'Love Island USA' Season 6 star Connor Newsum's ex's reaction is priceless amid dramatic split with JaNa Craig

'Love Island USA' Season 6 star Connor Newsum fails to find love on the Peacock dating show
'Love Island USA' Season 6 star Connor Newsum ditched JaNa Craig for Leah Kateb (@peacock)
'Love Island USA' Season 6 star Connor Newsum ditched JaNa Craig for Leah Kateb (@peacock)

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA: 'Love Island USA' Season 6 former bombshell Connor Newsum is facing playful trolling from his ex-girlfriend. Recently, a video clip of her reacting to his drama on the Peacock dating show went viral on social media.

In a viral video, she watched his Peacock show gig with her friends and had quite an embarrassing reaction. She hid her face with her T-shirt after seeing him on television.  However, she wrote in the video, "When your ex walks into the 'Love Island' villa as the new bombshell..."

The video emerged after Connor's elimination and his dramatic dumping of JaNa Craig. Connor had been with JaNa since the day he entered the villa, and they seemed to be the strongest couple. However, he dumped JaNa, claiming he wanted to get to know Leah Kateb.


 
 
 
 
 
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'Love Island USA' Season 6 star Connor Newsum ditched JaNa Craig for Leah Kateb

'Love Island USA' Season 6 star Connor Newsum split with JaNa Craig immediately after Leah Kateb and Rob Rausch broke up. Connor revealed that he had always found Leah endearing and wanted to get to know her better. During the recoupling ceremony, he chose Leah, leaving JaNa single and devastated.

However, Connor soon realized that Leah was still not over Rob. Leah notably didn’t feel a romantic spark with Connor, and despite her attempts to assure him that things were fine, she eventually broke things off. Leah admitted that it was her fault for not reciprocating his genuine efforts. Connor failed to secure another partner or support and was eliminated from the season shortly thereafter.

Connor Newsum was left hurt after Leah Kateb and Miguel Harichi's kiss (@peacock)
'Love Island USA' Season 6 star Connor Newsum ditched JaNa Craig for Leah Kateb (@peacock)

Connor Newsum explores romance with Cassidy Laudano outside the villa

'Love Island USA' Season 6 star Connor Newsum was dumped from the villa just a few days before Cassidy Laudano. The duo failed to find romance during their time on the Peacock dating show but connected outside the villa. '

Despite being friends with Rob Rausch, Connor pursued a romance with Cassidy. The duo exchanged texts and planned to go on their first date soon. Connor and Cassidy have similar interests and careers, which helped them to connect even more.

'Love Island USA' Season 6 islander Connor Newsum was left single (@peacock)
'Love Island USA' Season 6 islander Connor Newsum explores romance with Cassidy Laudano outside the villa (@peacock)

Catch new episodes of 'Love Island USA' Season 6 from Fridays to Tuesdays at 9 pm ET with 'Love Island Aftersun', a 'weekly chat series' airing every Saturday on Peacock.

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