Nic and Olandria break up 1 year after Love Island USA
Love Island USA fan favorites Nic and Olandria have split after about one year together, a source exclusively told People. Distance and busy schedules made it hard to stay connected, though the pair remain close friends who still share deep love and respect, the insider said.
Key Takeaways
- Nic and Olandria have “decided to part ways” roughly a year after leaving the Love Island USA villa together, per a People source.
- Distance and packed schedules strained their bond, according to the insider.
- They remain close friends and will support each other when they can.
- Neither star has publicly addressed the split; Page Six said reps had not commented.
- The Season 7 runners-up first coupled up after a Casa Amor twist and became fan favorites.
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Why did Nic and Olandria break up?
A source told People that Olandria Carthen and Nic Vansteenberghe “decided to part ways” about a year after exiting the villa as a couple.
“The distance between them and their busy schedules made it challenging to maintain their connection,” the source said. Cosmopolitan and Page Six both reported the same exclusive explanation on Wednesday.
The source stressed that the former couple “still remain close friends.” They “share a deep love and respect for each other and will always support one another whenever possible,” the insider added.
How did Nic and Olandria meet on Love Island USA?
Carthen and Vansteenberghe found each other on Love Island USA Season 7. A surprise Casa Amor twist gave them a second shot at romance after both had been eliminated in dramatic re-couplings.
They shocked fellow islanders by returning to the villa hand-in-hand. The pair finished in second place at the Season 7 finale and left the show still together.
Carthen, 28, previously told People she initially held back because Vansteenberghe, a 25-year-old DJ, had a connection with her friend Cierra Ortega. After Ortega was removed from the show for previously using a racial slur, Carthen said she could “make my own selfish decision” and give in to their chemistry. She later called coupling up with him the “best decision I could have ever made.”
Had Nic and Olandria faced relationship scrutiny before the split?
Yes. Last month, Carthen pushed back against social media skeptics who doubted the romance was real. Speaking to Cosmopolitan on June 18, she asked why strangers were so invested and said the online focus “kind of creeps me out.”
She also said they kept much of their post-villa life offline because they did not want to “monetize” the relationship. “If you genuinely like spending quality time with somebody, it shouldn’t involve a camera every two seconds,” she said.
In April, Vansteenberghe told Us Weekly the criticism was “overdone” and that staying quieter online had been “so nice for the both of us.” As of Page Six’s report, neither Carthen nor Vansteenberghe had spoken publicly about the breakup.