Taylor Breaks Silence After ‘Love Island USA’ Exit and Denies Leading On Olandria

Another Bombshell Has Entered the Villa...

As we wait for another Love Island USA episode with bated breath, Taylor Williams is giving us more than enough intel to hold us over. In case you missed it, Taylor and his partner, Clarke Carraway, were booted off the villa on July 8 after America voted for their favorite couples to remain in Fiji.

The reality TV personality went on a mini press tour once he touched down in the States, where he dished on everything from closing off his relationship with Clarke to his previous connection with Olandria Carthen. More specifically, he broke his silence when it came to leaving Olandria for Clarke when the bombshell landed in the villa from Casa Amor.

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“I definitely was interested in her,” Taylor told E! News of Olandria, who is now coupled up with Nic Vansteenberghe following Cierra Ortega’s sudden exit. “If me and Clarke never did hit it off, then I would have kept rocking out with Olandria, because it was something that was real.”

He added, “We had a strong connection. We had the strongest connection in the house, so we definitely genuinely did like each other—but what I had with Clarke, it was different from what I had with Olandria.”

During a joint interview with Us Weekly, Clarke learned that Taylor referred to her as “the one,” and they shared where they stand since leaving the Villa. While Taylor is from Oklahoma City and Clarke resides in Columbia, South Carolina, they’re looking forward to traveling so they can “see each other” and “keep going” with their relationship.

“Get her turned into a little cowgirl and see how well she does being a cowgirl,” Taylor cheekily shared. “It is something that we’re going to keep going.”

As Clarke and Taylor continue their blossoming romance, he still has love for his past connection. “I have no problem with Olandria. I'm rooting for her and Nic,” he explained to E! News. “When her and Nic were a couple kissing each other in the challenges, I was right there cheering ’em on. I have no bad blood with nobody in the villa.”

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He doubled down, telling People, “They’ve been, you know, day 1, Olandria picked him as one of her kisses and then they end up coupling up with each other in Casa Amor, and then they went back—well, she was single and Nic went back to Cierra, and now they’re back together.”

He concluded with, “It's just like—the universe keeps putting them together for a reason.”

Good to know Taylor is all about Nico Freako, just like the rest of us!