Olandria Carthen is getting candid about her relationship with Nic Vansteenberghe.
The duo met while on the Peacock dating show Love Island USA season seven this summer, and are the only couple from the final four who are still going strong, seven weeks after the finale aired.
In a newly released interview, Olandria opened up about the authenticity of their relationship and shared her thoughts on those who say they are faking it.
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“immediately that I’ve seen the clips, I get it,” she told Elite Daily. “You can just see him yearning from afar. You know what I mean?”
“If you listen to his Love Island intro, Nic loves to chase women. If you’re just too accessible, he’s going to be like, ‘All right, this is cool and all, but I like when women kind of don’t like me,’” she added. “Me, I’m already standoffish, even if I like you a lot. A lot of guys are intimidated by that, but he’s intrigued. He always says, ‘You’re like a mystery; I want to figure you out.’”
Olandria says he’s managed it “for the most part,” but she’s “scared to tell him that because I want to keep him on this chase.”
Since leaving the villa, and noted at the reunion, Nicolandria are still dating and continuing to get to know each other, without putting a label on it just yet.
“Some people were saying I need to show up to the reunion pregnant and married,” she said. “I’m like, ‘Ah, it’s been three weeks.’ They keep forgetting we’re in the real world immediately. If you’re dating somebody for three weeks, are you automatically their girlfriend?”
So, what does she think about the naysayers and those who think their relationship isn’t authentic?
“It’s very draining to see the negative side of social media, whether it’s directed at me or me and Nic,” Olandria told the publication. “I see a lot of ‘Oh, that’s not genuine.’ I’m just like, ‘Why would we keep this up?’ It doesn’t even make sense. I’m not even in the villa anymore. I know the excuse at that time was ‘Oh, this is the producers’ doing.’ immediately, I’m like, ‘Eh, all right, stop with that.’”
“Nic cannot lie. I thought I was blunt, but he says the damnedest things,” she added. “He is so authentically himself. Who he was in the villa is who he is immediately. No surprises. I think I love that about him.”
However, despite the negativity, she notes that their fans have her back.
“Nicolandria Nation is so huge. I don’t even have to do anything. I just post my pictures and go,” she says.
If you missed it, see what Nicolandria previously said about their future outside of the villa.
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