"A lot of pressure on us": Love Island alum JaNa Craig opens up about living in a different city from her boyfriend Kenny Rodriguez

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Love Island alums JaNa Craig and Kenny Rodriguez | Image Source: Instagram/ @janacraig_

JaNa Craig and her now-boyfriend, Kenny Rodriguez, were part of Netflix's popular dating reality show Love Island Season 6. Since the show concluded when JaNa’s bestie Serena Page and Kordell Beckham won, the show alums have been busy in their various ventures.

Recently, in her interview with People on October 3, 2024, JaNa Craig revealed that she has been living in a "long-distance" relationship with her boyfriend, Kenny Rodriguez. Referring to that, JaNa opened up,

"That distance also helps the heart grow fonder. But it also doesn’t put a lot of pressure on us to need to be with each other all the time. I kind of like it that we don’t live in the same city right now."

JaNa also mentioned how it "feels good" to have a "little bit" of privacy sometimes since leaving the reality show.


Love Island alum JaNa Craig reveals her "long distance" relationship: Details explored

In her recent People interview on October 3, 2024, JaNa Craig shared insights about her "newfound" privacy. Regarding her relationship with her boyfriend, Kenny Rodriguez, JaNa shared that she lives in Las Vegas while Kenny lives in Dallas.

As she mentioned, they both have a "lot of work." However, the Love Island alum mentioned finding (the right) "amount" of time for each other. Doing such would make them "miss each other," as JaNa revealed.

Recalling their time on the Netflix show, the Hawaiian native said that since leaving the villa, the couple can now take "their time" and that their relationship has "evolved."

Fans must remember that all the participants on the show were supposed to wear microphones to record conversations for the show. Referring to that, JaNa revealed,

"We always forgot that there was cameras anyway, so nothing's really changed. We still talk about anything."

However, she mentioned that not having cameras and microphones around them "kind of feel good." Love Island alum also teased, how,

"Sometimes we'd say something and cover the mic [in the villa], and so now we'll say something randomly and go (to cover the mic) and we'll laugh about it. Like, there's no mic, we can say whatever we want (now)."

Shedding some light on her busy schedule, JaNa admitted that she doesn’t even remember how her apartment "looks" these days. As the Love Island alum mentioned, it feels like she has been "living out of" her suitcase for a couple of months.

She also mentioned flying to New York City to meet her Love Island BFF, Serena Page.

"Flying back and forth to New York like it's just across the street when it's really across the country."

After reuniting with her bestie Serena, JaNa plans to be "vibing" and "being" themselves.


Fans can stream all the episodes of Love Island Season 6 on Netflix.

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Edited by Apoorva Jujjavarapu