no one would recognize me. Coming out of the villa, completely different. First night I was in that hotel, I was in the lobby or something when I got booted off the villa and someone recognized me off bat. I was like, whoa, this is like a little glimpse. And you were still in Fiji? I was still in Fiji, yeah. I was like, oh, this is a little glimpse of what's happening now. And then they said, oh, giving your phones back and the after sun and stuff. I was like, oh. That's when anxiety started kicking. I was like, oh, snap. Were you prepared for that? I mean, how far? How familiar were you with Love Island and just the fan base and how intense it was? I knew it was big because season seven, that's when I watched a little bit. And I seen watch parties starting to go up and stuff. And at that time, I was in Gainesville area. So I was like, oh, all those bars, the college town. It's like, oh, they're doing watch parties. I was like, oh, this is pretty big. People are really interested in it. But I didn't really have much interest into the show. I didn't really watch too much. I didn't really get any attachment or be like, oh, this person. Oh, they're moving like this, you know. And I was always like, ah. If they put me on the show, I'd do it, I guess, you know. But never was my intention to go on the show. Were you scouted? Scouted. You were scouted. I was scouted. And I thought that shit was a scam. Yeah. Pretty sure everyone has said that because, you know, they reach out to Instagram DMs. You know, everybody gets rare DMs, you know. So you're seeing someone say, hey, I work with. Some random casting page. Exactly. It's not verified or anything. Exactly. It's just a random account. You start looking through the pages like, how is this the biggest show? And this person has this account. It's not making sense. But did you respond right away or did you wait a few days? No, I think two people probably reached out to me in the span of like in the scouting process of them reaching my Instagram DMs is probably like over three months. Yeah. That was of 20 was around 2027. So 2025, they reached out one time. I seen it and I don't think I'd done anything. OK. And then that December, they reached out again. And I was like, OK, let me go through with it. I BS'd it because I thought it was a scam. I was like, eh, whatever. They sent me a link. Let me send the video. Some questions. Exactly. I BS'd it. And then I ain't hear nothing back from them. And then someone else reached out again this year, I think in January or February. And I was like, oh, I already applied. This is another person. I'm getting the same text. And they're like, oh, yeah, we looked at the video and it was, well, it was bad because I BS'd it. What did you do? Do you remember what you did? I just had no energy. OK. I had no energy. They asked me, what's your name? You know, introduce yourself, basically. 30 second pitch, I guess. I had a video. I said, hi, I'm Corbin, 22. If you want me. From Miami. I'll do it. I work out. No emotion, no energy, no personality, no nothing. And then they're like, do it again. Because over the phone call, that's when my personality came out. And they're like, do it again. I think, you know, you have a good fit for it, whatever, whatever. And then I submitted a video, gave my personality because like, oh, I'm actually talking to someone now. I think this actually might be real. I submitted a video. And next thing you know, I'm in L.A. for a meeting. That's when I really, I really felt like, oh, this is real. Like, they paid for my flight. They gave me a hotel. Like, oh, shit. And then Fiji came. Once they gave me the call and I'm going to Fiji, I was like, oh, we're in it. We're in it. And then now, you know, we have that, you know, when we go to the villa, it's like, oh, are we going to stay in the villa? And I was to challenge, like, are you going to stay in the villa? When are you going to leave? That's kind of the ups and downs. But when did you find out you were going to be a bombshell versus like being the original cast? And did you did you have an awareness of what that meant? So, yeah, I had awareness of what original cast was in bombshell. I mean, I think I was always leading going into that bombshell route just because of like, I guess my looks. I get the stereotype of a fuckboy already, you know, so and they told me I was like, yo, you have fuckboy looks like you're good. I think you'll come in and fuck it up, do what a bombshell does. And I think I did that looking at the world. Have you gone back and watched your entrance? Yeah, that shit was fire. Yeah, I mean, like you had a pretty dope entrance. In terms of like, looking like a rock star. And like, did you ever have that much success in one moment with with or feel that much desired by a group of obviously very attractive women? So when I was there, they're moving me to the to they said something about, oh, we're rolling now. Ball is rolling. That means I'm like, ball is rolling. Am I going in the villa? What's going on? I ain't know nothing. I'm get to the villa, basically. And it's the challenge, the boss bitch challenge. Yeah. And I'm like, oh, this is a cool set. I'm thinking they're just showing. Showing me giving me the lay of the land, you know? No, this is a cool set. Wow. This is fire. Like, OK. I see, you know, boom, I'm in a suit. Nice. You know, boom, I'm kissing girls back to back. I'm like, what the fuck? Now I'm in here. Like, I'm in it now. No, I'm an islander. I'm a mom show. That must have been pretty surreal. It's like it. Yeah, I was nervous. I'm not gonna lie. The first like as soon as they said, oh, yeah, like I heard all the islanders come out. I was like, oh, these are people I was watching. Like, you know, I was in Fiji before I got into the villa. I was like, oh, now I'm actually here. This is the show. It's starting. So it is interesting because like anytime you see someone on TV, there's this like feeling of they're famous, right? So even though you knew that this cast, the OG cast coming in, did it already feel even though you came in pretty early, did they feel almost like celebrities in a way? Were you nervous to meet them? Like they almost had like a leg up on you? OK, no, I don't think that was the case because I literally went in there with no expectations and I knew I was walking. I was walking into a villa full of individuals I did not know. They don't know my personality. I don't know theirs. I don't know what type of friends, how they are with each other or how they are by themselves. So I was literally walking in there like, oh, now I just got to be myself. So fuck it. Just put on the table. And if they like it, they like it. If they don't, they don't. It's always fascinating when you watch La Valette, especially like with yourself and they come, you come in at the challenge and, you know, then everyone starts talking. So what is it like when you get done with the challenge? You've just made out with. A bunch of women like how friendly or unfriendly is that as the cast? Who was the first person to come up to you and like kind of greet you and made you feel welcome? There's a difference between a challenge kiss and kissing in a chat. OK, so when I walked in as a bombshell and I'm going to mention it because my famous line is, can I get a kiss? It's like, I didn't remember that. You know, can you remind me? Can I get it? I laugh at my own voice stems every day. Anyways, walking into that. There's a boss bitch. I came in was kissing six girls back to back to back while having to get to know their name and get to know their personality. Not trying. Just walking in and kissing. So I bet this is what this game is. So now I'm in a chat. I'm like, oh, wait, we could just kiss. All right. Can I get a kiss? And I can't ask. I can't ask. Well, I was like, oh, so you ask multiple. Yeah. So I think I asked Kenzie and they're right with Kenzie. I asked. So no one explained to you the difference before. I didn't. I mean, you didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't. Yeah. I thought everybody was just having fun, but it is deeper than that, apparently. And I figured that out throughout, you know, days of being as a, oh, challenge. Kisses are different because, you know, it's for the challenge. Can't you can say