Love Island USA's JaNa and Kenny on Their Future, Reunion Receipts and the Unnamed Hookup Rumor
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00:00Alright, first things first, Janay, how did you pick your reunion look?
00:03My wedding dress?
00:06Yes.
00:06I begged for that. I fought for that wedding dress.
00:09I told Production, like, I love you guys, but if I don't get this dress to give Kenny an idea,
00:13I don't want to go outside.
00:14So, it was a whole back and forth, like, you can wear the dress.
00:17I was like, thank you, but it's cute.
00:20I literally said in the beginning, like, I'm looking for a husband.
00:22So, I told myself I'm going to wear, like, a beautiful wedding dress,
00:25like, on the last date, if I make it, just to give a hint, so.
00:29Kenny, what was your reaction?
00:31She looked absolutely gorgeous.
00:33I mean, I was amazed. I was wowed.
00:35She always puts that thing on.
00:38Thank you, Janay.
00:39Alright, well, we have to talk about this upcoming reunion.
00:42A lot has happened on social media within, you know, within the cast,
00:46since you guys have gotten out of the villa.
00:48So, what was the number one question you wanted answered
00:51when you were reuniting with your fellow Islanders?
00:54What was yours?
00:56For me, just the Kendo and Nicole situation,
01:00I think they haven't really addressed it online, social media.
01:05And so, coming into that reunion, that was the big question for me.
01:10Where do they stand if there's any hate?
01:13For me, everyone that insulted Leah, I talked bad about her,
01:19like, off, like, post-villa.
01:21I wanted to understand where did that come from,
01:23because she was such a sweetheart.
01:25And, like, for me personally, like, Connor,
01:28I don't know what I did wrong as a kid,
01:31but the lies he's been saying just doesn't make sense.
01:33I will never give it the time of day anymore,
01:35but it just didn't make sense to me.
01:37Like, all the people that lied after the villa, I was like,
01:39why are you guys lying?
01:40Like, we were a big, happy family, and one by one,
01:42they're just, like, breaking up the family,
01:44and we're like, okay, then you can go over there if you want, so.
01:47So, how do you go about preparing for that?
01:49Are you, like, taking screenshots of things you're seeing?
01:51Are you taking notes watching the show?
01:52No, for the reunion, I had four pages of notes,
01:55and so I watched the show,
01:57and I clocked, like, episode 13 at four minutes,
02:0018 seconds, 36 milliseconds,
02:03you said this, explain yourself.
02:05And then I'll screenshot any interview that, like,
02:08Connor lied about, Andrea, the whole list goes on, right?
02:11I'll screen record it, and, like,
02:13just in case they don't remember saying it,
02:15I'm like, well, here's your iPad right here, my iPad,
02:17play it for them, like, explain yourself,
02:19because I want to teach people how to stand on business,
02:21and, you know, explain what you said,
02:23so I was overly prepared.
02:25She prepared a four-page document,
02:27the citations, the bibliography, the whole shebang,
02:31and she was just...
02:32If you come for me or PPG, not a good idea.
02:35How did that go over?
02:36Were people, you know, how did their answers line up for you?
02:39Do you think people were able to hold you accountable?
02:41Some people saved their own, if I'm being honest,
02:44like, for example, Koi, he did a good job.
02:46Before I could even grill him, he was like,
02:48first thing I want to do is come and apologize to you,
02:50and Kenny, like, you guys have an amazing relationship,
02:52because he said on a live that it wasn't real,
02:55that I'd never go for Kenny.
02:56He goes, I watched the show, and I want to apologize,
02:59because it looks like you guys have a great relationship.
03:01I'm like, you saved yourselves, so good job.
03:03Yeah, the others, not so much.
03:05All right, all right.
03:06Where do you guys go from here?
03:08Do you think that there are relationships
03:10that maybe you want to keep working on,
03:13or is this like, does the reunion feel like closure?
03:16I don't think we got closure from the reunion,
03:19if I'm being honest.
