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I Watched The Viall Files with Love Island's Nicole Jacky So You Don't Have To

This was the most in depth interview of the four Viall Files/Love Island crossovers I've watched so far. Previously, I've recapped Nick and Natalie's interviews with Kendall Washington, Aaron Evans and Rob Rausch. The interview started right away and was long, informative and full of tea.


Her Past

  • Was in a 7 year relationship from age 15

  • Her ex cheated with her best friend and another girl, was emotionally and physically abusive, relationship ended about 3 years ago

  • Realized it was bad when she saw the look on her friend’s face to his texts and voicemails when she was hanging out with male friends

  • Her other ex thinks he was in the public eye, she hinted he's a basketball player, and doesn’t want her to talk about it. They were together 1 year.

  • Went through a really mean to guys phase after her abusive relationship

  • She needs to go to therapy, but hasn’t.


Nicole's time on Love Island

  • She applied for the show

    • A friend sent her the application and she had nothing to lose

  • She meant it when she told Kendall "I love you"


Post-show with Kendall, the leaked video

  • Had 1 night together before getting their phones back

  • She was supposed to go back to Dallas with him, but after the video leaked and he lied she decided not to

  • He only showed her the end of the leaked video

  • People kept checking on her and she didn’t know why, JaNa showed her the full video when they were filming 

  • She saw it was his hotel room in Fiji before the show and that’s not what he told her

    • She got her own hotel room that night

    • They had one night before going to Universal after getting back from Fiji and they didn’t have time to talk

    • The show wanted to film their private discussion about the video, she said no

    • He said he was bored in the hotel and sent it to a girl on Raya when they actually got to talk about it

      • She doesn’t believe him

      • She picks and chooses her battles with him, because he gets defensive

    • She isn’t shaming him, but him saying he loves her and lying was not ok with her

    • Were still together when recording the interview

    • Thinks he has a good heart, but is a people pleaser and putting that above their relationship

    • She still wants to be there for him but she admits she doesn’t trust him

    • He didn’t want her to talk about him lying at the reunion


Nicole on Kendall kicking girls out of the VIP area of the club

  • She doesn’t think he’s racist

  • He told her it was only close friends and family in the booth and he didn’t take accountability

  • He also told her JaNa and Kenny were in on it and she said that’s not true

  • She was mad he didn’t tell her about it and assumed she’d just hear through the grapevine


On her relationship status with Kendall

  • She doesn’t like how he’s handling himself publicly, doesn’t want to be with someone who she has to tell how to act/be a good person

  • She is mindful of who she spends time with and what it will look like to the public and feels like he doesn’t do the same

  • Where do they go from here

    • She asked for advice from Natalie and Nick

    • The lying reminds her of her last relationship

    • She doesn’t know how to move forward or how many more chances she can give after being shown his true colors

    • She feels like she’ll get hate if she stays with him now (update: he ended it 2 days after the reunion)

    • She doesn’t want the “I love you” to be thrown away, has only said it to 2 guys in her life

    • Feels like trust has been broken and he hasn’t tried to focus on her

    • She doesn’t feel like what he says is genuine

    • He’s golden retriever she’s the black cat


Pause ***These political commercials will be the death of me***


Nick on his Viall Files interview with Kendall

  • Nick felt like when interviewing Kendall, he was talking to the person Kendall wanted him to see

    • Didn’t seem comfortable showing himself to the world

    • Presents as someone is open and doesn’t care what others think, but he does

    • Nick was strongly pushing for Nicole to break up with Kendall


Nicole's current relationships with others in the villa

  • She thinks her putting herself first will have a ripple effect on her relationships with others in the villa

  • Nick mentions she looks like more of an outsider

  • She is close with the girls but thinks people will pick sides


I have only seen a few The Viall Files episodes, but this one was the weirdest one to me. Everyone has their own style, but usually tries to remain neutral. Nick's talk with the other cast was more on the neutral but kind side. This seemed like a very long blast of Kendall and pushing Nicole to dump him. We definitely got a lot of missing context and Nicole's side of the story, but it felt like one very long drag of Kendall. Nicole did try to defend him and her staying in the relationship, but Nick and Natalie weren't really having it. It was pretty awkward.


What did you think about Nicole's interview on The Viall Files?



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