no if you want to. But we're here to have fun. You know, it's the summer. We're in a villa. We're in Love Island. Yeah. But then in a chat, that's when it's more intimate. You get to know the person. It's like, oh, now you have an emotional connection. So that's why I was like, ah, that's what I fucked up at. So who and who is the first? The first person who kind of greeted you and made you feel welcome after that challenge. First. Oh, after the challenge. Or just in general. In general. So that first day or that first night, I was like, wow, I'm sleeping here. First of all, they put me on a hard ass couch. They didn't even give me a bed. I'm pissed off at that. First of all, they put me in the corner and that bed was hard. Like, I don't even know how to describe. It's probably like one of Patrick's bed. I don't know. It was like that sand bed. That's what it was like. My back. Anyways, whatever. That first night I was like, oh, this is weird. Like everyone's coupled up. I mean, I'm in here just sleeping. All right, fuck it. Next thing you know, I'm trying to get the lay of the land when I wake up. Like, OK, what's the routine? I'm looking at the guys, just looking at them, seeing what they're doing. And they're brushing their teeth. And then they go out to make breakfast. I'm like, OK, is this the routine? Boom. First person I was out there was, I think, I think Sean was out there. Yeah, because Sean was with Kenzie. And Kenzie likes her breakfast cooked like the first. Like, he needs to be the first one in the room. That's how she liked it. So he was up cooking breakfast. And I walked out. And he was like, oh, Corey, what's up? Come give me a show of the lay of the land. And then, yeah, so I'll say Sean. Sean was the chef. first person and sincere also after sean he was like yeah yeah so i think he's i think he called me bubs at the time i don't know he's like yeah bubs yeah you know when someone doesn't know your name when they give you like a nickname right away something it's like how we say yeah what's up bro you know you don't know the name was oh bro what's up yeah sean sincere and then everybody else just started trickling down and then yeah so in terms of like knowing the difference between challenge kiss and just the chat kiss did you have to did you kind of figure that out when you kind of got weird reactions or did someone have to be like yo bro like first day for a first night when i came in i kissed kenzie and then i kissed kata the next morning i was dealing with shit i was like whoa how did i get into this like kenzie's mad at me because i went to ask for kata a kiss from kata and i'm like are you mad at me already i didn't even do nothing but i was like oh it's spread and then someone talked and this is and now i'm like oh okay and then it's also like bryce too he helped me you know understand a little bit more because he was talking with me and he's like yo you have to move you have to you know get to know each individual to see if you actually have a connection and instead of just going into it like a challenge basically where you're just doing it for the fun of it you don't really care kind of vibe so bryce also changed my mindset on how to approach conversations and just be more emotionally tuned i guess yeah nice nice who are you closest with these days casey casey casey is my boy i don't know how i don't know how because casey was that different than when you were in in the villa no no no okay he was always yeah it's always the same but in the beginning i think casey was just like nonchalant he would just be there he wouldn't really laugh too much all the inside jokes we had and stuff i was like okay and i peeped i was out he's just chill you know chill dude not too much personality i don't know i don't know where for some reason we just started laughing i guess he started clicking or something and then literally for like a week straight we would just laugh non-stop at nothing like we could literally just make eye contact and just bust out laughing and then we'll be we'll do that in bed too like when we're sleeping at night no one would sleep with us no one would sleep around us anaya kenzie melanie was in the middle of us with sincere so they wasn't even getting any sleep we were just up talking and shit bro's gonna be bro that's my dog when you got your phone back obviously you mentioned there's just a lot of anxiety what was like the first thing you noticed about what people were saying my memes corbin gpt did you pick up on like someone referred to you as ai they did yeah yeah did you realize that was something that people were saying or did anyone tell you about that you know looking back at it i can see how yeah they would call me ai because my mannerisms are very robotic but i'm inside the villa that's just how i am and um it started off with when i walked in um to the villa the first night i think sean said yo they got you from mount olympus and just drop you in here and i think someone said yo they got you from mount olympus and just drop you in here and i think someone said yo you're just you're created in a lab like this dude's ai he's not real and then that's when that running joke started just happening and then when i zone out like oh he's rebooting did you feel like overall outside of the memes that you you felt like well received or did you did you feel the criticism at all or how did you like prepare for that for sure i gave the world ups and downs with emotions and i know at the beginning was rocky for sure and then also kasa more happened was rocky but then and also i rebuilt the world and how they perceive me after um that challenge like cupid challenge i think when we were voting and talking it when i basically talked about sincere and just put them you know say i held them accountable yeah i thought that was a great moment for you i mean i was a fan of you from the beginning like i just felt like there was more to you than we were seeing but like that moment was sincere i really appreciate it because i think you know it's easy with the boys to do like you know just the you know fist pump the locker room talk and like you know everyone's like oh my god i'm gonna do this i'm gonna do this i'm gonna do this i'm gonna having fun but like it it takes a great friend obviously to hold your friend accountable like i loved how afterwards you went to sincere you kind of cracked a joke yeah about it like what compelled you to want to do that and is that something that you're you know like is that who you are with your friends outside the villa so yeah i'm always gonna speak up if something's not right but in that moment we had to pick two couples that i guess it was picking two couples that were that had the least connection or something like that i guess at least compatible something like that i already knew melanie sincere they're gonna be good you know and i didn't think about them because they're my friends sincere is my dog i was like okay i don't even want to think about kicking them out the villa makes no sense armita told me her pros and cons of why because she was new she came in from casa and she didn't really have that connection that i did so she gave me that that outside perspective of oh i'm not friends with this person but this is what i'm seeing so i had to exclude that friendship and start looking at everything like very logical basically looking at it and i was like okay it makes sense now let me come out here and well i didn't really have a speech of mine you know i was like i don't know what i'm gonna say like in my head i was nervous i was like bro i'm about to tell my dog i want to kick him out the villa yeah that's pretty direct yeah i don't even know like how i was gonna do it and i think i started off with you know what i'm just gonna start with this and then i started talking and whatever i just felt felt and um but that was that was just my chance to hold him accountable were you nervous about how sincere would take that yeah 100 and i know we got to see him but was he pretty chill about it at all or was there any awkwardness at first no no awkwardness because he understood he understood and then we also talked about us in that chat after he was like yeah i did feel some type of way because you're my dog and i was like damn like he wanted to