Love Island USA star Kenny Rodriguez created a secret Instagram account where he shared a message to his former girlfriend, JaNa Craig, shooting down rumors that he used her for clout and that he actually does not find Black women attractive.
“To [JaNa Craig], and anyone who needs to hear this … It was never fake … Whatever people may assume, I know what I felt — and I meant it. Every smile, every conversation, every moment — we shared something real, at least from my side. I didn’t fake love. I didn’t fake care. I didn’t fake showing up,” Kenny began in a statement from his social media page. “But sometimes love alone isn’t enough. And when things fall apart, people start rewriting the story to make it hurt less. I won’t do that. I won’t pretend we didn’t matter just because we didn’t last,” he wrote in the since-deleted post.
@msrazzledazzle I am flabbergasted. The audacity of this man to make a secret Instagram and TikTok account!! #jana #kennyrodriguez #janacraig #loveisland #beyondthevilla ♬ original sound – Bits of Banter with Antoinette
“Let this be my final word: I showed up with my whole heart. I gave what I had. And now, I’m choosing peace over pain, and truth over rumors … [I] wish you healing. I’ll find mine too,’ he concluded.
Since confirming their split, Kenny has faced allegations of racism from several of his Season 6 castmates, after a group chat allegedly surfaced showing the reality star using racial slurs to describe JaNa.
JaNa and Kenny began dating in June 2024, and after leaving the villa, JaNa moved back to Las Vegas while Kenny remained in Texas. He eventually moved to Los Angeles to film for Peacock’s Beyond the Villa spinoff, but Kenny refused to move in with her, choosing to move into a different apartment in the same building.
