Love Island USA’s Kenny Rodriguez has spoken out after his split from JaNa Craig.
“The past few days have been incredibly difficult. I’ve been quietly sitting with a lot of emotions and doing my best to process everything privately,” Kenny, 24, wrote via his Instagram Story on Tuesday, July 29. “Breakups are never easy, especially in the public eye. Sometimes, despite how deeply you care for someone, you come to the hard truth that the relationship was not something that could last long-term.”
Kenny continued, “I’ll always be grateful for the time we shared and the memories we created. I release this chapter with no ill will, only a hope that JaNa’s path forward brings her nothing but happiness.”
Kenny’s message came shortly after JaNa, 28, posted her own statement via her Instagram Story.
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“Hi my loves. Thank you for all your love & support. It means the world to me. As you know, Kenny and I are no longer together,” she wrote. “Please know that I have seen all the breakup theories and none have matched up to how terrible, disgusting and disappointing it truly is. Discovering that someone you loved isn’t who you thought they were and that the relationship you thought you were building hasn’t been genuine since day one has been truly devastating.”
JaNa continued, “Thank you for respecting my privacy and please know as a child of God, I will always be okay.”
Fans began to speculate about a split when they noticed that JaNa had unfollowed Kenny on social media. Their Love Island season 6 costars Serena Page and Leah Kateb did the same, as did Serena’s boyfriend, Kordell Beckham, and Leah’s partner, Miguel Harichi.
JaNa was an original Islander on season 6 in June 2024. She first connected with Coye Simmons and Connor Newsum before ultimately pairing up with Kenny.
JaNa and Kenny stayed together after the show ended, even pushing through long distance.
“I don’t want to move [to Dallas] right away. I think we could do our own thing, change our work schedules so we can spend time [and do], like, a year of visiting each other — or less maybe — but me moving to Dallas right now would be crazy,” she said on “The Viall Files” podcast in July 2024. “He leaves [Los Angeles, where the podcast episode was taped], today and I’m so sad! It was like, ‘Oh, we’re gonna be good and FaceTime all the time.’”
She continued, “But knowing that I’m [here] until Tuesday and he’s leaving today, I was like, ‘This sucks because we spent every day together for the past month and a half.’ It’s like, we’re naturally best friends and partners. For him to leave, it’s super sad.”
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JaNa later opened up about her connection with Kenny ahead of their one-year anniversary in an exclusive interview with Us Weekly in June.
“You know what’s so crazy? When it first came out, it didn’t hit me,” she said. “The first six months outside the villa, I don’t think it hit me. But now that it’s settled down and season 7 is coming, I was like, ‘My gosh, I did that last summer.’”
Their relationship was also explored in Beyond the Villa, which is currently airing season 1 on Peacock.