kick me off the island but he really listened to what i said and it was more so about me taking that time that moment to hold him accountable for his action so he doesn't fuck up in the future anymore that was like his moment to really realize like okay he's hurting his connection which was hurting his boys and now yeah i could have chatted with him saying yo bro you shouldn't be doing this he might brush it take oh it's a regular chat versus in a challenge where spotlight's on you say okay now you take that moment to really listen every challenge that we have or every moment where ariana ariana is out there it's like oh shit what's about to happen like let me lock in let me focus there's always some our energy is low it's always low it's either someone's getting booted or someone's coming in that's gonna fuck up our connection yeah yeah yeah so but it's all good we're still brothers were you guys aware of just like how much sincere was kind of fucking up from the fans perspective or was it not as obvious being in the villa in the villa i can't speak for everybody in the villa i didn't even know like how he was moving for real okay because i think i had a chat with melanie at one point where she was like sincere is telling me one thing and telling so the same thing and i didn't know because i never really spoke to sincere about his connections either what you're saying so i was like man i don't think he's doing anything to me i don't want that because i don't think the whole villa really knew for real it was kind of like he said she said kind of vibe but when movie night came i was like ah shit you was doing this bro so now i'm like defending you but now it's like ah you were was movie night awkward for you guys like watching i loved it i loved it i was was it because it was like you know what everyone's getting heat and i'm yeah like at the end of the day i i mean i seen my clips about what i said in casa and i was like oh shit this is this is bad like you know and that's something i do wish i took back how i said certain things when i was watching movie night bro i was seeing casey doing his shit i was like oh you you're cooked cooked i was looking at like but that's my dog you feel me and then i honestly thought movie night was casey's best moment because it gave like he i think he handled it the best way where he took accountability i'm curious like it must be easy to forget what you said like even the shit that you said and they played a lot of music and i was like oh my god i'm not gonna forget what you said at movie night was like the way what i like so much about casey because he honestly was like i don't i don't remember yeah doing that and then you know it's what you guys had the benefit of and we were saying we're talking about the show it's like you know fans are critics and everyone acts like they're a perfect human when they're watching and if the world had the benefit of movie night right where the world got to every day show you like shit you said or how you interacted with strangers or when you maybe were like you came across as rude but you didn't realize it um i i'm kind of embarrassed and then he like he owned it in the best possible way which is kind of all you can really do you know that's the best thing you could do in that situation just for me like when i walked into recoupling from casa they said i said certain things and i was like bro i really don't know and you guys said you've seen the live footage so i'm like okay i'm gonna take your word that i said that and if i did say them own up to it i'm gonna say sorry um and that's the same part where you're like i think like you were like uh kenzie and i are done you know i was i think i said something like um what was it in the villa i think it was like i wasn't thinking about her or something some you said something like yeah i didn't say a lot of shit when you went like when it comes to casa like what did you think casa was gonna bring and like what were your guys's expectations of how you thought you should move so i'm gonna start off when before i even went into casa that night or that that day before kenzie and i at least i felt there that i didn't know there was ups and downs in our relationship or our connection that i didn't get to speak to her about and i wanted to speak to her and then boom casa happened so i was like oh shit i didn't even get to speak about these things that we're having issues with what were some of those things that you were feeling so there's a few things first i was on the strike list like you know strike one strike two strike three am i out like kenzie's strike list yeah she said strike one something was i didn't cook her a grilled cheese sandwich or something even though i guess it was jokes but strike one strike two was i didn't pull her for a chat or something like that And then I was like, okay, so what's going to be striking? three you know um so that happened and then I think the other one was like I don't even know I think it was some little remark she would say and that was kind of like throwing me off so when I talked to her I think she got in my opinion I think she got a little defensive or started being like being short with her answers so I want to talk to her but I didn't get the chance to so now I'm like okay I have this built up in my head about our connection and now I'm going to Casa with a whole set of a new set of six girls beautiful woman and I was like okay I didn't get to speak about it so let me see what the connection is here and I found a connection yeah yeah you did um what was it about Permita that really drew you to her I think at that time we just started like clicking it was like very more it was friendship for sure but it was also like she looked good so there was also that flirtiness in there so I was like oh this is fire like we're laughing we're chilling like you know best friends kind of vibe but then we also have that like you know spark of flirtiness that flirt that flirty spark where you just want to catch a vibe with somebody yeah that was really it though our conversations always flowed it was like I could be myself I've seen her be herself when I was talking with her so it was just good and you you feel it yeah but now you guys are no longer an item yeah no we're not and how'd you guys come to that decision after the villa when we left coming to Miami we said that we're gonna be exclusive we're gonna try and work work our relationship and see how it is in the real world because bro that ended it's a dream yeah you're not dealing with family you're not dealing with friends you're not dealing with traffic you're not dealing with some job issues exes everything you know so coming inside you have to explore each other and see how you guys handle those situations and then through that exploring we have ups and downs and then we just came to an agreement where it's like we just don't want to you know be in a relationship let's not have a title on it let's keep it cordial is it just friends or is it friends with benefits no not friends with benefits just just friends I'm curious because you talked about the difference between a challenge kiss and a chat kiss and then every night you know when you guys are coupled up there's always like you guys go to bed you're sharing a bed the way they edit you can't really tell if there's stuff going on my first question is how much stuff is going on underneath the sheets and is there an expectation with couples in terms of like if something happens under the sheets is that mean even more and then a chat kiss and did you like for example you and Kenzie when you're dating how much of that stuff was going on and did you guys talk about did that like move the relationship or how meaningful it was that to both of you so I don't think we actually ever talked about how meaningful that was or anything it's kind of just like vibing you know the moment we chilling but yeah I don't really think we talked about like how that makes us feel like I think it probably grew the connection you know we have a deeper connection but um yeah I don't think you know we didn't really talk about that but I want to say some people may feel like like with Zach and Katie they went to hideaway that's pretty big you know and they got intimate you know so