Love Island USA star Leslie Golden (@lesliehannahbelle) has gone viral after sharing a recent dating disaster—which, bizarrely, happened at the grocery store.
The content creator, who recently went through a breakup, says it all began when she liked a viral post of a New York street interviewer who was asking people what made them confident. After she liked the post, Golden says the interviewee from the video slid into her DMs.
She notes that they didn’t talk much before the date, and decided to dive straight in with meeting each other. But it didn’t take long for the first red flag to emerge. When the man called Golden via WhatsApp, he asked her: “How’s Daddy’s little girl?”
He also insisted on a more ‘fancy’ date with steak, while Golden suggested something more casual. Still, he made the final decision. He told her to dress fancy and tried to order an Uber for her, which she declined because she didn’t want a stranger knowing her address.
So, she goes to the location he sent her, and he hops in the car. When he was in the car, he immediately squeezed her thigh, which led to Golden pulling her leg away. Despite telling her to dress nicely, the man ended up taking her to Erewhon’s buffet. As they waited in line, the man continued to make her feel uncomfortable by hugging her.
She noted that he then spoke Spanish to the servers, claiming that they recognized him because he’s a pro soccer player in Dubai. However, Golden’s friend, whose boyfriend is a pro soccer player in Dubai, didn’t know who he was.
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He begins criticizing her
After insisting they go somewhere private, they begin to eat and start talking about their dating history. The man asks Golden if she’s open to criticism before proceeding to go in on her. He begins by telling her that he usually only dates European and Russian women because they’re quiet, do what they’re told, and are feminine.
He also claimed she behaved in a ‘masculine’ way by offering a place to eat and driving herself to the date. When Golden noted that she was worried about giving her address, he dismissed her, saying that American women always act like they’re gonna get murdered.
Things then got weirder. He tells her to stand up and then hugs her. When she does this, he “fully tries to grope” her. Then, when he left, he walked ahead of her. The final straw was when they were in the car driving back and noticed the pole dancing pole she had in the car, which led to him telling her that to be more feminine, she needed to dance. The video amassed 3.1 million views.
In a follow-up video, Golden admitted that she had the ‘ick’ from the moment he said “daddy’s little girl, ‘ but admitted that she wanted his attention. She added that, for her, this is a lesson on why you should choose healthier options than external validation.
Golden didn’t immediately respond to The Mary Sue’s request for comment via TikTok comment and Instagram direct message.
Commenters couldn’t believe it
In the comments, users were in shock. “As women, we are too nice,” one wrote. “I am so sorry, girl.”
“Why are you letting him touch you?!?!?!” another asked. Meanwhile, a third quipped that this man was “Andrew Tate’s #1 customer.”
“He was on something for sure,” a fourth added, while a fifth said, “We need to just start getting up and leaving mid date.”
A sixth suspected that this was “dating coach BS,” designed to test a date’s patience. “I think they teach this to test your ‘chill level,'” they explained.
Should you take someone to dinner on a first date?
In the initial TikTok, Golden also mentioned that she prefers a more casual set-up than your typical fancy dinner date — and as it turns out, relationship experts agree with her.
For example, TikToker and relationships expert Tay (@tayydiazmercado) recently went viral after arguing that dinner dates are actually the worst choice for a first date — and it all boils down to this idea of too much, too soon.
“What dinner in 2025 as a first date feels like to a majority of women–and I’ve talked to a lot of them–is like you and me going scuba diving and I take you 100 feet deep real quick,” she explained.
That being said, can you really call a grocery store date a dinner date?
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