Tick-tock, the clock was ticking down for “Love Island USA” Season 7’s premiere — besides Peacock hit pause, leaving followers gazing their screens for some time … and let’s simply say, they had been NOT thrilled about it!

The courting sequence’ newest season was speculated to kick off at 6 PM PT Tuesday, however only one minute after the hour, Peacock hit followers with an X publish: “WE GOT A TEXT! Tonight’s episode can be barely delayed. However it’s definitely worth the wait Keep tuned!” And boy, did they keep tuned ready — for over 40 minutes.

Followers had been dropping it, ready for the brand new season to lastly drop. Some had been blowing up the feedback, asking, “How for much longer?!” … whereas others roasted Peacock, saying Netflix would by no means pull this mess. A couple of even canceled their subscriptions on the spot. The theatrics.

Nobody is aware of what went down behind the scenes, however even present host Ariana Madix hopped on IG, telling followers they had crashed the app.

By 6:43, Peacock lastly posted an replace … issues had been shifting — and bam, Ariana made her glam villa entrance, adopted by the primary batch of singletons.

However there was little reduction — ‘trigger followers weren’t precisely cheering for contestant Yulissa Escobar, who’s being dragged on-line for casually utilizing the N-word on two separate podcasts.