it's like that bond that you build with somebody at least that sexual bond that you build with somebody and then also now you have an emotional attaching attachment because you see this person as your future boyfriend husband whatever the case may be so it's like yeah you get that soul tie almost I guess but are you hearing other couples like getting hot and heavy underneath the sheets and is that like hard to sleep sometimes or was that pretty to be honest I'll knock out I'll knock out I mean you would hear the kissing and stuff but um I didn't really hear anything else too crazy you know I hear a little chastity kissing I didn't hear no crazy things that didn't sound like kissing so yeah I didn't hear no creaking in the bed no nothing where do you and Kenzie stand today you we're good we're good yeah did you guys have any like conversations like getting out of the villa just to kind of settle any differences that you guys had no I think it was more so like when I left the villa gave her a hug she was saying like sorry for everything or something like that I was like yeah it's all good you know we're still gonna be good and then yeah now I'm here I think I'm like the middleman I have no beef like I'm just here like I'm just existing at this point which is great what do you think of some of the beef that's going on between the cast it's hard to tell because like I hear about it when they tell me about it you know when people bring up certain things like oh that's going on for real I didn't even notice so who's been the most communicative to you in terms of the drama that they're experiencing well to be honest I think it's as a collective so I talked to Casey sincere I talked to Bryce I talked to Gabe and they all tell me their own sides of what's going on like oh for real and then I think maybe I'll check out like what's going on or see if there's something but if it's not popping up on a for you page for like I'm not gonna do too much digging it's not my life but like I do wish the best for you know wish they handle everything and it's going good but is it I mean do you feel like it's affecting some of the your peers ability to kind of enjoy this experience because kind of your point you're just like you know what yeah it's not my problem I want to enjoy this very unique time in my life but it seems like some of your peers are kind of getting wrapped up in it I'll talk about Casey's situation because um I didn't even know that in the reunion he brought up that he was getting death threats and his family was getting threats TT was getting threats all of that stuff I didn't really know where it stemmed from because I didn't know why he was getting those reactions yeah people are very passionate about Casey yeah like it was you yeah fans are crazy but and I didn't I didn't even know because I didn't do too much digging so like when Gabe no and I gave I think parmedia would say because she would talk to TT almost every day she'll be like something they're dealing with something right now and then I'll call Casey but yo what's going on but you know he's busy trying to do his own life deal with all that but I didn't know that so reunion comes and he talks about you know he's getting death threats and stuff and that's crazy because I've just gotten like my address or my phone my parents phone numbers and their names full names whatever leaked to me I'm like oh this is kind of scary but to have someone say actual death threats to me I'm like oh this is kind of scary but to have someone say actual death threats to you that's that's not that's unacceptable it's TV and how they edit the stuff is like it makes you someone who you're not and that's like now coming out the Villa you have to show these people who you really are yeah but and I think that did affect Casey's experience because now he's like or at least back then he was in the shadows you know he wasn't posting too much he was trying to get his mental right but I think now he's no good because the reunion he talked about it addressed it and I think now he he's at a mental place where he's able to come out and shoot content we're shooting content together you know I love seeing him as a first time seeing him at the Villa so most dog food brands don't really want you seeing how their food is made just food for dogs is the opposite they actually invite you in you can walk into any of their kitchens and see real human grade ingredients like chicken beef carrots and peas being prepared right in front of you it's real food made in real kitchens nothing is hidden behind labels and that kind of transparency says a lot nothing to hide everything to love go to justfoodfordogs.com and get 50 off your first order emotional processing and Wellness are about self-care and Discovery bring immediate dopamine boosting joy to your daily journaling with the G2 smiley world collection from pilot combining the smooth vibrant G2 gel writing experience with smiling emoticons that can activate the same brain response as a real smile they're designed to help elevate your mood and bring positivity to your writing find G2 smiley world at Target today G2 smiley world write happier who do you think maybe we could just go down the list I'd love to from your perspective because you've gotten to know these people in the Villa yeah what do you from your awareness like Kate let's start with Casey how do you think Casey is the most understood versus like what you think fans think of them versus the man you got to know that's hard to explain because I I barely watched the show too so I didn't really see too many of those clips of how he was moving all I can really go off of is movie night because that is just embedded in my brain Casey was just a in the Villa I'll say how he's perceived online was like a chill guy you know he had his ups and downs of happy and then also nonchalant but then he has goofy side with me you know and that's when personality started coming out but in the reality bro is like his brain he's strategically thinking about everything like bro from his photo shoot I seen I was like whoa to his podcast that he dropped I was like damn all right and I'm not talking with him now being I'm in LA with him I'm hearing his plans I'm like oh this dude's I actually thinks through everything like he does he's not impulsive he's not like immature on what he's thinking he knows what he's gonna do and he knows like what it should what the outcome should be and that's what I really respect because he has that creative and strategic mindset and I was like oh damn bro you like locked in dog yeah so that's pretty cool to see that because I didn't see that in the Villa you know he's not faced with having to make um creative ideas content you were not faced with what um outfits we want to wear for real to step out and you know show to the world the Villa we don't have that stuff you know it's kind of like oh put on our shorts take off our shirt cook breakfast call it days have some chats yeah since Sears had obviously to do like the whole apology tour he apologized it seems like a lot at the reunion yeah but obviously it seems like sincere is pretty close to a lot of people and it sounds like he's a pretty likable guy what are some of the good qualities that aren't being talked about you know I don't know it's just like I don't know I don't know I don't know what I'm talking about but sincere that you've gotten to know as a human being he's a good friend he's a good friend he talks with you he's good with his words because he would understand you he'll sit there listen understand and then he'll drop one of his famous metaphor lines swear every time every conversation that happens sincere is a he's a good dude and he would understand every situation that you're in and he'll be he'll try and make the the light the better light come out of it you know even if you're having like a bad day you'll be like it's okay pups but you know at the end of the day this is a new 24 hours and something something something that's a pretty good impression at the reunion like a lot of surprisingly soul was a big part of the drama with like the core yeah like when I got the village she was on lives and I mean she was it making the most of it like i think like the big you know her big accusation or critique was