Huda Mustafa is a 25-year-old fitness coach, social media influencer, and reality TV personality from Raleigh, North Carolina. She is of Palestinian descent and built a following online well before reality TV came calling.
Mustafa runs an online fitness coaching business, sharing wellness and gym content with her audience. Fans know her handle — @hudabubbaaa — across TikTok and Instagram, where she posts workout routines, nutrition tips, and real-life updates as a single mother.
Mustafa has a daughter named Arleigh, born in July 2020, who she shares with ex Noah Sheline. She kept that information private when she entered the villa, only revealing her motherhood to her partner in episode four. That reveal became one of Season 7’s most talked-about moments.
Huda Mustafa on ‘Love Island’ Season 7
Huda entered the villa on Day 1 of Love Island USA Season 7 as an original Islander. She wasted no time making an impression. From her early drama with Jeremiah Brown to the now-infamous “Mommy? Mamacita!” moment, Huda quickly became an Islander everyone was talking about.
Her pairing with Jeremiah had instant chemistry, but their incompatibilities became impossible to ignore. America voted to break up the pair and send Jeremiah to new bombshell Iris Kendall. Huda spent time single before Casa Amor changed the game.
The nickname “Hurricane Huda” stuck fast. She was widely labeled the season’s villain, but many fans found her authentic and compelling. Fellow Islanders twice voted to keep her from elimination — a testament to how central she was to the season’s drama.
Huda ultimately left the villa single when she broke up with pro basketball player and Casa bombshell Chris Seeley during the finale. She and Chris finished in third place on Day 32.
Huda Mustafa’s Relationship With Louis Russell
Just days after leaving the villa, Huda was spotted holding hands with Louis Russell, a 24-year-old fixture of Netflix’s reality universe who had recently appeared on “Perfect Match” Season 3. Two weeks later, the pair made their red carpet debut together at the July 31 premiere of the horror movie “Weapons.”
The debut made waves. By going public, Louis was essentially spoiling Perfect Match Season 3 for fans tuning in to see whether his showmance with The Ultimatum alum Sandy Gallagher turned into anything real.
When the Season 7 reunion aired, Huda wouldn’t address the relationship on camera. She cited legal reasons — “It’s Netflix, I’m not allowed to talk about it” — because the Perfect Match Season 3 finale had not yet aired. She made the relationship Instagram official in September 2025.
The couple has continued to generate headlines. A March 2026 report stated Huda was ordered to temporarily stay away from Louis’s ex, Nicole Olivera, and their son, after she was accused of making threats against them.
It is unknown if the two are still together. Though, notably, Huda no longer has any trace of him on her social media.
The Huda Beauty Partnership — And Its End
One of the most talked-about post-villa moves was Huda’s collaboration with Huda Beauty — the global cosmetics brand founded by Huda Kattan (a separate person, despite the shared first name).
Kattan teased the campaign in September 2025, posting a video asking her audience to guess who the “most requested” brand collaboration could be. The full reveal came in a TikTok post that racked up more than 10.7 million views, showing Mustafa watching a tutorial for the brand’s Easy Bake setting powder before Kattan appears and the two meet.
The partnership lasted less than six weeks. Huda Beauty announced in November 2025 that it was cutting ties with Mustafa over behavior that did not align with the brand’s values — citing a TikTok Live on October 28 featuring Mustafa and Louis Russell, during which a caller allegedly used a racist slur and the two appeared to laugh. The brand stated: “At Huda Beauty, kindness and humanity are at the heart of everything we do.”
Outside that collaboration, Mustafa has worked with fitness and lifestyle brands including Gymshark, promoting workout content using a personal discount code.
The situation also sparked a wave of searches around Huda Beauty itself — from its Faux Filter foundation (which is widely available at retailers like Ulta) to questions about harder-to-find products like the Empowered eyeshadow palette. Some fans even went looking for a formal ambassador program, though the brand doesn’t appear to offer a public-facing one.
The spike in interest seems less about the products themselves and more about viewers trying to understand how Mustafa became connected to the brand in the first place — and what exactly happened behind the scenes after the partnership abruptly ended.
Huda Mustafa on ‘Unwell Winter Games’
Huda was part of the debut cast of Alex Cooper’s reality competition series “Unwell Winter Games,” which premiered on the Unwell Network’s YouTube channel on April 6, 2026.
The four-episode series brought contestants to a luxury chalet in Park City, Utah to compete in mental and physical challenges over four days. Huda and Louis competed on the show as a real-life couple.
The cast also included Anna Delvey, Dakota Mortensen, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, Joe Amabile, and Saraya Bevis, among others.
All four episodes are available free on the Unwell YouTube channel.
What Else Is She Up To?
Huda has not slowed down since leaving Fiji. She walked the runway at New York Fashion Week and has teased on Instagram that new music could be coming. Her fitness coaching business remains active, with programs designed to make strength training approachable for women.
She is notably absent from Love Island: Beyond the Villa Season 2. Huda will not be joining other returning Season 7 cast members on the show — though given everything that has unfolded since she left the villa, her story has hardly needed the extra platform.
“Love Island USA” streams on Peacock.
“Unwell Winter Games” streams free on the Unwell Network’s Youtube channel.
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