India, July 7 -- During Season 7, Episode 30 of Love Island USA, the show's narrator, Iain Stirling, announced, "Cierra Ortega has left the villa due to a personal situation, leaving Nic officially single." But it was Nic Vansteenberghe's reaction, or lack thereof, that had fans going into a spiral.

Cierra and Nic had just agreed to become an exclusive couple in a recent episode. So when she suddenly left after breakfast with little explanation, many expected Nic to be distraught, or at the very least, to take a beat before moving on.

"Right before Cierra had left, my mind was clear. I knew what the future would look like and now I'm lost," Nic said.

He told the boys, "Well, I think now that my strongest connection has gone there's lik...