she didn't feel like welcomed by the rest of the women just like from your perspective someone who was there and then obviously the core four they were like no we didn't see it that way where did you see it i think soul and the girls relationship is separate i can't speak on it because you know they go to the dressing room they have i don't know how it is on that intimate setting but when we are out in the kitchen i do see some interactions happening but i can't really say if she was excluded or not because you know the guys are still trying to talk with her and do things but i think looking back at it if you have that mindset of i think what was she saying in the reunion she said uh i felt like i was i think she said i wasn't given a good a fair chance or her experience was bad because she felt excluded and stuff as a bombshell it's gonna be hard like you can't go in there and be liked by everybody like i knew i was going in there not gonna be liked by everybody but at the end of the day we're bombshell that's what we're here to do we're here to shake shake some shit up and either these people don't want to be your friends or not you still have to move for yourself you were more like hey i gotta make these people i gotta show who i am and you expected the kind of exactly vibe that soul felt as well but you you just didn't let it stop you yeah you're not supposed to because like if you want to have chats pull them for chats if this person's not interested or you feel like he's not interested in you then all right move to the next or pull another chat and address it like oh are you interested in me this and then if you're not interested go into like a friendship conversation now instead of trying to move as i'm trying to get coupled up try and move as okay let me just talk to you now as a friend because i know you're not interested no more instead of just not shutting down but feeling like you're excluded because no guy or some guys just felt like they're closed off it's hard to be in a connection coupled up with somebody for a week or two and someone comes in it's like now you have to do something better for this one instance that i'm seeing you or you're not or in these next few chats that i have that will sway my connection but oh maybe i am a little bit more interested in this new person that came in you have me so it's like there's levels to it and you have to know how to play it you can't let one thing stop it yeah like for me all right we'll bring up in the in the in the beginning kata kata was cool and then i got turned down for the kiss i was like all right she don't fuck with me fuck it now i'm gonna go with a friendship vibe you know and just i'm not gonna pull for chats like i want to have a connection but i'll still talk to her a little here and there you know and i'm not gonna pull for chats like i want to have a connection but i'll still talk to her a little here and there you know and i'm not gonna pull for chats like i want to have a connection but i'll still talk to her a little here and there you know and just do small banter like we're friends and that's just the way i moved instead of being like oh hey that's not fucking with me she didn't want to give me a kiss all right let me not be your friend let me not you know be cool with her yeah so i think um you got to play it here by ear sure sure another person who's oddly gotten a lot of criticism and heat is zach and he's kind of had a tough time post villa from your standpoint who is zach and are you friends with him you got oh yeah that's my that's my dog why i mean i can't ask you why you think he's gotten the criticism but like yeah for some reason people thought he was too strategic or he spoke out a lot and they just took that as insincere i mean he was like the narrator right so like he had a you know you would hear like sound bites of him thinking about what i think is going to happen next and i guess fans kind of took that as like almost him being too strategic rather than leading with his heart so to speak i mean that's one thing when it comes to reality tv like fans don't fans don't want to hear strategy yeah they take that as like it being like disingenuous like you're thinking too much and not leading with your heart or something i don't know i don't know i don't know okay all right so i remember kip when him and bryce were on those like little pink chairs and i think that's when zach was like i don't think trinity likes you or something like that yeah yeah like that people were like then then the fans are taken as like oh he's he's trying to you know he's trying to break them up or some shit or you know i don't know i don't think zach is like that i do know he he is in his head sometimes he does think a lot for sure um but that dude has great intentions man he's a great guy specifically with kata you see a lot of love between yeah oh 100 man yeah like every time we're in that villa he would always talk about kata like oh shit she's bad like damn yeah because she would like put him in his place sometimes like i don't know he says he loves dominant women so it's funny because she's dominant towards him so it's like oh dog and he gets all giddy and shit when um she does something very i guess dominant um she's like put this in the trash or zach can you do this yeah it takes charge and then he's like oh i'm gonna do this and then he's like oh i'm gonna do this and then okay so now you're you're a single guy yeah you're a little famous yeah you got a following what's your type i don't really have a specific type i literally just date off of personality and energy what kind of personality that usually attracts you all right so i guess my villa personality was different because i came into the villa i was like yo i want someone that's very bubbly energetic someone that's 24 7 has energy high but that was because i was coming from a low where i was you know basically secluded and i was like oh okay this energy is nice let me be around i like that i want it but now being outside of the villa i think or through that whole experience my time has changed on the energy i guess it's more like i want you to be like someone who can be outgoing but also know how to chill and relax but also still have that high but not so high where it's like clingy almost okay yeah you get me yeah but that's kind of the energy that i flow with but i don't really know what is uh if you're too not materialistic but like not bougie maybe bougie yeah like you coming in here talking about like bro what if i want to take you to a coffee date and you're like coffee bro fuck you taking me to coffee for like bro what if you don't buy me i can take me to sdk or something like that you know spend spend five hundred dollars on me the first night or something like bro it takes time like i gotta get to know you let's get a coffee let's do a little days do dinner whatever and then over time if you're cool speaking of bougie a lot of people are like people got to see your imprimita's exit video in the van which you guys are kind of going back and forth and she was kind of giving you shit and then she's like you were more like hey it's a two-way street we got to get to know each other yeah and she she was like i'm i know miami i've dated djs i've dated athletes i've dated whatever the fuck uh the internet had some fun with with that clip what was that like in the moment to hear permita talk about her kind of dating roster when it comes to miami when i heard that because i've you know i've been in situations with girls i've said that to me before and that's like that is a turnoff because like why are you telling me about that but in that conversation the beginning of it was like i think she was like hey i'm 27 you're 22 these are people that i've already dealt with and this is the type of vibe that i've already been with so i know i've explored but she worded it just horrible and she knows that i know that and the world knows it she said i've been with rappers athletes all of that i was like damn yeah i was like bro why are you telling me i don't give a fuck you feel me and that's why she was like does that not change your mind i was like no it doesn't because you could literally be a millionaire two weeks ago you could be a millionaire and two weeks later you're not you