She’s been a thriller since Day 1, however Love Island USA followers have much more of a cause to be confused of Belle-A after she went viral for what gave the impression to be an accent in Season 7, Episode 3.
Isabelle-Anne “Belle-A” Walker, a 22-year-old from Honolulu, Hawaii, was one in every of 10 authentic islanders on Love Island USA Season 7. She coupled up with Nicolas “Nic” Vansteenberghe, a 24-year-old from Jacksonville, Florida, in Episode 1, nonetheless, they break up in Episode 2 after Nic left Belle-A to couple up with new bombshell Cierra Ortega, a 25-year-old from Phoenix, Arizona.
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Does Belle-A have an accent from Love Island USA?
Throughout a scene between Belle-A and Nic in Season 7, Episode 3, followers puzzled whether or not Belle-A had an accent as a consequence of her pronunciation of sure phrases. “she feels like she’s from toronto 😭,” wrote a consumer on TikTok, whereas one other consumer commented, “She’s Canadian as we speak?” Yet another consumer wrote, “she’s a scholar of degrassi hastily,” referencing the favored teen collection filmed in Canada. “I used to be getting Toronto,” yet another consumer wrote, whereas one other commented, “TORONTO GYALL.”
Others, nonetheless, accused Belle-A of talking in a blaccent and utilizing AAVE or African American Vernacular English, with some evaluating her to Ariana Grande. “is nobody else clocking Belle-A’s blaccent lol,” a consumer wrote on TikTok. “It’s giving Blackiana core.” One other consumer commented, “Lady no for actual!! The entire episode I used to be like why she bought a blaccenf😭😭😭.”
Whereas some questioned Belle-A’s accent, others claimed that her method of talking is because of residing in Hawaii. “I used to dwell in Hawaii and the ladies there have a regular accent other than like native Hawaiian Pidgin and stuff. Idk how describe it however when she not faking a blaccent she has the Hawaiian woman accent which most ppl haven’t heard earlier than,” a consumer commented on TikTok.
One other consumer wrote, “She actually simply sounds Hawaiian to me.” Yet another consumer commented, “ik lots of people from hawaii that like shift into that accent.”
Different customers, nonetheless, argued that, whereas Belle-A lives in Honolulu, she wasn’t raised in Hawaii and is from Oregon. “Not a blaccent. It’s simply the way in which she’s speaking. She’s from Hawaii. The children I went to high school with after I lived there sounded the identical minus the slang lol,” a consumer wrote, to which one other consumer responded, “however I believed she’s not from Hawaii she moved there?”
A consumer on Reddit additionally claimed that Belle-A’s mother has clarified her ethnicity on Instagram and confirmed that she’s not native Hawaiian. “I discovered her mothers web page as a result of she’s responding to all her hate feedback on the love island instagram. her dad is yt and her mother is asian. she shouldn’t be Hawaiian and it’s nuts how individuals are saying ‘shes from Hawaii. Shes a Pacific Islander! Thats why she talks like that’ She was born and raised in Oregon,” the consumer wrote. “She transplanted to Hawaii. I don’t know what that accent is however it’s not pidgin (lookup Hawaiians talking pidgin on TikTok it’s method completely different), perhaps they speak like that in Oregon?”
Love Island USA streams on Peacock.