Kenzie Annis is getting candid about her time on Love Island USA season eight.
The 24-year-old nursing school grad from Kennesaw, Ga., appeared on Call Her Daddy on Wednesday (July 15), less than a week after being dumped from the villa with Dylan Wrona.
On the latest episode of the Alex Cooper-hosted podcast, Kenzie dished on her journey on the show, including kissing multiple guys, wanting to be on DWTS, where she stands with Melanie Moreno, and being compared to Sincere Rhea.
Kenzie talks her drama with Melanie
“I think her intentions were good,” she said about Melanie screaming for Caleb when he came into the villa. “She was my best friend. She knew I was wanting a cowboy to come in. I don’t know if, like I know she did really, really like Sincere, but I don’t know if she kind of also liked Corbin maybe a little bit. And both can be true. So yeah.”
She was then asked about people online thinking she was being hypocritical when she got upset with Melanie for pulling Corbin for a chat.
Kenzie talked about the kissing challenge in the giant bed where Melanie went back and forth between Corbin and Sincere, and Melanie told her she had nothing to worry about, but then pulled Corbin.
Later that night, Kenzie pulled Melanie for a chat, saying, “Hey, I’m just confused because not even 24 hours ago, like last night, you told me that you weren’t going to talk to him, that you weren’t pursuing him. So I’m like, there’s a disconnect there. I’m confused.”
She recalls Melanie responding, “’Yeah, well, that was yesterday, like me and Sincere are not good anymore. So I am going to pursue Corbin.’ And so that’s why I was so upset because I just felt blindsided. And I felt like if she was interested, just say, you know, ‘I am interested in Sincere, but also I do still want to kind of chat with Corbin.’ And I would have been cool with that. It would have been, it would have been different.”
Alex noted how we didn’t get to see the initially conversation, just that Kenzie was upset.
“Which makes total sense. Like I understand why everyone’s going crazy because it is like double standard kind of thing. Like I wouldn’t have been upset. She was my best friend in there,” Kenzie said.
Kenzie shares where she stands with Melanie now
Well, right before I left, I don’t know if they showed this because I haven’t seen it, but she pulled me for a chat and we talked. We’re really great friends. I love her. Since the day before I walked out, I remember holding her hand right before the door opened and she’s like, “Don’t worry, they’re just as nervous as you.” She was my comfort and she had been that comfort. I know we went through our ups and downs, but I love her down and I’ll always support her. She is the best. She’s an amazing person. She deserves only nothing but love. That’s all I have for her. I love her.
Kenzie talks being compared to Sincere Rhea
“It definitely hurt, but I listened to them. I hear them out and if that’s how everyone was seeing it, then I’m going to take it with a grain of salt, but yeah, it hurt. I was very emotional, crying in the shower a lot, just feeling hurt,” Kenzie shared. “Jaiden was the only one that came up to me and was like, ‘I don’t think you did anything wrong, babe,’ and I lost her later through the compatibility challenge and that sucked, and then Jen, she tells me straight up how she feels, but she always supported me, and yeah, it was hard.”
She was then asked for examples of how her situation of exploring was different than Sincere‘s.
“I feel like he did lie a good bit to not only Melanie, but some other girls and his guy friends, hence why Corbin picked him in the challenge too. I never called them any names, fake promises, and I tried to be as open as possible to who I was talking to,” she said. “I know he said something about when he was in Casa about like, it was a test for him a little bit, which I don’t ever feel like any of my connections were me testing another connection with someone else. It was just me seeing if we could connect on that level. There was never any who’s better kind of thing, you know?”
“I don’t know why the girls were holding me to a different standard than Sincere, especially after getting out,” Kenzie added. “It does feel sexist almost because I’m not a male and it’s like I can’t move like them maybe. I don’t know. It was hard. I didn’t feel that supported at that time except from Jaiden.”
Kenzie reacts to people saying she should be on Dancing with the Stars
“I love Dancing with the Stars. Ever since I was two, my parents would watch me sit on the, my feet wouldn’t even reach the end of the couch and I would just sit watching the whole thing for hours,” Kenzie dished. “I wouldn’t move. That’s what also got me into dancing later. I love to dance, love watching them, love them.”
Alex asked her, “So you would say that’s one of your top priorities if you could do something crazy outside of the villa, Dancing with the Stars?”
Kenzie replied, “Yes, top priority would be Dancing with the Stars, 100%.”
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