Love Island‘S Nicolas “Nic” Vansteenberghe is keeping quiet about the prospect of getting back together Olandria Carthen.
“I’d love to tell you, but I’m going to keep this to myself for now,” Nic, 25, said during an interview at LIV Beach in Fountainebleau, Las Vegas, after reuniting with Olandria, 28, at Olandria’s wedding, 28, on Saturday, August 15 Jordyn Woods And Karl Anthony cities in Malibu, California. “We really enjoyed Karl and Jordan’s wedding last night. It was incredible.”
On photos published by Two I On Sunday, August 16, Nic and Olandria were spotted sitting next to each other while attending the wedding.
After Us Nic confirmed last month that the couple had split after a year of dating, adding that he believes people can always be friends with an ex. “If you end up healthy, that’s cool. Sometimes it might be better not to be friends, but in my case… we ended well,” the season seven star said.
Love Island USA’s Nic Vansteenberghe and Olandria Carthen know that not everyone believes in their romantic connection – and they don’t care. After finishing second in the finale on Sunday, July 13, Nic, 24, and Olandria, 27, were in high spirits as they spoke to Us Weekly in a joint interview about the “unreal” support (…)
Nic also offered advice for others who may be facing a breakup. “It’s going to get better and better. We’ve hit rock bottom, but things are going to get better soon,” he said.
The former couple met while filming the Peacock series, although sparks initially flew between Olandria and Olandria Taylor Williams. In the early stages, Nic was paired with him Cierra Ortega in front of one Love Island The shock caused Nic and Olandria to explore their own chemistry.
Nic told me Us in May that he and Olandria decided to keep their ongoing romance away from the cameras to maintain privacy. “At this point, the critics and the reviews are just exaggerated,” he said at the time. “I’ve said everything I have to say. At this point it’s just a matter of not paying any further attention to the issue.”
However, the duo opened up during a Shine Cover shoot in December 2025, which focused on how they dealt with life after appearing on the reality TV series and how they maintain boundaries in their relationship.
Olandria told the outlet that she found the aftermath of her on-screen appearances anything but easy. “It was pretty hard at first. These are the people who met us through a television screen and watched us every day for six weeks. They are hungry for more. We felt obligated to let them in at the beginning,” she said. “He was literally the Nicolandria updater because I was so confused at the time and just wasn’t really familiar with the internet. They were getting all the updates from his Snapchat account – what I was doing, what we were up to. They were so used to seeing us on screen and they loved us so much. It was like, ‘We have to keep giving them content.'”
Love Island USA’s Olandria Carthen made a rare comment about how frustrating the public interest in her relationship with Nic Vansteenberghe has been. “Why is it your business? Are your bills paid? Are you out of touch? Get a man — do something with your life,” Olandria, 28, told Cosmopolitan on Thursday, June 18. (…)
She added that the pressure to maintain a public profile became too overwhelming over time. “At some point it got mentally taxing. People started nitpicking. They did it on the show, but we didn’t have our phones to see it – now that we actually have to live with it and hear about it, it’s like, ‘Oh, maybe we don’t need to share so much anymore. Because they find the smallest little thing and it’s a big discourse all over social media,” she explained.
Nic agreed, adding that he too found a balance that worked. “When you’re in social media now, people want to be let in, and the more you let in, the better the financial return. So it was quite difficult at the beginning to find the balance of, ‘Okay, this is our work now, but it’s also our life,’ but now I feel like we have a better handle on it,” he told the outlet.
