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“Love Island” stars JaNa Craig and her ex-love match Kenny Rodriguez are back in the spotlight. And believe us when we tell you, the news is not good.
Craig recently spoke about how she’s been handling the aftermath of her horrific breakup with Rodriguez. As we previously told you, the pair quickly became one of the most talked-about couples on the show after meeting in the villa and finishing third place in the 2024 season. After filming wrapped, they continued their romance and appeared committed to exploring their connection beyond the show.
However, their relationship ended in July 2025 after Craig said she discovered Rodriguez was not the person she believed him to be, and that their romance was built on false intentions. Reports later claimed Craig found messages allegedly showing Rodriguez admitted to faking their connection for fame and money and made racist comments about not being attracted to Black women.
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Now, Rodriguez is telling his side of the story, sitting down for an all-new interview for “The Journey Podcast.” During their conversation, he explained that Craig went through his phone after an argument they had after spending a night out in LA. The next morning, she allegedly woke him by telling him that she was upset at what she found. Rodriguez then claimed she got physical with him, threatened to call 911, and “that’s when he knew it wasn’t gonna end well.”
He also shared that he sent her a letter expressing that he felt their relationship had lasted too long and that they had been dealing with issues that led to their eventual breakup. In another clip, Rodriguez mentioned that the only person from the show to reach out to him after things hit the fan was his fellow “Love Island” costar Kordell Beckham and that he had “the utmost respect” for him for that. (Beckham and his partner Serena Page won the 2024 season.)
But, in a swift post to his Instagram stories, Beckham made it clear that he was not an ally or friend to Rodriguez.
“We not even gon get on how you sat on that podcast and lied the entire time. But what we not gon do is lie like I condoned anything you did/said. After YOU called me, I got on that ass, and we haven’t spoken since. Shoutout to my sis JaNa, love you for life girl. And keep my name out yo mf mouth, I don’t f*ck with you bro,” he said.
After seeing numerous clips and Beckham’s post, Craig then hopped on her Instagram stories to respond in a statement before “calling her lawyers.”
“To the person who thought it was a good idea to send me a cease and desist [order] and then go on a whole ass podcast and make up straight f*cking lies, very ballsy of you. How f*cking insane. But if you want to f*cking play, let’s f*cking play,” Craig said before explaining that Rodriguez ought to give her permission to release the aforementioned text messages.
“You know everything you said [on the podcast] was a f*cking lie. All of my friends know it’s a lie, so I’m not even stressing…I spared you. For a whole f*cking year. I been minding my business, literally focusing on myself and my blessings, and you thought that was a good idea? Alright b*tch, let’s f*cking play,” Craig said.
In a follow-up post, she further shared that after their ordeal at the Los Angeles hotel, she left and never spoke to him again. She also pushed back on Rodriguez’s narrative that she “begged” him to stay in their relationship and that they had daily arguments and issues.
On Tuesday, Craig posted again to Instagram, making it clear that she’d never been physical with Rodriguez and suggesting that she had over 70 screenshots of messages. She also let on that Rodriguez had made more derogatory comments about the Black community, immigrants, and the LGBTQ+ community. Rodriguez has yet to respond to Craig’s latest words.
