Love Island USA Star Bryce's Past as Tumblr Model Revealed

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Love Island USA Season 8 Introduces New Twist With Throuples

A hot new piece of lore has dropped outside the villa.

As Bryce Dettloff continues to explore his connection with Trinity Tatum on Love Island USA season eight, a faction of fans is realizing why he's a familiar face: he was a Tumblr model back in the mid-2010s. 

And pics from the peak of his Tumblr days have reemerged. The reality star may be looking for love for the first time on the dating competition but he grew a small fanbase as far back as 2016 on the microblogging website. The snaps—many with hundreds and thousands of likes and reblogs—in true Tumblr fashion, included brooding looks, swooshy hair and very skinny jeans.

Luckily, he hasn't shied away from that chapter in his life, with the 29-year-old still having those pics from 2015 and beyond on his Instagram. While some appeared to be personal photos, he was also modeling for Calvin Klein, DKNY and Stuart Weitzman at the time.

Along with blogs sharing his photos, Bryce even became the face of some fanfictions on Tumblr and Wattpad in 2017 after users recommended him as a face claim (FC), in which a real-life person's likeness is used by authors to represent an original character they're writing. 

As for Bryce is doing now? Aside from finding love in Fiji, being a DJ has been his calling.  

"I've had every job you could imagine," he said during his introduction video ahead of the season premiere. "I've waited tables, I've done construction. I've literally done any type of handyman thing you could think of."

But his current profession doesn't seem to help him in the romance department.

"On first sight, girls always think I'm like a f--kboy right away," he admitted. "I know how it looks, model, DJ, lives in LA but I promise I'm just looking for love. I'm like getting old. I'm turning 30 soon. The kids are calling me unc now."

For Bryce, there's a very specific person he has in mind when he's looking for love.

"I've always liked a strong woman that can really put me in my place, someone that is not scared to just say what they wanna say," he explained. "I was raised by women. I was raised by my grandmother. My grandma is one of the most important people in my life. If I could find a girl that I could introduce to Grams, that'd be awesome."

For a closer look at all the islanders on season eight of Love Island USA, keep reading.

Peacock

KC Chandler

Fresno, California

Peacock

Melanie Moreno

Los Angeles, California

Peacock

Bryce Dettloff

Los Angeles, California

Peacock

Trinity Tatum

Newport News, Virginia

Peacock

Zach Georgiou

Birmingham, England

Peacock

Aniya Harvey

Tyrone, Georgia

Peacock

Beatriz Hatz

San Diego, California

Peacock

Gabriel Vasconcelos

Miami, Florida

Peacock

Sean Reifel

Easton, Pennsylvania

Peacock

Kenzie Annis

Kennesaw, Georgia

Peacock

Sincere Rhea

Cape May, New Jersey

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