Former Montana Griz Star Trae Taylor’s Love Island Journey Ends With A SPICY Kiss

I will be frank here. I am not a Love Island fan. It's never appealed to me, and in fact, it's actually made my stomach turn in the few clips that I've seen.

Kissing sounds make me cringe like no other. Hearing other people smooch with those disgusting, wet, horrendous sounds is the absolute worst. I don't want that.

It's also just so unbelievably stupid. From the competitions to the narrator to the way people talk for the camera all drives me up the wall.

That being said... I had to watch Monday's episode now that there is a Montana Grizzly on the show.

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Former Griz men's basketball player Trae Taylor debuted on Love Island Monday night as a "bombshell." As I understand it, the bombshell role is a homewrecker. They're the ones brought in to wedge themselves between already established couples.

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I think? I don't know, that's what my girlfriend told me.

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We watched the first episode he was on, and here's what happened to Trae and my thoughts.

• First off, yeah, I hate the show. If you like it, don't let me yuck your yum. I'm just a curmudgeon who hates this type of show.
• Trae and the rest of the guys were boated in on a yacht. He did some dancing, he jumped in a pool and...
• Made out with a couple of women, but it didn't stop there.
• One of the women full-on twerked on Trae Taylor... I was very uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, Taylor was not voted through to the initial vote, so his time has come to an end on the show.

Good for Trae, though. He spent time in Fiji, kissed some beautiful women, and got twerked on in front of millions of people.