Gal Tshnieder turned his ‘Love Island’ villain era into a coffee shop draw

Being the villain on reality TV usually means hiding from the internet. Instead, “Love Island USA” star Gal Tshnieder and his staff leaned into the backlash — and turned his coffee shop into a viral sensation.

LOS ANGELES — The “Love Island USA” villa may be thousands of miles away, but for Gal Tshnieder, the cameras never really stopped rolling.

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