Serena Page (Braver Than the Rest of Us) Lets Boyfriend Kordell Beckham Read Her Diary
Love Island USA season 6 winners/national treasures Serena Page and Kordell Beckham are coming up on their first anniversary, and to honor that, Serena went on a date with someone else. Sort of. The reality star, who's gearing up for the premiere of the new Peacock series Love Island: Beyond the Villa, joined Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Willa Bennett for pasta and martinis in the latest episode of Cosmo's Blind Date.
If you're not familiar (which you should be), on Blind Date, Willa has to guess which famous person she's dining with through a series of questions. And it wasn't hard to figure out Serena was this week's date. (The reveal that she met her partner on TV was a major tell….) But after the guessing was done, Serena and Willa dove into the standard first date topics, like their respective astrological big 3, Serena and Kordell's first post-villa date, and the reason why Serena supports going through your partner's phone. But importantly, she believes the snooping should not be one-sided, as in, both partners get to spy on each other. In fact, she's actually let Kordell read her journal, which is truly a next-level trust exercise. Watch the full episode above to hear more gems from this dream date.
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