{"id":256722,"date":"2026-08-10T21:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/love-islands-leah-kateb-reveals-last-time-she-saw-rob-rausch-calls-out-people-still-shipping-them\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:00:47","slug":"love-islands-leah-kateb-reveals-last-time-she-saw-rob-rausch-calls-out-people-still-shipping-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/10\/love-islands-leah-kateb-reveals-last-time-she-saw-rob-rausch-calls-out-people-still-shipping-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island\u2019s Leah Kateb Reveals Last Time She Saw Rob Rausch, Calls Out People Still Shipping Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/love-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Love Island USA<\/em><\/a>\u2018s <strong>Leah Kateb<\/strong> made a rare comment about where her relationship stands now with ex Rob Rausch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[After the show], we hung out at Universal Studios Hollywood [in July 2024] and all of that. Our whole season went to Universal and then I think the last time [we saw each other] was that time,\u201d Leah, 26, revealed in <em>Us<\/em>\u2019 exclusive sneak peek of the Tuesday, August 11, episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@notskinnybutnotfat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cNot Skinny But Not Fat\u201d podcast<\/a>. \u201cI just haven\u2019t seen him [since then].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leah clarified there was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-island-usas-leah-kateb-claims-producer-lied-about-miguel-harichi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no bad blood between the pair.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s awkward and I don\u2019t think he\u2019s a bad person,\u201d she added. \u201cI don\u2019t hate anyone. I actually am really happy for him and proud [because he\u2019s doing so well].\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/love-island-usa-couples-who-are-still-together-and-who-broke-up\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/love-island-usa-couples-who-are-still-together-and-who-broke-up\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">\u2018Love Island USA\u2019 Status Check: Which Couples Are Still Together?<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThey got a text \u2014 and found love in the Love Island USA villa. The beloved British dating show made its way across the pond in 2019, following a crop of American bombshells searching for The One in a luxury tropical villa. In season 1, eventual winners Elizabeth Weber and Zac Mirabelli had a connection [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Season 6 of <em>Love Island USA<\/em>, which aired in 2024, started with Leah and Rob, 27, coupled up. They had viewers rooting for them but ultimately explored other connections.<\/p>\n<p>Rob and <strong>Andrea Carmona<\/strong> remained together until hers \u2014 and later his \u2014 elimination. Leah, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/leah-kateb-talks-miguel-ppg-perfect-disaster-of-love-island-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found love with <strong>Miguel Harichi<\/strong><\/a>, whom she is still in a relationship with two years after leaving the villa.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.7%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4401960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Love Island\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/NUP_207857_00380.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Casey Durkin\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI also think it\u2019s so crazy that people hold on to these moments so deeply. It\u2019s like \u2026 guys this is two years ago. It was a week,\u201d Leah told host <strong>Amanda Hirsch<\/strong> about still seeing people rooting for her and Rob. \u201cImagine if I was holding onto a week of their lives. I\u2019m like, let\u2019s cut it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cI will still see edits of us and some people are like, \u2018You need to leave Miguel. I\u2019m like, \u2018Guys, we\u2019re losing the f**king plot here.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the clip, Leah recalled the more tumultuous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/traitors-rob-rausch-reveals-where-he-stands-with-leah-kateb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moments of her and Rob\u2019s villa connection<\/a>. She pointed out a conversation after Andrea was voted off by the other Islanders, which became an iconic moment in<em> Love Island USA<\/em> history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Producers] would say, \u2018If you pull X, Y and Z right now then we\u2019ll give you two extra glasses of wine. There\u2019s one scene where they said I have to pull someone and I didn\u2019t want to. It was after so much drama and I didn\u2019t want to talk to him,\u201d Leah recalled. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to make it seem like I want him. I didn\u2019t want any of that. And they were like, \u2018If you pull him, we\u2019ll give you two glasses of wine.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-island-usa-season-8-couples-who-is-together-who-broke-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed regret at her decision<\/a> to play into the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking back at it, I\u2019m like, \u2018You stupid bitch. You should have just left it alone.\u2019 Now when I watch it I\u2019m like, \u2018I know what they were trying to do,&#8217;\u201d she continued. \u201cThey were just trying to make it seem like I wanted Rob\u2019s back. The day after the girl had left. \u2026 They got what they wanted but now when I\u2019m looking at it, I feel like they knew exactly what they were doing. They wanted to make it look a certain way. I was begging them because I do not want to talk to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:75%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large credit-added wp-image-4401956\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Leah Kateb\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=100&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 100w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=500&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=1920&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1920w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=2400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 2400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/leahkateb.jpeg?w=3200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 3200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Not Skinny But Not Fat<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite her previous romance highs and lows, Leah <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-island-usas-leah-breaks-silence-on-fan-edits-of-her-and-rob\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was grateful it led her to Miguel<\/a>, 29.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI would say [this is] my first real relationship. Because I feel like I\u2019ve had situationships. It was never a boyfriend and girlfriend situation,\u201d she shared. \u201cMiguel has never had a girlfriend so I am his first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leah noted that she and Miguel both work because they are \u201creally chill people,\u201d adding, \u201cI\u2019m not someone that is like, \u2018If we\u2019re not married by [this time then] \u2026 that\u2019s just not my vibe. I feel like we\u2019re both very go-with-the-flow type of people and I think we really just mesh very well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The full episode of the \u201cNot Skinny But Not Fat\u201d podcast with Leah goes live on Tuesday, August 11, at midnight PST.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-islands-leah-kateb-reveals-last-time-she-saw-rob-rausch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love Island USA\u2018s Leah Kateb made a rare comment about where her relationship stands now with ex Rob Rausch. \u201c[After the show], we hung out at Universal Studios Hollywood [in July 2024] and all of that. Our whole season went to Universal and then I think the last time [we saw each other] was that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-256722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}