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Topics: Celebs, Love Island
Ilana Frost
Love Island: Beyond the Villa premiered the same day as Love Island USA season 7 ended, and thank goodness for that. The season 6 crew’s post-villa shenanigans are just the medicine I need to heal from all the trauma of season 7. The new series follows the season 6 islanders in Los Angeles as they navigate their new fame alongside their romances, friendships, and careers. Between normal Love Island, Beyond the Villa, and the upcoming Love Island Games, Peacock should literally be paying us to watch the franchise and overanalyze it on TikTok. It’s approaching full-time job hours.
Thank goodness we can forget about Ace, Austin, and Huda for now and refocus on PPG (Leah, Serena, and JaNa), Kendall, Aaron, Connor, Miguel, Kenny, Kaylor, and Liv. At the moment, I’m particularly focused on Miss Liv because I have questions about her love life after watching the beginning of the show. The season 6 bombshell hints at a new relationship with an athlete, but doesn’t offer any more details. So, who TF is Love Island queen Liv Walker’s boyfriend? Here’s everything we know about him so far.
In Beyond the Villa, Kaylor and Liv claim they’re ready to have a “hot girl summer,” but it doesn’t seem like Liv’s single and ready to mingle like Kaylor. It’s Kaylor who reveals that Liv’s actually seeing someone right now. “Liv’s been talking to this guy, this athlete,” she spills in a confessional. “He has money, so I wanna go to that birthday.” (They have an argument over said birthday party.) Sadly, that Kaylor comment gives us more details about Liv’s boyfriend than Liv does.
“I am seeing someone, but it’s early days,” Liv explains on the show. “If it all goes well, you all will find out, but until then, pray and wish it the best.” Fortunately, the internet sleuths are already on the case: Their current theory is Los Angeles Lakers forward Dalton Knecht, but that’s just a rumor for now. Interestingly, Liv did reveal she had a crush on Dalton back in March… If this theory is true, they make a super hot couple.
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During a recent interview with NBC, Liv reiterated that she wants to keep her boyfriend’s identity private at the moment. However, she did confirm that they’re still together as of July. “I also signed up for this, and I never expect someone to put their life [out there],” she said. “I wanna see where their head’s at and stuff, but at the moment, we’re just building what we have and making it good.”
Liv added, “He’s such a great guy and everything’s going well, but I’m not hiding it from anyone. I’m just building it. It’s early. Putting it between us, and then I can’t wait to share it with everyone else.”
I’m just happy she’s happy. Stay tuned for the hard launch! I’m sure we’ll get it soon enough.