Are Nicole Jackie and Kendall Washington of Love Island USA still dating?
Spoilers ahead for all episodes of “Love Island USA” Season 6. In the world of Love Island USA, there's nothing better than leaving the villa with a relationship in place. (Season 6 standouts Kendall Washington and Nicole Jackie were one of the lucky pairs to make their relationship official on the hit dating reality show, and their relationship was tested by frisky challenges, bombshells, and even Casa Amor. Nevertheless, Kendall and Nicole remained one of the strongest couples on this season of the popular dating series currently airing on Peacock; the two even said “I love you” to each other by the July 21 finale as season 6 finalists.
Now that the Islanders' cameras are not rolling (at least until the “Love Island USA” Season 6 reunion special, of course), fans are wondering what will happen to the couple when they re-enter the real world. For everything we know so far about the couple's post-Season 6 situation, read this article.
Kendall Washington, a 27-year-old from Dallas, Texas, was one of the 12 original cast members who arrived on Love Island USA on opening day. He was originally coupled with Hannah Smith, but that all changed when 26-year-old Nicole Jackie walked into the Fiji villa on day six. Nicole and Kendall hit it off immediately as she followed him and were paired in a subsequent re-coupling.
Kendall and Nicole ended up being one of the most bonded pairs and stayed together for the rest of the season, surviving the drama of Casa Amor; on the July 21 finale, when Kendall learned that he had returned from Casa Amor and she had decided to wait for him, he Nicole confirmed that he knew she loved him.
Nicole and Kendall became boyfriend and girlfriend after Kendall popped the question, and they made it official in the fourth week of the season. They were, of course, among the four couples who became finalists, including Selina Paige and Cordell Beckham, Leah Kateb and Miguel Haraich, and Jana Craig and Kenny Rodriguez. Despite the fact that they were among the four couples who became finalists (and shared a big L-O-V-E at the end of the season), they finished Season 6 as the fourth-place couple. (Fan favorites Serena and Cordell inevitably took the grand prize.)
Kendall and Nicole seemed to be on cloud nine immediately after the season ended; in a post-finale interview with Us Weekly, the two discussed their post-season 6 plans, which included eventually moving to California to They talked about living together in California as a plan for after season 6. Kendall, a Texas Christian University graduate, currently lives in Dallas, but has ties to the Sunshine State, where Nicole lives in Sacramento.
“It's nice that she lives in California, because I have a lot of family there. So when I go to California, I get to see Nicole, I get to see my family, it's a win-win situation,” Kendall told the outlet.
“My mom is especially excited that Nicole is from there, because she knows that my family ultimately wants me to move back to California.”
The couple has also had to deal with off-screen drama since the show's end; as Page Six reported, while Kendall was filming “Love Island USA” in Fiji, “private” videos of him on social media without his consent shared on social media without his consent. Kendall responded to the leak in an Instagram story he wrote after getting his phone back after the finale.
“What a way to get my phone back y'all,” he wrote in a post shared on July 22.
“I just want to address the content that came out of my past . That was something I trusted and told someone. I'm sorry it's no longer private, but it is what it is."
He continued.
He continued, “I want to thank all the calls and texts that have kept me going during this time. I am so grateful for my experience on Love Island [sic] and I love everyone who has been following my journey. I'm excited to see what's next.”
Clearly, he is over the unfortunate blunder and looking forward to a future with Nicole. We'll be watching to see how their romance unfolds over the next few weeks.
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