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Warning: Love Island USA Season 6 spoilers ahead. They officially became boyfriend and girlfriend in week 4, but are Kendall and Nicole still together after Love Island USA Season 6? Their off-camera drama could pose a problem.
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Kendall Washington, a 27-year-old from Dallas, Texas, and Nicole Jacky, a 26-year-old from Sacramento, California, were one of four couples in the Love Island USA Season 6 finale, along with Kordell and Serena; Leah and Miguel; and JaNa and Kenny. Kendall was an original islander who entered the villa on day one, while Nicole was a bombshell who arrived on day six.
Kendall and Nicole coupled up at the fourth recoupling after Kendall’s breakup with his original partner, Hannah Smith. They remained together until the Love Island USA Season 6 finale and even made it official in the fourth week after Kendall asked Nicole to be his girlfriend.
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Kendall and Nicole were also one of two couples who got alone time in the hideaway. (JaNa and Kenny were the second couple.) Though Kendall and Nicole seemed to be one of the most solid couples on Love Island USA Season 6 and the only couple in the finale to not recouple once, what fans (and Kendall’s ex-girlfriend) think is another question.
Are Kendall and Nicole still together from Love Island USA Season 6?
Kendall and Nicole haven’t confirmed their relationship status at the time of writing, however, it’s likely they’re still together after the Love Island USA Season 6 finale due to the short amount of time between when the finale aired and when it filmed.
The Love Island USA Season 6 finale aired on July 21, 2024, while voting ended for the winner on July 19, 2024. That meant that, at the time the episode made it on Peacock, the final four couples, including Kendall and Nicole, had only been out of the villa for a day or two. Coye Simmons, an original contestant on Love Island USA Season 6, also confirmed to The Sun that episodes air only a “matter of days” after they’re filmed.
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Though Kendall and Nicole are still together now, the odds don’t look the best for them to stay together. Only three couples from Love Island USA’s past five seasons are still together at the time of writing: Marco and Hannah (Season 5 winners); Bergie and Taylor (Season 5 finalists); and Kyra and Will (Season 3 runners-up),
Distance is also a main reason that many Love Island USA couples—as well as couples cross the franchise internationally—break up after leaving the villa. Kendall is from Dallas, Texas, while Nicole is from Sacramento, California. That said, it is possible for Kendall and Nicole to make it work. All three of the Love Island USA couples who are still together today are from different states—and even different countries. Marco is from Ohio, while Hannah is from California; Bergie is from Minnesota, while Taylor is from California; and Kyra is from Hawaii, while Will is from Colombia. In comparison, Texas to California is a lot less further than some of these distances.
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Another advantage is that Kendall is an original islander who arrived in the villa on day one, while Nicole entered as a bombshell less than a week later on day 6. Of the three Love Island USA couples who are still together now, all three of them have at least one member who is an original islander.
The biggest obstacle to Kendall and Nicole staying together, however, could be Kendall’s alleged ex-girlfriend, Miami Dolphins cheerleader, Ariana McClure, who shared a since-deleted TikTok claiming that Kendall broke up with her to go on Love Island USA Season 6. “Me realizing that his karma for ending it with me to go on Love Island is having to say my name every time he sees the host,” Ariana wrote in a TikTok video.
Though Ariana didn’t confirm that her ex-boyfriend was Kendall, many fans speculate that he was the ex she was referring to because of where Kendall’s hometown is. Prior to cheerleading for the Miami Dolphins, Ariana was a cheerleader for the Dallas Cowboys based in Dallas, Texas, where Kendall is from. Though Kordell, who was coupled up with Serena, and Kenny, who was coupled up JaNa, are also from Dallas, Kendall is the only Love Island USA Season 6 contestant to follow Ariana on Instagram, according to TikTok account @therealkatherine. “This makes me believe that this TikTok is 100 percent about Kendall,” the account said. He is playing Nicole so that he will win. I don’t think he actually likes her which makes me so sad because I love Nicole. She deserves better.”
Users on Reddit also speculated that Kendall is Ariana’s ex-boyfriend because he also follows Ariana’s sister and friend. The user also cited Netflix’s docuseries, America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, in which Ariana talks about her other career in medical device sales, the same industry that Kendall works in.
“If Kendall has no haters, I’m dead. This guy is SO FAKE and he’s literally been bouncing and giddy through all his friends’ breakdowns. He def thinks he’s ‘top dog’ because of his relationship with Nicole being the only solid one in the house, but I think they’re fake af and a boring couple,” a Reddit user wrote.
Another user added, “He isn’t even good at hiding it at this point… He thinks he is a lot smarter than he is. And the message that he is pushing is actually pretty harmful. It annoys me that they keep giving him the screen time. PLEASE do not vote for this clown. He has to go.”
Love Island USA is available to stream on Peacock.
