A number of {couples} emerged from Love Island USA Season 5, together with the present’s winners, Hannah Wright and Marco Donatelli, and fourth-place couple Carmen Kocourek and Kenzo Nudo.
Carmen and Keenzo have been Bombshells throughout the Fiji expertise, with Carmen arriving on the villa just some days in together with Hannah.
She and Hannah entered the sport with a returning Carsten “Bergie” Bergersen, and Carmen appeared to discover a connection immediately.
Nonetheless, it was a shortlived coupling with Victor Gonzalez as issues between them didn’t work out after drama involving Carmen, Victor, and Bergie. Victor was in the end despatched dwelling by a vote, and Carmen informed Bergie she and him have been higher off as mates.
It wasn’t till Day 10 within the season that Kenzo arrived and have become coupled up with Carmen quickly after. With each islanders dwelling in Arizona, it appeared like an ideal match as they may proceed relationship after the present.
Their coupling appeared virtually too coincidental and ideal for some followers and gossip websites. Many often referred to as their Love Island USA relationship out on social media throughout the season, suggesting they already knew each other.
With that in thoughts, they addressed the “wild” rumors, very similar to the present’s winners not too long ago did concerning the validity of their Love Island USA story.
Carmen and Kenzo handle sudden and ‘wild’ rumors about them
Whereas on the Fijian villa, the Love Island USA contestants are reduce off from the remainder of the world. With no telephones and no solution to discover out about any information, they do not know what is occurring on-line.
There was loads of chatter over on-line rumors about Carmen and Kenzo having recognized each other earlier than attending to the villa. The hypothesis was pushed by the actual fact that they had been dwelling in the identical state and each labored out on the identical fitness center in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Nonetheless, they’ve since addressed these rumors, calling them “wild” and shutting down the gossip about them pre-gaming in an try to rip-off the present for TV money and time.
They each answered “No” when requested if that they had recognized one another earlier than they arrived at Love Island USA’s villa in Fiji. In addition they shared that they’d found that they had labored out on the identical fitness center in Scottsdale throughout the present, however that dialog was by no means aired.
“It was wild to come out and see all those rumors. We weren’t expecting that,” Carmen informed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“There’s nothing we can honestly do,” Nudo mentioned. “We didn’t know each other. For them to think that and still keep thinking that I don’t know where they’re coming up with all this stuff, but we’re alright.”
“But yeah, no, I don’t really take the hard comments personally,” he mentioned. “I know what we have going.”
Are Carmen and Kenzo nonetheless collectively after Love Island?
A fan vote decided the Love Island USA 5 winners to be Hannah W. and Marco Donatelli, and the profitable couple acquired $100,000 in prize cash. In the meantime, Carmen and Kenzo completed fourth within the voting, however that didn’t finish the romantic relationship they in-built Fiji.
The 2 are nonetheless relationship based mostly on their latest interviews, and their post-show itinerary has included a visit to Disneyland and Carmen’s dwelling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In her dwelling state, Kenzo is attending to expertise the Milwaukee Public Market and take a look at the Third Ward and Harley-Davidson Museum.
Kenzo mentioned he was “very happy” he appeared on Love Island USA but additionally indicated that he felt “sooner or later” he and Carmen would have met.
Whereas they didn’t win any cash, Kenzo additionally mentioned his “prize” was Carmen turning into his girlfriend on the villa and confessed he “could have left” the present then.
“Honestly, all of the couples, we really forgot there was like a prize,” Kocourek informed MJS, including, “All the couples deserved to be there. Whoever won we would have been happy for.”
Love Island USA Season 5 is obtainable on Peacock.