know so you could have that experience that say you don't want to do it but then when that time comes either whatever it may be you might be back in that situation she meant it in a way that she's like she's not easily like uh necessarily impressed but like she like she knows how to be around yeah like i think i mean i don't really know what was i didn't really talk to her about it yeah it sounds kind of fucked up but i guess we know what we talked about what's a red flag that you have realized that you will ignore uh when you're dating and you like really like a girl i don't know bro it's something about like it's not toxic the toxic vibe but it's like it's like i don't i don't know bro it's just a red flag that i overlook yeah maybe like yeah being toxic i guess yeah yeah yeah that's because like i don't know it's like a fiery moment you guys are talking i mean i hate it i don't like dealing with arguments i don't argue for nothing i don't i don't do that drama stuff but it's like i don't know when it just happens it happens like okay now we're here it's bad and then oh it gets good so it's like highs and lows but you're fucking up you're fucking with your dopamine and shit do you have something you're kind of like embarrassingly attracted to no no no pretty straightforward straightforward i tell you straight up like yo i want to date you or not in college that's how we move forward like first two days of us talking like what do you want do you want to like you want a boyfriend do you see yourself doing in the future if you say no then i bet we're gonna be friends with benefits call it a day but then if you say yeah i want a relationship to it and then i'll be okay do i want a relationship right now then i'll tell you i don't want a relationship but your vibe is cool you know what i mean then we just go progressively you never know what happens in the future you know you build a connection with someone and then you're like might be your wife in the future who knows you never know you're a pretty young guy you're only 22 only like and you seem obviously pretty self-aware are you kind of like you know what dating's off the table for me i'm gonna enjoy this experience uh i'm not trying to like lock in or a couple are you are you still like you know because you i think you talked about like you want a family someday you know you you while young you also see mature for your age you seem like you have a lot of hopes and dreams so like what is like a dating in your head like nothing's perfect you can't predict the future but what is what's your dating timeline i think you know in the villa and after the villa you know exploring with parmita and growing that connection and now being that we're single we're done with each other i think i was pushing myself to grow up too fast you know because my mindset i grew up with older parents so i have that older mindset kind of vibe so i don't really i wasn't able to go out when i was young i wasn't able to go to parties go to friends houses i wasn't able to do sleepovers all of that so i kind of grew up on my own isolated kind of vibe so i guess of my home body so i don't really go out to clubs i don't party too crazy every week and stuff so i was like oh i don't do that that's not and i'm now i'm 21 i'm not doing that now i'm 22 i'm still not doing it so fuck it let me just try settling down you know so i always get that gave me the idea okay let me just settle down settle down i think now being that we're done i think i'm gonna take a step back and actually move as like not an actual young person but just have fun with my life, you know, explore, experience ups and downs, give me that experience. So when I'm at the age of 27 plus, whatever, I've been through those ups and downs where it's like, oh, I don't have that desire to do that anymore, you know? But at the end of the day, I'm so business focused is that like, I don't want to party unless there's like some business involved. If I'm connecting with someone, I'm around someone who has, who's going to help me in my future and I can help them in their future. I want to go, you know, I want to grow my business. Cake was exclusive where it's like, okay, now how am I going to do this, this, and this to grow it into something big instead of going out to party, getting blacked out. Cause I've done that before. I was like, yo, I'm waking up the next day. Like, fuck bro, I'm not doing nothing the whole day now. Just wasted 48 hours. Yeah. What's, has there been like a surreal moment since coming out of the villa of like either like meeting a celebrity you didn't really like that kind of blew your mind or? To be honest, the, the streaming and YouTube world that I'm going down, right. That route that I'm going down right now, it's crazy because these are individuals that I've watched when I was growing up. Like I was young. I was like, bro, like they're celebrities, bro. They're famous. I'll never be there. I never see them. And the fact that I was able to meet up with those individuals, I don't know, can I name drop? Yeah. The fact that I was able to meet up with DDG, Ben the Don, Jay Cinco, Nick, um, Nick, Nick, Nick, Nick Nassier and this year I'm butchering his last name. Holy shit. But I'm meeting up with these individuals I seen on the YouTube and entertainment world. And it's like, wow, I'm here with you guys. And now it's like, okay, let me produce some content. Let me get my personality out there. So I think, yeah. Did you, before you went on Love Island, what, what, what did like a successful career look like to you and how has that changed now that you are an Islander? Yeah. So I graduated December of 2025 with a marketing degree and I jumped straight into a marketing agency. And, uh, I did that for like maybe two, three months almost. And I don't know, for some reason, I just, it wasn't my vibe. I did want to work in a marketing agency. I would like that, that creative mindset almost. And then I was like, you know what? I don't want to do this no more. Let me quit and figure out something else. At the time I was building, um, my, uh, a new company where it was helping basically being a business promoter, not a club promoter, but being a business promoter and bringing vendors into the business. Um, and, and, and, and, and I was like, I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna do this. I'm gonna do this. And then Love Island came. And then now what, what success look like to you or what do you hope to make of this? So I want to, I want to get into the modeling industry, the high, the high fashion model industry. My parents, when they were younger, they were models. My sister, she was a model when she was a kid. My brother, he tried modeling when he was a kid. When it came to me, they said, no, I didn't even put me in there, bro. So I'm like, damn, I gotta do it on my own now. So now that I have the platform, um, I'd love to get into some high fashion modeling, acting, acting would be pretty far actually. Like, let me take some acting classes. Nah, I've never tried, but let me take some acting classes. I think, uh, no, let me perfect some things. Get into that, do some movies, bro. Um, then also right now growing into that real estate side, like I said, cake was exclusive company. I started in, when I was a junior in college, I think when I started that. So now it's like trying to grow those villas and those rentals out. That's another side aside from the entertainment. Then I also want to do the YouTube and the streaming and stuff. So I have two sides staying in the entertainment world, but then also this is something outside of the entertainment world. Do you hope like the entire group remains friends or do you envision it kind of some you'll be closer with others with me? Yeah, I know I'm gonna be friends with everybody. Okay. I'm gonna be cool with everybody. I can't speak for everybody else, but I know I would like to keep these relationships. It's gonna be hard though, cuz I am horrible. I'm a horrible communicator through the phone. Like I barely call and text people. I forget to text people back. Like, oh, I read the message, but, and then I read it and I think I text back and then I don't text back hours go by and it's like, ah, shit. Now I'm here. It's probably really fucked up your dating