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“Love Island USA” star Nadjha Day recognized “red flags” in her relationship with Jeff Christian before his outburst prompted their early exit from the villa.
“There were red flags throughout our whole relationship,” she tells Page Six in an exclusive interview. “It wasn’t just this one instance.”
Christian became irate after the Islanders chose to dump Casa Amor couple Phoebe Siegel and Chad Robinson over Deb Chubb and Jesse Bray before the Season 4 finale, citing a perceived “buddy-buddy” alliance among the OG cast members.
A heated exchange between Christian and eventual winner Timmy Pandolfi ensued, the latter defending partner Zeta Morrison when she found herself on the receiving end of Christian’s rage.
He later grew angry with Day for apologizing to Pandolfi on his behalf. Shockingly, Christian then muttered, “F–k Nadjha.”
“I didn’t even know if that fight was going to be aired. I definitely felt robbed of my experience,” Day says. “I felt upset with him because there were so many other times where he had had outbursts like this.”
She elaborates, “He was very, very jealous throughout the entire time we were in the villa. He would just get jealous about me talking to some of the other Islanders. There were a lot of accusations thrown at me. Stuff as little as, ‘Who are you staring at behind your sunglasses?’”
The Colombian beauty says the buildup of Christian’s concerning behavior culminated with her decision to press pause on the relationship and leave the Peacock reality show before “America’s Favorite Couple” was named.
“I remember I was so sad, but then I watched the episode back — the only episode I’ve seen since I’ve been [out of] the villa — and I remember being like, ‘I’m so proud of the girl walking out of there. I’m so proud that she did this for herself. She stood up for herself. She’s being a bad bitch,’” she says. “It was very empowering.”
Day also made a concerted effort to set a good example for her little sister back home in Georgia.
“I have a 13-year-old sister at home watching me,” she notes. “I will never, ever let her tolerate any disrespect, anybody to talk down on her, to make the comments that he made. I just could not be OK with her seeing something like that and me just being like, ‘OK, that’s fine.’”
Although Day needed an immediate break from Christian, she has since reestablished communication with the Cincinnati native post-production — and believes he is worthy of redemption.
Day has since reestablished communication with Christian, though their future remains “undetermined.”
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Day has since reestablished communication with Christian, though their future remains “undetermined.”
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