'Love Island: USA's Nicole and Kendall Discuss Revenge Porn and Relationship Status
“I’ve never been in that position in my life… My whole world’s upside down.”
Hit dating show Love Island: USA returns for a special reunion, discussing the aftermath of revenge porn and status of Kendall and Nicole’s relationship. Just five days after the reunion, she revealed the couple split.
After the series finale, ending with Nicole and Kendall in the final three, revenge porn was leaked of Kendall. The footage was wrongfully shared by someone Kendall trusted, and timed right before his villa exit, leaving family terrified of how he would adjust.
According to Nicole, the couple is still together, but on the rocks. “I haven’t ended things, we’re still together,” Nicole said. “Even though you’ve [Kendall] let the world think we’re not together.”
Immediately, the cast chimed in in support of Kendall, which left Nicole in tears. She shared that contrary to the public’s belief, she didn’t split due to revenge porn. But they are on the rocks due to him lying about the context of the video. The video was allegedly recorded a few days before he entered the villa, with someone from a dating app. “You’ve let me take sh-t for the past three f-cking weeks” Nicole continued, detailing that he never checked in with her.
Kendall shared that he did lie. ”I didn’t have time to process,” he told her. “I’ve never been in that position in my life… My whole world’s upside down.” And shared efforts made to heal the relationship. Nicole quickly chimed in: “And I knew you were doing it just to bring up now.”
On August 20, she took to Instagram to reveal the relationship was over.
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Love Island USA Kendall and Nicole Officially Split After Reunion:
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Kendall Washington and Nicole Jacky officially called it quits after airing out their relationship drama during the season 6 reunion of Love Island USA.
Nicole announced the split on Tuesday, August 20. “On August 18th, Kendall and I agree our relationship was worth working on, and we were making plans for me to visit him in Dallas soon. However, today, on August 20th, he called and ended things,” she stated.
“While I understand an respect his decision, it’s hard to process this one. I opened up to him in the villa, and still love and care for him now. I’m struggling mentally and all I ask for is privacy during this time.”
Kendall also posted to his socials sharing that the relationship was unsalvageable and not “healthy.” He also urged fans not to send hate to Nicole, despite their opinions. “I still love and care for Nicole. I’ve never developed such strong feelings for a woman in my life,” he shared on his story. “I have no regrets for the connection I made with her in the villa and it was real.”
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