03:20I personally don't like the way it ended.
03:23Lots of emotion, lots of tears, lots of yelling, lots of hurt.
03:29I don't know, if I'm being honest.
03:31I don't think it left off on a good note.
03:33I wish other people could get closure,
03:38and I just, we used to be a really big, happy family.
03:43It doesn't feel like that anymore, so it sucks.
03:45What do you think, Kenny?
03:46Kendall's my boy.
03:47We live in Dallas together.
03:49We're kind of going through it together.
03:53We go out, but we also talk about the situation
03:57and things that are going on in our lives
03:59and kind of just taking it day by day.
04:01So whatever happens, I know he can rely on me.
04:05He has me.
04:06Is there anyone who came out super fiery
04:08at the reunion that you weren't expecting,
04:10besides Janae, but maybe people were expecting that?
04:12Maybe someone who showed up and you were like,
04:14oh, I didn't know you were going to.
04:16I'm so proud of Kayla.
04:18Okay, good.
04:19Yeah, little teaser.
04:20She didn't cry.
04:22She delivered it.
04:23She said how she feels.
04:24She's still in business with no tears,
04:26and I've never been so proud.
04:27That's the Kayla I've been waiting for all summer.
04:29I was like, girl, where were you?
04:30Wow, I'm shocked.
04:32I'm very proud of her.
04:33She did great.
04:34Okay.
04:35Is there a relationship that has actually gotten stronger
04:37that has surprised you, maybe a pleasant surprise,
04:39like, oh, look at these two in the outside world
04:41are really actually making a run for it?
04:44I think PPG specifically.
04:46Like, me, Serena, and Leah,
04:49I think we've been doing really good in our relationships.
04:51We're all girlfriends.
04:52Yeah.
04:53Yeah, so we're back on top.
04:56What is the PPG group chat like?
04:58Like, can you tell me anything?
05:00What are you guys...
05:01How often does that go off?
05:02What are you saying?
05:03No, it's...
05:05I feel like it's just them ranting about,
05:07oh, look what Kenny did today.
05:09Why is he acting like this?
05:11Cora Cordell lost.
05:13It's just ranting about us.
05:15If you were to know what we talked about,
05:17you wouldn't even believe us.
05:18Like, you guys will never know.
05:19I think there might be the number one group chat
05:21I'd want to be in in the world.
05:22It might be the PPG group chat.
05:24I'm honored to be a part of the group chat.
05:25The things we talk about, we just cry all day.
05:27It's a bunch of, like, laughing emojis.
05:29Oh, my God.
05:30Are there a lot of, like, sub Love Island group chats?
05:32Like, the boys, the girls, some of the girls, some of the boys.
05:34Yeah, we have the PPG.
05:35That's, like, the OG one, right?
05:36And then we have the PPGM.
05:37So it's, like, our boyfriends and us in a group
05:40because we want to plan trips and stuff.
05:41We have one with Kayla and Liv,
05:43PPG Kayla and Liv, and that's it.
05:45Okay.
05:46We keep the circle small.
05:47Mm-hmm.
05:48Tell me about Ariana.
05:49How was she as a host?
05:50I know you love your girl, Ari.
05:51Love her.
05:52She had to take some cues from Andy Cohen.
05:53She's been to her reunion a time or two herself,
05:55usually on the other side, but she can deliver.
05:57How'd she do?
05:58I think she's amazing.
05:59Yeah, I think we need to apologize to her
06:01because we talk over her.
06:02There's so much going on.
06:03I feel like we all owe her an apology,
06:06but she delivers.
06:07She's amazing.
06:08She's a queen, so.
06:09Yeah, she really is.
06:10Queen being a queen.
06:11Did you guys feel like you got to, like,
06:12bond with her a little bit when you were in Fiji?
06:14I feel like you were always so excited
06:15when she walked in.
06:16Yeah, it's been so crazy.
