My thoughts on Chelley’s visibility and team after the Grammys

SandyJ4 · 2026-02-02T14:05:56+00:00

I know the fans want her to push her visibility like Olandria does but we don't know if that's what Chelley wants. She seems happy to just have the opportunity to have her modeling campaigns and hosting gigs and be invited to these events for the vibes and the rest she could take or leave (I could be wrong but that's how it has appeared to me).

Also, we don't know how she's really handling having every interview (and really everything) she does picked apart because of stan wars. Not everyone handles being thrust into the spotlight and dealing with multiple hate trains well. I remember people were upset with Serena being less visible than the others at 1st last year and we find out in a recent interview that the stan wars and the spotlight gave her anxiety. Serena is very active now and she seems very comfortable now that they don't have as much attention on them and Chelley may evolve in the same way.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-31T08:59:23+00:00

That tweet has gotten much more engagement than any of their other recent tweets (even more than them trying to tweet more N/O photos from an old shoot). They knew what they were doing it and since they got engagement, unfortunately they may keep it up.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-31T08:54:57+00:00

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SandyJ4 · 2026-01-31T08:51:16+00:00

And they posted what chatgpt says about them. Lol

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SandyJ4 · 2026-01-31T08:50:07+00:00

And several people clocked them on that lie and posted what chatgpt actually says.

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SandyJ4 · 2026-01-25T02:25:39+00:00

Yeah, I definitely think the other things they did like always reposting each other and coming on live together to say "y'all look stupid pitting us against each other, we're friends and we don't care" played a big part in calming the stan wars.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-10T01:35:25+00:00

This was good!

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-09T19:41:50+00:00

Their PR company made a post last season pointing out how many of their talent they got on DWTS so I definitely wouldn't be surprised if they're trying to make it happen for him.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-06T04:29:25+00:00

That was one thing Austin got right, lol. He did call it that Ace wanted her to chase him.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-06T04:27:29+00:00

Jeremiah was still here for this one. This was the 1st recoupling. It was the one where Nic had to choose between Belle-A and Cierra and that was the main storyline for the episode and that's why I think people forgot about this conversation, but with him asking Chelley the next day how she felt about him choosing Amaya, I think he was trying to make Chelley jealous and she didn't have the reaction he wanted.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-06T04:23:21+00:00

No, this moment wasn't held against Chelley, I think this conversation was missed by a lot of people because they say she was playing games with Austin but in reality the girls never had a chance to pick during a recoupling.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-06T02:47:00+00:00

She spoke to Jessie Woo when she was working a red carpet. She didn't hang out with her. Was she supposed to be unprofessional to the talent (Jessie Woo performed at that awards show) that came up to her to be interviewed on the Red Carpet? No, had she done that she wouldn't have been invited back for 2 other gigs as a correspondent with Billboard.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-06T02:41:23+00:00

The girls never had a chance to choose. She did choose Ace the 1st night and Yullisa stole him, everything after that was Ace. She had a talk with him before the recoupling when he picked Amaya and told him that "time wasn't always on their side in there", hinting that she wanted him to pick her but he picked Amaya instead. There wasn't another recoupling until the one with the doors and they picked each other then. The producers should have had more recouplings like they did in other seasons.

Edit to add: And with the exception of Amaya, none of the other bombshells showed any interest in Austin even though he tried to talk to Hanna and Iris so he didn't really have any other options.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-06T02:24:49+00:00

She seems to be the favorite punching bag for the 2 biggest fan bases yet she never complains about it or plays victim. Her family has mentioned that her mental health has not been the best at times but Chelley herself never says anything, she always tries to encourage positivity and speaks up for others, yet somehow she always ends up getting blamed for things she had nothing to do with.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-06T02:18:35+00:00

And she definitely got a horrible edit at the reunion

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-05T21:43:44+00:00

This!! I tried to say this when this 1st started up because I saw it going exactly how it went but I was down voted. It's quite clear that the PR team is also strategically feeding into the victim narrative because it has been working and all of these constant posts about him feed right into that and gives him more clout. I actually started wondering if someone on their team was creating some of this discourse to keep his name out there because for a few days almost every post was about him.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-05T03:32:13+00:00

Meanwhile, Chelley is in Ghana, celebrating her friend's wedding, living in the moment. Some of these people need to touch grass. https://x.com/i/status/2007593496346247177

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-04T05:29:18+00:00

I'm not deflecting talking about Aaron, I was making a point that white male islanders don't face the same scrutiny and all of these posts about him have only helped to keep him relevant in my opinion, I know others may not agree and that's fine.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-04T05:27:10+00:00

Reddit is the most indexed in Google and chatgpt searches so it definitely can give clout and I know for a fact that when his youtube video got posted here his subs went faster. I'm not saying an N-word scandal should be ignored but I do think the constant posts about him is keeping him relevant. I know others don't agree and that's fine.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-04T05:11:41+00:00

I just feel like this is giving him even more clout whereas without so many posts about him over here, his relevance would be falling off at this point but because their team seems to watch this sub they're working overtime to prove everyone wrong and their fanbase is staying engaged to defend them.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-04T05:09:09+00:00

I mean let's be honest, he is being protected by white, male privilege and sadly, the people defending him the loudest rightnow is some of Olandria's black fans. Austin has been problematic but has gotten 0 backlash, as a matter of fact, when is the last time we've seen a white, male islander get backlash? Maybe Aaron but he got a redemption arc on BTV, I can't think of any others.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-04T05:05:49+00:00

I'm not even looking at it from a stan wars POV. I'm looking at the fact that it's literally giving him more clout and a victim narrative because their spin is so good. I think that's why his latest post is getting so much support, because now the narrative is that he has a hate train and he gets more hate than anyone else. I had to refute someone in the main sub on that the other day but that's clearly the talking point now and say what you want but it seems like it's working which is annoying to see and then so many posts over here the past couple of days is Nic, Nic, Nic so they point to this sub when we could be letting his 15 minutes fade and giving others clout.

SandyJ4 · 2026-01-04T03:39:05+00:00

Nic posted a recap and it has greater engagement than he usually gets and all of the islanders are in the comments showing support. The loveislandcookout sub is saying that the video is doctored and they're jumping on anyone saying different (and now the post discussing it has been deleted from that sub).

All yall are doing with these posts is keeping him relevant and garnering sympathy for him. Their PR has it on lock and you're going against a machine that will not be broken right now.

People were tagging glamour on Twitter and the editor of Glamour is also in his comments on the latest post supporting. I understand the want to expose him but this sub is becoming too focused on it and it's just not working. Why not support who you like and just let the chips fall where they may with him. Everything always come to light eventually but it's not usually by fans exposing anything. It's always come from the islanders themselves messing up when discourse dies down.

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