life. I'm sure you're really getting in a lot of trouble with that. Communication is horrible, but I'm a phone call person. Like call me on the phone, call it a day. But, um, yeah, I would reach out to everybody. And we're in the same area. Yeah. Okay. I, I think the world wants to know someday you're gonna date and you're gonna settle down. Yeah. And, and so we wanna ask you some more, like what are Corbin's kind of dating preferences do's and don'ts. Yeah. So question should a couple know each other's phone password? I mean, what would, what would be a reason where you think that would be a red flag? Cuz don't put yourself in a position you don't wanna be put in. Okay. Like if you think you're, you're, if you're already going. Into a relationship where I wanna know this person's password, you have some intentions of, I wanna go through his phone apparently, or the person they wanna go through the phone. And that's never a good thing. Like I don't even go through phones anymore after my situation. Like there's always one situation where you go through a phone is like, you'll never look at a phone ever again. You'll never go through it ever again. You did that. Yeah. I did it one time and I was like, yep. I, I mean, shit. I put myself here. I found some shit on that PTSD. Now I don't wanna look at your phone. What would, uh, you know, as I got older and had relationships that's, you know, began and ended, you know, you realize that like, if I got all my girlfriends together, I bet they would all say this shit about me, like, uh, like a bad habit I have, or like just something annoying I do. Like, what is something that if I got all your exes together, assuming they don't overall say you're a great guy, but would be one thing they're like, yeah, this motherfucker. I've only been in like two relationships, everything else in the situations. And those two relationships were polar opposites of each other. How so? Very polar. Uh, first relationship that was, um, that was my first one. I think I was 18. I was a freshman in college. Yeah. Freshman, second semester in college. And, um, that was nice, right? I mean, it was, that was my first time actually settling down with somebody and, um, that was like, oh, we can date. Like it's like, this is what a relationship feels like having someone in your corner and stuff. But, um, we just, we didn't work out. It was, uh, you know, yeah, it was also very young. Yeah. And my last one, um, that was my longest one. So my first one, I think I was in there for six months, around six months. Yeah. I seen the video. I don't know why she said a year, but. Oh, she made a video. She made a video. I don't know why she said a year. And then my last relationship, I was like a year and a half. That one showed me like, cause she was more, she was very family oriented and I'm not family oriented. No, I like, I'm not close to my family in that sense. I meant, and she's very, she was very close to her family. She was very close to her family. Yeah. And she's very, she was very close to her family in that sense. In terms of like, they spent a lot of time together. Spent a lot of time. Like we don't, we're not affectionate, you know, we don't say I love you at night and things like that. Now it's kind of going in cause I'm not there 24 seven anymore. So like, oh, I love you, you know, stuff like that. Um, and I'm also opening up more with them. This experience helped me open up a lot. Like now I know how to communicate about my emotions and stuff. Did it feel like kind of like emotional therapy being there? No, for real. Like it was my first look. All right. Love Island literally has team, like a team for our mental to be. Good. And that was the first, like, I was always against doing, you know, therapy and stuff like that. You could figure out your own stuff on your own problems and stuff. You don't need to go confide with someone else. I was always against it until I went into it for real. And I was like, oh, this is amazing. Like now I want to talk with you every day. Cause now I need to get this off of my chest. Right. So that helped me. And then, um, my emotions through there, like I was a closed wall when I first came into the villa, I was very nonchalant, very chill. Wasn't speaking too much. Right. Robotic. Yeah. Robotic. Um, then through time of that experience, I started opening up. Motherfuckers got me to cry. That was a great moment for you, man. They got me to cry. So I was like, damn. Was that your first time crying in front of your friends? First time crying in a, like a few years. I don't think I've cried for real, for real, or at least shed a tear. And like probably over five, six years. Yeah. It's funny when you say that about like the therapy kind of brings me back when I was on the batch for a long time ago. Mm-hmm. And I remember, uh, meeting up with one of my boys we're filming with, and he was like, man, fucking miss like talking to the producers and stuff because like, you just, you get so comfortable opening up and then that ends and you're just like, you want it, you want to get back in that chair. Exactly. Just because you want to be able to like have this freedom. It's like this safe space and you say whatever, and they're, and never, and they're not judging you and you're just, Exactly. They're just listening to you. It feels good. Yeah. You know, you just get weight off your shoulders, you know, but I do, I do preach that, you know, if you have something in your head. Yeah. For sure. For sure. Speak to someone about it and just taking their perspective on the whole situation. But at the end of the day, you're the person that makes the decision, you know? Yeah. You could have all these opinions. You could have people saying words saying left, right, this, this, but at the end of the day, you would be the one to make that decision to go through whatever you want to do. Yeah. But it is for sure. Good to talk to someone. And I've, I've learned. A lot is made like in, just when we talk about dating in general, like the younger generation, and like Zach and Kate, I would kind of defined it. Cause they were like, we don't want to be exclusive or we don't want to be in a relationship. And older guy like me is kind of like, I, it feels way too complicated. The whole like defining relationships and like, what's a situation versus exclusive versus dating. What is your stance on that? Cause being a direct guy like yourself, it seems like a little It's BS, bro. Yeah. It's like, what is going on here? It's either you're going to date or you're not going to date. Like for me. i don't go on breaks there's no such thing as a break in a relationship like you don't become boyfriend and girlfriend and go on a break and then do whatever you want to do and then come back to each other so sometimes that's the case you come back to each other it's like a free you're dating you're not dating now being that i was in a situation where i was exclusive with someone i think that's the step before making it you know actually a title girlfriend and boyfriend but for me it's like how long until after or how long are you going to be in this exclusive title before you make it an actual title title because you know it's like saying you're with your boyfriend and he hasn't proposed to you in five years when is he going to propose you know but you kind of get at that coast where it's like we've been doing all these ups and downs already moving like it like what's the point you know and i think that's that might be the difference that's why i'm like so direct either we're dating or not dating i know your your dating experience is limited but what makes you feel like you're not dating you're not dating you're not dating you feel the safest in your relationships be it friends be it romantic partners like communication communication communication is what i stand on heavy because and as someone who you know who admits you're a bad communicator how like yeah does that make you feel like but you know listen like we're often attracted things we're not good at so is that that's been really helpful for you when you have someone who really opens up well when i say communication i mean like just in terms of just texting and stuff and in person yeah i'll talk with you left right left right but like reaching