'Love Island' USA brings back Mackenzie Dipman

This 'Love Island' USA Season 2 star is the villa's newest bombshell: Here's who's back

In a first-look video that posted on Aug. 16, "Love Island" USA teased that 25-year-old Mackenzie Dipman — and her beloved stuffed animal, Gus — will be joining Season 4.

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Mackenzie, an Arizona State University and Chaparral High School (Scottsdale) graduate, had been a fan-favorite cast member on Season 2 of "Love Island," which aired in 2020

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"I just think it's going to be a lot more fun this time around, a lot less pressure," she told People.

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Based on the first-look video, it's possible that she will join the cast as soon as Episode 26, which premieres on Peacock at 6 p.m. MST on Aug. 16.

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"It's been two years. And I know that the person that I am walking into this experience now, two years later,

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Is going to have a very different experience from the person that walked into the villa the first time," Mackenzie

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