Megan Thee Stallion hopped on the 'mamacita' Love Island meme perfectly
Love Island contestant Nicolas Vansteenberghe went viral a little over a week ago with his utterly hilarious reaction to finding out fellow Islander Huda Mustafa was a mother. Mustafa, who is the mother to a 4-year-old daughter, had kept that piece of information about herself secret from the rest of the cast before starting to tell them after a little time in the villa.
Vansteenberghe clearly wasn't expecting that to be the direction of the conversation as his first response to "I'm a mommy" being "Mommy? Mamacita?" He then asked if she was a dog mom before finally realizing what he was being told. It has since become one of the funniest and most ridiculous moments of a wild season of television.
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion joined the latest episode, popping into the villa Thursday night to referee a competition between the islanders. Megan is a bonafide super fan of the show, keeping up with all the drama and giving her opinions on the relationships. She also wasn't going to let a mamacita moment pass her by, recording a TikTok with show host Ariana Madix.
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