The ladies of Peacock reality dating show Love Island USA came to the defense of castmate Leah Kateb after she was disparaged in a video posted by co-star Aaron Evans.
Following the season finale on Sunday night (July 21), Kaylor Martin's boyfriend Aaron notified his Instagram Stories viewers that he'd be holding a Q&A. A voice was heard in the background saying, "Nobody’s going to give a fuck about Leah in six months," adding "she's going to get a shit ton..." before the video abruptly ended.
Some fans claim the trash-talk came straight from Martin, while Page Six refers to the person as a "mystery individual" who was presumably speaking to Kaylor.
During separate interviews on Page Six's Virtual Reali-Tea, Serena Page and JaNa Craig, who spoke alongside their respective partners, Kordell Beckham and Kenny Rodriquez, came to the support of Kateb.
"Y'all know I don’t play about Leah and I don’t know if it’s because she’s blown up and it’s like, oh now we have all these things to say," said Page, who won the competition with Beckham. Page added that she doesn't "give a shit" whether Martin or anyone else has an issue with her series BFF.
"We’re not going to forget about Leah in six months. Nobody’s going to forget about Leah. She’s an icon, she’s my icon," Page expressed. "She’s a queen and whoever that was can shut the hell up."
Craig also affirmed Kateb as being "strong" and shared that her friend has likely brushed off the comments.
"I don’t think Leah took it to heart because Leah is really good at taking bullets," Craig said. "As you’ve seen, people will just go for her and she’ll take it."
Kaylor Martin went on to post a TikTok from Fiji, where at one point she joked about Love Island viewers considering her a "crybaby bitch."
The Love Island USA Season 6 reunion will be available on Peacock on Aug. 19.