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Love Island's JaNa Craig has clapped back at her ex's bombshell interview detailing their split.
On Monday, July 21, the 29-year-old reality TV star, who appeared on Season 6 of Love Island USA, took to her Instagram Story to release a statement on the comments her ex-boyfriend, Kenny Rodriguez, made on The Journey Podcast that day. After their time on the show, JaNa and Kenny agreed to try long distance after leaving the villa, as JaNa lived in Las Vegas and Kenny resided in Dallas.
However, the pair confirmed their split in July 2025, with JaNa telling her fans at the time that she'd seen all of the "breakup theories" and that "none have matched up to how terrible, disgusting and disappointing it truly is." Now, Kenny has divulged more about their relationship and JaNa is not happy.
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"Before I call my lawyers, I would like to make a cute little statement," Craig wrote via her Instagram Stories on Monday. "To the person who thought it was a good idea to send me a cease and desist and go on a whole a-- podcast and make up straight f----ing lies, very ballsy of you."
She added, "How f---ing insane. But if you wanna f---ing play, let's f---ing play. I think you should give me permission to drop all the text messages … You know everything you said was a f---ing lie. All of our — all of my friends — know it was a lie so I'm not even stressing."
Craig claimed that she "spared" Rodriguez and his public image in the wake of their July 2025 breakup, adding that she has been minding her "business."
Continuing to vent about Kenny's airing of their breakup, JaNa said, "You thought that was a good idea? Alright, b----, let's f---ing play. Also, how about you tell your 99-cent lawyers to answer the f---ing phone because what you're not about to do is ever think you could come for me and get away with it."
In a separate clip shared on Tuesday, July 21, the star told her fans that she wouldn't watch the podcast, after seeing "enough clips" online. However, she also claimed that she "threatened" to call the police on Kenny.
"He knows for a fact that I threatened him to call the cops," she claimed. "That's the last thing I said to him. Before I was gonna call the cops, he piped the f--- down and then I left and that's it."
She also claimed she's "never assaulted anyone" after Kenny alleged she was "physical" the night she found an alleged racist text message on his phone.
"Never in my life have I assaulted anyone. I would never do such a thing," she claimed. "There were no daily arguments. We were fine. Obviously we argued because we were a couple, but it wasn’t daily. We were perfectly fine. It’s literally all a lie. I never begged his family for him back."
On the podcast, Kenny said, "It was a text message with a friend that I had before [the show] and I did say a statement where I generalized and I take full accountability. It doesn’t represent the person that I am."
He added, "I take full accountability for it. I think it’s a bit unfair. I think it's a bit unjust. I have black friends, I've dated black women before. I couldn’t deal with the disrespect anymore. I understand it could hurt people, yes, and I apologize for that. That doesn’t define me."
Rodriguez added, "I made a statement that I’m not proud of, and I take full accountability for it. But I think it’s a bit unjust to take that situation and to have that define me and run with that."
Tearing up, he continued, "Kordell [Beckham] reached out to me and that’s the one person that I have the utmost respect for." He claimed Beckham, 24, was the only Love Island USA Season 6 cast member who he remained in touch with after the incident.
However, Beckham posing via Instagram on Monday, "@KennyRodriguez 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 that ass and we haven’t spoken since. Shout out my sis JaNa love you for life girl. And keep my mf name out your mouth I don't fw you bro."
The Mirror US has reached out to JaNa and Kenny's reps for comment.
In July last year, JaNa exposed her breakup with Kenny, writing on social media, "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.
"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."
Kenny then released a statement that read, "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."
After seeing Kenny's statement, JaNa clapped back, writing at the time, "Stfu you manipulative liar. You not taking accountability and telling people the type of person you really are is insane to me!! My first statement was me being nice. Do not piss me off."