06:17I feel like at the end we left, like,
06:18she was, like, our big sis,
06:19and she was, like, rooting for us girls.
06:21It was amazing.
06:22She invited us to her show on Broadway, Chicago,
06:24so we felt so special.
06:25She's amazing.
06:26You have to go watch it.
06:27Yeah.
06:28It's the best.
06:29But, no, yeah, I feel like we can, like,
06:31just message her if we need her.
06:32She gave us really good advice,
06:33like, inside the villa, post villa.
06:35She's just, like, amazing all around.
06:37Like, everything about her is, like, amazing.
06:38Yeah.
06:39Yeah.
06:40What is the craziest rumor you guys have heard
06:41about anyone on the cast of Love Island USA?
06:46What is the craziest rumor?
06:49Oh, I think there was, like, a rumor.
06:53Oh, God.
06:54No, because I know you started the rumor as a joke,
06:56and it kind of blew up, but it was just a joke,
06:59and I won't say the person's names,
07:01but there's this rumor going on that, like,
07:03two people were, like, sexually active
07:06that you guys don't know about.
07:08Oh, yeah.
07:09It's just a joke.
07:10It was a really bad joke that turned into, like,
07:13something way worse, but, no, it's just a joke.
07:15We won't say the names, but, like, no.
07:17We don't need to feed into that one.
07:18All right.
07:19For you guys, dating outside the villa,
07:20what has been the best part so far?
07:22What's been the best part, Kenny?
07:24I think being out in public and just doing a couple things.
07:28Going on dates.
07:30Going to the mall.
07:31You know, the mall.
07:32Shopping.
07:33Having her pick outfits for me.
07:35You know, mini golf.
07:36Like, little things like that.
07:38Just doing a couple activities.
07:40Did anyone come up to you guys at the mall?
07:42Yeah, no, it was bad.
07:43It was bad.
07:44I don't know what made us think that was an okay thing to do.
07:46Like, we should have gone in, like, hoodies and stuff.
07:48No, there was a lot of people who were like,
07:50we got to go, but, yeah, it was fun for, like,
07:52the first ten minutes, but, yeah.
07:55It didn't make sense.
07:56You're coming from, obviously, a reality show.
07:58It's an accelerated timeline in there.
08:00Like, you feel like, you know, the relationship,
08:02you know, goes kind of quick.
08:04Going out, do you feel a pressure to kind of keep going
08:06at, like, maybe a quicker pace than normal?
08:08Do you almost want to slow down and go the opposite way?
08:11Are you just feeling it out?
08:12Does that make any sense?
08:13Yeah, okay, so I think because we live in different cities,
08:16we have to go at a certain pace.
08:18We spent a lot of time already together post-fill.
08:21Like, I've gone to Dallas to visit him,
08:23and we've been in New York together.
08:25But my biggest priority is just to make sure, like,
08:28Kenny feels comfortable at all times.
08:30So it's, like, whatever he wants, I'm down.
08:32At a rate of 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
08:36He gets my sense of humor.
08:39Oh, guys, no breaks.
08:41I have a really bad sense of humor,
08:43and I'm so grateful that he gets it,
08:45because anyone else thinks I'm, like, psyched
08:46or, like, mentally unstable.
08:48But I think I'm stable.
08:49Like, I'm fine.
08:50He keeps me stable, so whatever he wants, I want.
08:53Yeah, but I think we have done a good job
08:55of just being receptive.
08:57Like, we call each other in the morning and the night,
08:59and we give each other our time.
09:01We understand we're busy.
09:02Both of us are busy.
09:03But I think we've been pretty good.
09:04Like, when you call me, I pick up.
09:06When I call you, you pick up.
09:07Yeah, he always answers.
09:08Sometimes I call, and he's like,
09:09he answered.
09:10Okay, I'll get day back.
09:11I'm just, like, just making sure.
09:12Oh, my God.
09:13Are we, like, sharing locations?
09:14Because before, you got to, like,
09:15see each other from across.
