'Love Island USA' Season 6 star Hakeem White slams Hannah Smith over Kendall snub

'Love Island USA' Season 6 islander Hannah Smith claims to be torn between Kendall Washington and Hakeem White
UPDATED JUN 14, 2024
Hakeem White left disappointed with Hannah Smith choosing Kendall Washington during the recoupling (@peacock/Instagram/@loveislandusa)
Hakeem White left disappointed with Hannah Smith choosing Kendall Washington during the recoupling (@peacock/Instagram/@loveislandusa)

MAMANUCA ISLANDS, FIJI: 'Love Island USA' Season 6 recoupling intensified as islanders made unexpected partner choices. During the first recoupling ceremony, Hannah Smith chose to continue exploring her connection with Kendall Washington, despite having a strong bond with the bombshell, Hakeem White.

However, Olivia Walker aka Liv chose Hakeem White to couple up saving him from the elimination. While Hakeem was excited that Liv had chosen him, he was disappointed by Hannah's decision to ditch him. He shared his disappointment and noted, "I'm just not here for anybody being not upfront."

Hakeem elaborated, "Like waking up this morning I was like, 'Hannah's already feeling Kendall much more' just from the actions that she was exhibiting. Didn't align with what she was saying." He also noted that he had expected Hannah to share her feelings with him before announcing her decision.

However, Hannah insisted that she had previously told Hakeem that Kendall was her "number one," but she also wanted to get to know the bombshell as well. Hakeem slammed Hannah for lying and claimed "She said, 'I'm 50-50 from last night to this morning to literally two seconds ago.'"

'Love Island USA' Season 6 islander Hakeem White slams Hannah Smith for ditching him (@peacock)
'Love Island USA' Season 6 islander Hakeem White slams Hannah Smith for ditching him (@peacock)

Hannah Smith defends choosing Kendall Washington

'Love Island USA' Season 6 islander Hannah Smith admitted that she was torn between Kendall Washington and Hakeem White and wanted to explore connections with both of them to get to know them better. She added, "I don't feel like I did anything wrong. My connection with him is stronger but I do feel kind of confused."

However, Hannah's response offended Liv, who expressed, "You can obviously explore different people, but when it comes down to it if you are feeling someone more, just say that..." Liv added, "I feel like standing there and saying 'I want to get to know you both', yeah you're still trying to like both could come across as a bit shady or playing."Hannah remained silent and simply responded, "I'm over this shit."

Hannah Smith defends choosing Kendall Washington (@peacock)
'Love Island USA' Season 6 star Hannah Smith defends choosing Kendall Washington (@peacock)

Why did 'Love Island USA' Season 6 bombshell Liv choose Hakeem White?

'Love Island USA' Season 6 bombshell Olivia Walker aka Liv entered as the bombshell in the premiere episode of the Peacock show. She decided to steal Robert Rausch from Leah Kateb. However, Liv felt throughout their time together that Rob was still attracted to Leah, which left her heartbroken.

During the latest recoupling, Liv explained that she wanted to be with Hakeem White because, over the past few chats "we've had, it's gone really well. I feel like he knows what he wants and that's like a massive thing that I look for."

'Love Island USA' Season 6 bombshell Liv chooses Hakeem White for recoupling (@peacock)
'Love Island USA' Season 6 bombshell Liv chooses Hakeem White for recoupling (@peacock)

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

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