Rob Rausch Walks Away From Love Island Spin Off. Here's His Reason
Love Island USA fans have something exciting to look forward to in 2025. Instead of waiting until 2026, a new spinoff called Love Island: Beyond the Villa will bring more Islanders back on screen much sooner. The upcoming series will follow some popular contestants from the last season, as they face new challenges in Los Angeles. But Robert 'Rob" Rausch won't be part of the spinoff because he doesn't live in LA and the show focuses on Islanders living in that city. Rob recently talked about his decision during an Instagram live with JaNa Craig, who also lives outside LA but chose to join the show.
Rob said, 'The only reason I didn't do it is just because like, what do you want me to do? Just show up and say, 'Hey, this is my life. I live here for eight weeks.' It just didn't make sense. It was unauthentic to me. So I was like, 'Yeah, I don't think I can do it'."
JaNa, speaking about joining Love Island: Beyond the Villa, shared that when she found out the show will be filmed in Los Angeles, she reminded the team that she usually handles all her work from Las Vegas.
Still, her team helped her by setting up content and projects she could work on for YouTube and TikTok during the two months of filming in LA. She also mentioned that the show followed her real life, just like the makers promised. Because of that, she started to understand why Rob chose not to join the show, as getting followed by cameras every day was not always easy.
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Other than JaNa Craig, Love Island: Beyond the Villa will also feature Leah Kateb, Miguel Harichi, Kenny Rodriguez, Serena Page, Kaylor Martin, Aaron Evans, Kendall Washington, Olivia Walker and Connor Newsum.
While Rob won't be part of the Love Island spin off in Los Angeles, he has other plans. He will be heading to Scotland to appear in season 4 of The Traitors.
Meanwhile, fans can look forward to Love Island: Beyond the Villa, which is set to premiere on July 16, 2025.
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