Love Island USA star Nicole Jacky accused Kendall Washington of lying when she said she sent the leaked explicit video of herself to someone on a dating app.
The couple got into a tense discussion when host Ariana Madix asked how they were doing during the Season 6 reunion, which aired Monday on Peacock.
“It was a little rough starting from the outside, but I’m just trying to communicate and work things out,” Washington said when the brunette bombshell interrupted. “Communicate? You haven’t communicated and you never have.”
“They lied to my face,” added 26-year-old Jacky.
Madix followed the tension and asked: “What was the lie?”
Washington, 28, appeared visibly overwhelmed as he tried to explain how he found out the private video of him had been leaked after the reality show’s season finale in July.
After getting his phone back, Washington addressed the leak on Instagram, claiming the video was shared by someone he had trusted in his past.
Despite his previous comments, Washington admitted to lying about when the video was recorded, telling Madix at the meeting, “I should have told Nicole the whole truth about when it happened, and I didn’t.”
Jacky interrupted her partner and explained that she had learned from fellow countrywoman JaNa Craig that the video had been recorded in a hotel room and sent from Washington to a person he had met on a dating app a few days before his debut on the show.
“I just want to say something because the video is obviously not OK,” she said. “Nobody deserves this. Everyone in this room agrees it sucks.”
“I think, though, when you say you love someone, you have to be honest. Instead of saying (the video) is years old,” Jacky continued.
Kendall admitted he wasn’t ready to be honest with Jacky after learning that his “life was turned upside down” when he turned his phone back on.
“I just wanted you to be there,” he said, admitting that he didn’t know how to handle the situation.
After Jacky learned about the video, he claimed that Washington pushed her away and only checked on her when it was convenient for him.
Washington, meanwhile, claimed that he had tried several times to contact Jacky but had been ignored.
Despite the tensions, Jacky confirmed that they are still together.
The couple, who finished fourth in the dating series, kept a conspicuous distance during filming of the reunion on August 14 at Chelsea Studios in New York City.
