{"id":6388,"date":"2023-08-27T13:59:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T13:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/27\/love-island-usa-confirms-same-sex-relationship-in-the-villa-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T14:00:00","slug":"love-island-usa-confirms-same-sex-relationship-in-the-villa-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/27\/love-island-usa-confirms-same-sex-relationship-in-the-villa-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Love Island USA&#8217; confirms same-sex relationship in the villa &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"text-transform: initial;\">Washington: Love Island USA has its first same-sex relationship! Kassy Castillo and Johnnie Garcia kissed on the show, and they are both excited to see where their relationship goes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kassy and Johnnie became friends after Johnnie entered the villa as a bombshell. They started talking on the sofas in the latest episode, and they realized that they had feelings for each other. They kissed, and they are both happy about it.<\/p>\n<p>This is a big moment for Love Island USA, and it is a sign of progress for LGBTQ+ representation in reality TV. It is also a great example of how love can be found in unexpected places.<\/p>\n<p>Kassy starts by telling Johnnie: \u201cI obviously find you attractive, I just didn\u2019t know if you felt the attraction, too. I just wanted to know if you were seeing that.\u201d Johnnie counters with: \u201cBitch I been seeing it, what do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Their journey together in the Villa wasn&#8217;t long, but we felt their dynamic connection regardless! Help us wish Destiny and Kyle the best of luck. \ud83d\udc95\ud83c\udf34 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIslandUSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveIslandUSA<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MauraHiggins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MauraHiggins<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0YsCV2xSKR\">pic.twitter.com\/0YsCV2xSKR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Love Island USA (@loveislandusa) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loveislandusa\/status\/1695481229473112079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It leads Kassy to admit she wasn\u2019t sure if Johnnie was serious, saying, \u201cWe joke around and stuff, but I didn\u2019t know if it\u2019s really joking or not. I kept looking at you, and I kept wanting to talk to you. So I was like \u2018I\u2019m low-key down for this,\u2019\u201d she adds, before Johnnie revealed more about her feelings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like people that bring out a fun side in me, and I feel fun when I\u2019m with you,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel comfortable when I\u2019m with you. Those aren\u2019t things you often find in people where you\u2019re [on the island] \u2013 you get to be somebody else when you\u2019re with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Love comes in unexpected ways! <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIslandUSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveIslandUSA<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dcdxUwHirJ\">pic.twitter.com\/dcdxUwHirJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Love Island USA (@loveislandusa) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/loveislandusa\/status\/1693439658783539542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 21, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kassy, who\u2019s been in the villa since the start, replied, \u201cI think we\u2019d look good together, and I\u2019m open to exploring more.\u201d Then, a smiling Johnnie asked, \u201cWhat about now?\u201d They shared a passionate kiss, followed by cute giggles.<\/p>\n<p>Though they can\u2019t officially couple up until the next recoupling, the villa got a surprise when Scott van-der-Sluis from the UK version joined as a bombshell last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Washington: Love Island USA has its first same-sex relationship! Kassy Castillo and Johnnie Garcia kissed on the show, and they are both excited to see where their relationship goes. Kassy and Johnnie became friends after Johnnie entered the villa as a bombshell. They started talking on the sofas in the latest episode, and they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6390,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6388\/revisions\/6390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}