09:16Like, oh, he's in Seoul, Thais.
09:17He's working out.
09:18Now are we doing that from, like, different states?
09:20When we were, like, when I was going to Dallas,
09:22I couldn't find his apartment.
09:23And so Productions, like, just asked for his location.
09:26I was like, smart.
09:28I was like, can you just give me your location?
09:29He's like, okay.
09:30Turn it on forever.
09:31Not just 24 hours.
09:32I'm like, do you want mine?
09:33He's like, sure.
09:34I'm like, oh, level four.
09:35Let's go.
09:36He doesn't even know it.
09:37Yeah, we're in the same hotel room.
09:39I'm just like, where's Kenny?
09:40He's, like, sitting right next to me.
09:42Okay, just making sure.
09:43Just making sure.
09:44Obviously, you guys learn so much about each other
09:46because you, like, live together in this crazy whirlwind.
09:48But is there anything you've learned outside of the villa
09:51that surprised you, good way or bad way,
09:53about each other?
09:54Yeah, anything?
09:56It's hard because you get to know each other
09:58in such an intimate way.
09:59Oh, you know what?
10:00I will say yes anyway.
10:01We've gone out a couple times to the club,
10:03and he has, like, an amazing job.
10:06He does a great job of handling his liquor
10:08and then babysitting me because I'm a lightweight.
10:10Yes, it's bad.
10:11So, like, I just know when I get, like, drunk in the club,
10:14I'm like, oh, Kenny got me.
10:15Like, he's always checking on me.
10:16Great quality.
10:17Yeah, I love that.
10:18I love that.
10:19Very attentive.
10:20I think I've gone to her a lot for advice,
10:22like, just advice on how to deal with this
10:25and with life going forward.
10:27So we've been able to just speak about it clearly
10:30without, you know, genuinely and just go through stuff.
10:34Healthy communication?
10:35Yeah.
10:36It's so healthy, it's scary.
10:37Why do you think?
10:38What do you credit that to?
10:39I don't know.
10:40I guess our parents, maybe?
10:41Maybe.
10:42He has a really good relationship with his mom.
10:44I have a degree in communication,
10:45so maybe that's just kind of, like, me, me, me.
10:47Kenny's a mom in your education.
10:49That's the perfect...
10:50Marriage.
10:51I love that.
10:54I have to ask you, Janae, I know you're a Love Island fan.
10:58Did you watch UK, too?
10:59I love Love Island, UK.
11:00Okay, are we upset about Molly Mae and Tommy Fury?
11:03When I told you just the other day I got the news
11:05and I wanted to shed a tear because when people are like,
11:07like, what's your motivation?
11:08I'm like, the OG, Molly Mae.
11:10When I tell you, that's, like, literally my motivation
11:12when I walked into the villa.
11:13Like, that was one of many.
11:14Yeah.
11:15But I'm sad.
11:16Am I, like, the only one that's optimistic?
11:18Like, maybe there's a chance?
11:19He'll come back?
11:20I don't know the full story.
11:21I don't think anyone does.
11:22He cheated on her?
11:23He denied it.
11:24He denied cheating.
11:25He denied it.
11:26But there's some, you know, photos that people are like,
11:27I don't know how I feel about that.
11:28It's just like, what?
11:29Molly Mae?
11:30Like, come on.
11:31I know.
11:32It doesn't get better than her.
11:33I know.
11:34Poor Bambi.
11:35Baby Bambi.
11:36Is that her kid's name?
11:37You know, I just have to commiserate with you
11:38because I'm very upset about that.
11:39I'm, like, praying every night.
11:40Like, no, it's a bad nightmare.
11:42We're all going to wake up, like, joke, you know?
11:44Now we have you guys to root for.
11:46I was like, we could pick up the torch,
11:47but no, we're not going to pick up any torch
11:49because they still have the torch and they're killing it
11:51and everything's going to be just fine.
11:52Perfect.