Love Island USA Season 6 star JaNa Craig is asking fans to stand down after her high-profile split from Kenny Rodriguez, pleading with supporters to stop harassing his family online and in real life.
In an Instagram Story posted Tuesday, Craig urged her followers to respect the boundaries of Rodriguez's relatives, emphasizing that they had no part in the couple's contentious breakup.
"You guys, if you genuinely love me, if you genuinely care about me or want to help me heal, I'm begging you, please leave Kenny's family alone," said Craig. "That family did nothing wrong to me. They were nothing but kind. Everyone I ever met always defends me, always stood up for me. Do not go to their house. Don't go to their jobs. Do not threaten them I'm begging you leave them alone. They been through enough."
She continued by reaffirming her respect for the Rodriguez family, saying they had "been apologized to me" and "always been nice to me," while asking fans who want to help close this chapter to give her peace so she could move forward.
"It's getting stressful, but if you guys can do anything for me, can y'all just leave it alone? Like we're done, we're moving on but his family were always so kind to me," said Craig.
The plea comes after a messy and public breakup between Craig and Rodriguez, who placed third together on season 6 of Love Island USA. While Rodriguez shared a relatively measured breakup message thanking Craig and saying he wished her the best, she called him out in response, labeling him a "manipulative liar."
"You not taking any accountability and telling people the type of person you really are is insane to me!!" Craig wrote. "My first statement was me being nice. Do not piss me off."
Craig's friend Charmane Smith also shed some light on the breakup and claimed Rodriguez wasn't being honest with her.
"My advice for women in relationships: if you have access- go thru your mans phone TODAY," she wrote earlier this week. "Search keywords like 'I don't like black women, I thought I would get more money from this, I'm faking this relationship, going on the show would be for clout, I can't wait to be done w this so I can fuck hella b*tches.........' You'll thank me later. P.S- NEVER spare a man.. Dog them out babygirl <3."
Love Island's Leah Kateb also chimed in and called Kenny a "racist, clout/money hungry and a scammer."