‘Love Island’ Star Austin Shepard Shares an Update on His Very High Body Count

After five long weeks, Love Island fans finally got the reunion they had been promised during the show’s season finale — and as expected, it was definitely worth the wait. The two-hour season recap featured a host of several dramatic and jaw-dropping moments, and also those that proved to be awkward, specifically one involving cast member Austin Shepard and his updated body count.

Pool boy Austin came into the Fiji villa with his eyes set on having a good time with any lady who gave him attention; however, he failed to make any lasting connections.

From an early forced coupling with Chelley Bissainthe, the quick implosion of his coupling with winner Amaya Espinal, and his final (and extremely short-lived) match with Casa Amor girl Jaden Duggar, Austin continuously struck out.

During what many fans (and also co-host Andy Cohen) noted was an off and awkward appearance, Austin came into the reunion seemingly unable to clearly articulate himself, specifically regarding the breakdown of his relationship with Jaden.

When asked by Andy about his 104-person body count, which was the highest out of all the OG guys and early bombshell Charlie, Austin offered a reply that left Andy just as confused as viewers at home.

Austin attempted to explain that since Love Island has wrapped, he has “subtracted” from his body count number.

Andy asked him to explain how one could subtract from the people that they have slept with, and Austin replied, "I just forget about them."

The last time that viewers saw Austin and Jaden on Love Island, they were leaving the Fiji villa together after being included in the massive five-person dumping that sent them home. The pair left hand-in-hand, and fans assumed that they would continue their relationship, but that quickly faded.

As Jaden revealed, shortly after they left, she and Austin attended a house party, and he was informed that Austin was already seeing other women — despite promising her that he would be honest about such situations.

She explained that she was blindsided and shared that she and Austin had communicated via texts about being honest with each other, a claim that was backed up by Andreina who said she was also at the party and saw the messages.

For his part, Austin claimed that he didn’t remember promising Jaden to be honest about seeing other women, but he repeatedly stumbled regarding the discussion and timeline of events. In the end, Jaden made it very clear that there was no future with her and Austin and that their time together effectively ended once they left the villa.

Some fans already suspected that the two were not together based on their lack of social media interaction and the fact that they had not been seen together since the show ended.