There’s a select group of people who have faced the microscopic view after a reality TV series makes its way into the mainstream, and “Summer House” star Ciara Miller certainly makes the cut after the relationship drama between herself, Amanda Batula and West Wilson erupted in the midst of Season 10.

It’s why Miller is confident she is approaching her hosting gig on “Love Island USA: Aftersun” with empathy towards the contestants (a.k.a islanders), and especially why she won’t put up with social media trolls critiquing her and Tefi Pessoa’s treatment of islanders.

“I sit in this position knowing what it’s like to be on reality TV, and to be a Black woman on reality TV … especially in this day and age,” Miller told TheWrap, noting there are “perspectives and nuances” she understands and takes into account in conversations with the islanders. “I want them to be seen, heard.”

Miller added that she does show “a certain amount of favoritism to the Black islanders,” noting “because they are me, I am them, I was them, and that is my community.”

“It’s an uphill battle with them being able to be understood, and I want to help them be understood in a different light,” Miller continued. “That’s never something I take for granted — being in this position and sitting in this seat, and that is why it is so important to humanize these people.”

With that level of attention in mind, Miller won’t stand for trolls, leading her to clap back in a post on Threads. “Honestly, respectfully, sit the f–k down. I literally lived it,” Miller said of any haters. “I’ve done a really great job over the past five, six years in reality TV being quiet on certain things, and I kind of feel … that is over.”

“Never disrespect my baby,” Pessoa, who similarly posted on social media about navigating viewers’ critiques of the duo being “too biased and then too unbiased,” added.

As Miller and Pessoa took the helm of the refurbished “Aftersun” show, which airs Saturdays, their main goal was to humanize the islanders and give the audience insight into who they are beyond their “Love Island” edit, which shrinks 24 hours into one hour episodes.

“I know what it’s like to be on reality TV, and for the audience to have a parasocial relationship with you,” Miller said. “But there’s so much more beyond what the audience is even seeing — there’s so much more of these islanders’ stories that we don’t know about, and you don’t really get to see in like such a fast-moving ensemble cast. So it really gives them the space to be able to like, know more about them, and also they get to spill a little tea.”

Pessoa said she hopes “Aftersun” feels like a “glam dining room” for the dumped islanders, where they can spill all about their time on the show in the safety of Pessoa and Miller.

“Sometimes these islanders … they would go to these podcasts where maybe they weren’t safe, or maybe they felt maybe being taken advantage of or something,” Pessoa said. “I very much have that in mind too, that we are the first friendly faces that aren’t production when they get off the island, and … I know that we’ll take care of them.”

The duo trusts the other inherently, though initially they were both picturing it would be a one-woman gig. “During the during my last interview … they were like, ‘Would you have a co-host,’ and I said ‘no,’ and they said, ‘What about Ciara Miller?’ I said, ‘oh my god, I would love that,’” Pessoa recalled.

“They were like, would you want to have a co-host and I was like, ‘no, no,’ and ‘They’re [like] well, what about Tefi,’ and I was like, ‘Actually, yes,’” Miller added.

The refreshed “Aftersun” has already worked: the first couple episodes more than doubled last year’s audience — rising 144% from Season 7 “Aftersun” episodes — demonstrating that the phenomenon of “Love Island” keeps growing.

“Everybody remembers a best friend break up or having a friend that you’re excited about betraying you,” Pessoa said. “There are all these dynamics that come with being a person in their 20s … you want to be liked, and you want to find love … that’s an exaggerated situation, but still we can all relate to every single one of them in some way. You can be mad at KC, but you also know how good it feels to be pursued.”

“Love Island USA” drops new episodes everyday on Peacock except Sundays at 6 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET.

It’s official: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will have their blowout wedding bash at Madison Square Garden, and the pop star’s carpenters are hard at work transforming the arena into a proper wedding venue.

Though some fans theorized that the load-in at MSG was part of an elaborate ruse, a memo from the New York Police Department confirmed that the “Love Story” singer is indeed tying the knot at the famed New York City arena.

In the days leading up to the festivities, MSG has seen heightened security, police presence and production crews. Photos from the venue show men driving lifts wearing brown “Taylor Swift’s Carpenters” T-shirts. As of Wednesday, the blocks surrounding the venue were already barricaded, with more set up Thursday.

The NYPD memo also revealed that Swift will host a private rehearsal dinner party Thursday night for roughly 100 guests, while the main event will take place Friday with as many as 1,000 guests, according to the New York Times.

The report also noted that police deployment for the pop star’s two-day festivities will not quite amount to the show of force that surrounded the N.B.A. finals, when thousands of officers were sent to monitor fans for the Knicks’ victory parade.

Swift teased in an interview with on “The Graham Norton Show” in October that she wanted to have a large wedding, even joking that she would invite anyone she’s ever talked to.

“I think the only stressful weddings are the ones where you have a small amount and people are on the bubble,” she said at the time. “And you have to evaluate or assess your relationship with them to see if they should be there. I’m not going to do that.”

Check out pictures of the MSG wedding prep below!

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 30: Crew members are seen unloading trucks and transporting large boxes and items under tarps into Madison Square Garden in preparation for the rumored wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce on June 30, 2026 in New York, New York.

A person takes a picture of a poster featuring an image and quote from US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift outside Madison Square Garden in New York on July 1, 2026. Increasing signs point to a mega-bash for the A-list celebrity couple Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden this week. Rumors have run rampant for weeks that the 36-year-old pop superstar and the three-time NFL Super Bowl winner, both 36, could wed at the storied sports arena, home to the New York Knicks, the newly crowned NBA champions.

01 July 2026, USA, New York: Media representatives are standing behind barriers in front of Madison Square Garden. There are growing indications that Taylor Swift and professional football player Travis Kelce may have chosen the world-famous Madison Square Garden as the venue for their wedding reception. Photo: Tom Weller/dpa

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 2: Police set up barricades around Madison Square Garden on July 2, 2026 in New York City. According to reports, several permits have been filed with New York City around the venue. There have been unconfirmed reports that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will be celebrating their wedding in the area.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 2: A tent is erected outside Madison Square Garden on July 2, 2026 in New York City. According to reports, several permits have been filed with New York City around the venue. There have been unconfirmed reports that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will be celebrating their wedding in the area.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 2: A tent is erected outside Madison Square Garden on July 2, 2026 in New York City. According to reports, several permits have been filed with New York City around the venue. There have been unconfirmed reports that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will be celebrating their wedding in the area.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JULY 2: General views around Madison Square Garden on July 2, 2026 in New York City. According to reports, several permits have been filed with New York City around the venue. There have been unconfirmed reports that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will be celebrating their wedding in the area.

NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 30: Crew members are seen unloading trucks and transporting large boxes and items under tarps into Madison Square Garden in preparation for the rumored wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce on June 30, 2026 in New York, New York.

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 1: General views around Madison Square Garden on July 1, 2026 in New York, New York. According to reports, several permits have been filed with New York City around the venue. There have been unconfirmed reports that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will be celebrating their wedding in the area.