On social media platforms — Instagram, Threads, Telegram and short-video networks — clips of Rambod in
Villa XO have circulated widely and provoked both supportive and critical responses. Some accounts highlight his candour on the show and the casual frankness of dating-program conversations; others frame his participation as scandalous because of the differences in expectation between conservative broadcast contexts and the candid, often adult-oriented reality-show format. The speed and volume of these reactions reflect how polarized Persian-speaking online communities are on topics of morality, migration and media culture.
