Since “Temptation Island” season 2 just dropped on Netflix, Mikey and Sydney have quickly become the breakout couple of the season. The 24-year-olds grabbed the spotlight immediately, with Mikey’s restless, almost childlike energy clashing with Sydney’s poised search for a soulmate. It’s a friction that makes sense, given Mikey needed some serious arm-twisting to sign up for the experience. During a recent interview, Sydney pulled back the curtain on how they actually landed on the show.
This ‘Temptation Island’ Star Needed Convincing To Join The Show
Speaking with Cosmo, Sydney revealed that a casting producer reached out to her and Mikey about joining season 2 of the series. She explained that she was eager to sign on the dotted line after hearing about how the experience could positively impact their relationship.
Mikey, meanwhile, wasn’t as enthusiastic about the potential opportunity.
“We got on a call with [the casting producer], and he’s telling us how the show with run, and everything that happened last season, and how one couple got engaged,” Sydney said. “And from that conversation, Mikey was like, ‘Okay, you know what? We’ll do it.’”
Sydney Believed Filming ‘Temptation Island’ Would Be Easy For Her And Mikey
Continuing, Sydney said she planned on leaving the experience with Mikey by her side. In fact, she said she believed the show was going to be “a cake walk.”
Somewhere during the season, however, things took a serious turn. “I really wanted him to show me a different side of him, somebody that wasn’t just trying to make everybody happy and live in a bubble,” she said.
Sydney was candid about her issues with Mikey in the season premiere, stating that she felt they were sometimes incompatible because of his maturity level. Things only worsened when Mikey boasted about his “three amigos” in the villa during the first episode.
“The whole three amigos thing really made me feel triggered from our past,” Sydney said. “Just see him talking to them in a flirtatious way really triggered things inside me, and it showed me, ‘Oh, he hasn’t changed. So why am I still putting myself back in the same cycle?’ So I chose to move on with my experience and make it a personal one.”
Sydney wasn’t the only person triggered by Mikey on the latest season of “Temptation Island.” Social media users were also bothered by the music host’s antics, as several blasted him and accused him of not taking Sydney’s words seriously.
“Mikey, my boy! Should have appreciated your lady a little more,” someone wrote, while another said, “Now Miley is CORNY… my Jesus.”
A third user wrote, “I actually can’t even put into words how much I detest Mikey on Temptation Island. Over there kiki’ing with the girls while the rest of the men in the willa are working out.”
“Mikey has really f-cking pissed me off,” another user posted. “To find out he had a whole a** girlfriend and he was texting girls on the side when he was in Temptation Island.”
Someone else wrote, “He is irking my nerves and it’s only episdoe 1.”
Another ‘Temptation Island’ Couple Had To Deal With Their Issues Head-On
Sydney and Mikey weren’t the only couple who had a challenging time on “Temptation Island.”
According to a previous report from The Blast, Scarlett and Cole revealed that they signed on for the experience to help address their issues with trust and transparency.
However, once they were there, Scarlett said she realized she wasn’t worried about Cole being physical with other women; she just wanted him to dig deeper and fight for their relationship.
“Once we were there, I realized I wasn’t actually worried about Cole cheating,” she said. “I think it would’ve been pretty crazy for either of us to actually do something like that…so I was just hoping that both of us would really look more deeply into our relationship and grow.”
Scarlett Wanted Cole To Let Lose A Bit More On The Show
The show is designed to test the committed couples with a group of sexy tempters and temptresses. And while some of the cast members took advantage of the opportunity, Scarlett said Cole did not, which she found a bit disheartening.
“I know that he was probably scared of me seeing anything that would upset me,” she said. “It was a hard situation to navigate, and I think everyone just did their best, right?”