out and actually doing texting a lot i don't really do too much of that i mean now i'm getting better but um it's not so much like bad communicating like about my emotions and how i feel like now it's better because the whole experience i know how to talk about my emotions and understand other people so it's like that's good now i can communicate with that but it's more so being in the same line so we're not like being misled between certain actions that someone's doing like we're both you tell me something i tell you something you tell me how you feel i tell you how i feel okay now that's how we're gonna move forward you know so we're on the same page instead of being one on this chapter and the other one in this one outside of communication what has being on love island taught you the most about having a successful relationship it's hard because being in the villa it's different it's a different vibe um you're not really seeing someone that you're connecting like you hit up you're not seeing them 24 7 chatting with them sleeping next to them in the next 30 minutes for however long that couple goes on for but um i think through that experience it's for sure communication like that's the only way things will go good so that's why i'm like big on it because if you tell one person one thing and you tell another person another thing now it's like okay we're playing telephone here someone's gonna say this and then they're gonna be oh you said this though and then it's gonna contradict everything and you're gonna be a whole world of shit communication for sure and then also just being there because during the villa we had ups and downs you know challenges were stressful for islanders after like oh they had to see their partner kiss somebody you know and now they would have to talk with their partner now like okay does this make you feel like this okay now you have to be like oh no i understand where you're coming from but that's not the case it's a challenge doing you know you talk with them through it but then um also you have recoupling now that's like okay that's very high stress moment because you don't expect to go sleep with another person now after you're building a connection with someone or you might get booted off the villa so it's now and you know it's just all ups and downs so learning how to just talk with people yeah and understand them that's as big is there anything we didn't see or that they didn't show that you wish they did i mean with parmita and i we were given that we just kiss and we're just that we're just two hot people you're high i'm high we're almost perfect kind of vibe you know but we did have a lot more chats than that you know that were longer there was one edit or one scene where i was like she asked me i want to get to know you or there's something on a deeper level and i was level and i said yeah slapped her eyes and said give me a kiss or something like or they cut that whole combo out and i was like ah so i see how they now i can see why the world says okay we're we're just kissing we're intimate we're we're just two sexual people you know or lustful that's the word that they use lustful people so as someone who now is getting recognized in public what is the best way someone can approach you in public that makes you still feel like safe and it's a hundred percent i love it like it's amazing seeing how they just so it's funny there's two there's two types of individuals that come up there's some that just they'll walk walk walk they'll recognize you they'll be like wait if we look like you know they're scared to kind of ask for a photo or just say hi or something and then i'll see them i'll make icon up it hey and they come yeah you can take a picture you know that's funny because then that their whole vibe changes like oh my god i thought you were gonna say no or i thought you were just gonna be stuck up or something like that you're actually very chill and just seeing that smile and the second person is like they see you from a mile away all 32s just smiling like oh my gosh corbin they tell me they what they say all my voice stems before they say my name they say my voice names they're like my voice stems they're like melanie they're like is this uh this is a smoothie or something like they say all of those before they say oh corbin is you but sometimes they say oh corbin is you from love island this is so cool but i love all the interactions have you had any family members send memes to you about yourself or have you sent have you sent your own memes my grandma my all right that's one thing i did not expect because i didn't tell her about because she's very um religious and i didn't tell her anything about me going on a show where i'm kissing multiple women and putting my body out there so she was she was like oh she was just praying for me every time she's seen it because she just watches youtube or live television and youtube showed all my goddamn clips on the shorts so she's over there she's what she's 80 81 now so she's over there on the tv just scrolling scrolling and she sees all these clips of her grandchild just on there like what is corbin doing oh my gosh and now she's seeing all the voice stems she said she sent me a video saying melanie and she said i think she said uh can i get a kiss and her like voice and stuff i was like oh my god grandma how do you know this how do you know but she's my biggest uh she's my biggest supporter that's awesome man uh well i know you're going it's been great getting to know you man i wish you the best of luck it's uh i really enjoyed watching you man i thought you're really a unique person and i always like the people who like present as one way you can tell there's something more you know like reality tv puts us all these in these silos you know and now we have an opportunity to get to know you the human being so i look forward to get to know you more as you put yourself out there and and and just uh best luck with everything man it's uh it's it's fun to see you uh have to have the success thank you yeah i mean i don't know can i name drop like my youtube and stuff whatever you want to call it whatever you want to call it whatever you want to call it because what you're talking about is you know getting to know me and stuff i've already built a long form kind of i already built a platform on love island with long form content and they seen a certain side and now for me to show my actual personality yeah i might have robotic mannerisms and stuff but i'm i have i have a personality you know i'm human and in case anyone didn't know in case i didn't know i am human i'm a real person but um the one way to to bring that out is through my youtube channel you know and just doing that long form content and also getting into streaming and just interacting with everyone that just wants to ask me questions or just be a part of my life and that's just where i'm going through now so and what and where can they find it oh y'all can find my youtube at uh korbiski c-o-r-b-i-s-k-i-i twitch is the same thing instagram the same thing and tiktok's the same you gamer nah no game what are you doing on twitch twitch is um just for live stream irl live stream yeah live stream so day to day you know i might be able to do that but i'm not going to be able to do that because i'm not going to be able to be going to the gym i might be going out i might be going on a trip so i'm trying to get into the luxury the lifestyle the traveling the having fun i'm 22 in miami you know let's see where the see where the connections take me all right man uh any uh any tv in your future outside of love competition shows oh yeah i can't do no more dating shows okay i can't do that was a one and done experience and i'm glad i did it with the biggest one love island so but i would probably do like what is it is it traders yeah traders is pretty cool right yeah i think that's like with challenges and stuff yeah i like that one i would do something competitive nothing kissing related anymore because i think i put myself yeah but i think i'll go into that all right well best of luck man again it's been uh i appreciate you taking the time it's been great getting to know you and excited to see how uh things take off for you man yeah me too thank you so much appreciate you you