Love Island alum Nic Vansteenberghe just proved that he can—and does—see what you post about his relationship with Olandria Carthen.
On January 16, the 24-year-old reality star responded to a Threads user who claimed “Olandria can do better than Nic.” The post continued, “I like him and all but he’s bad for her brand. I can see her with a millionaire doctor or something.”
Bad for her brand in what way? This past summer, America watched as the pair turned Love Island into their own personal rom-com, instantly propelling them both into superstar status. In less than a year, Olandria went from selling elevators to walking the runway at New York Fashion Week, speaking at Harvard, hitting red carpets, and scoring a Glamour cover with her newfound love, who isn’t doing too badly in the career department himself.
Nic suggested as much in his brief response, writing, “All she got was a millionaire nurse 😞.”
Although Nic Vansteenberghe is a registered nurse, he was already working as a model in Japan prior to his turn on the popular reality dating show. “I was making enough money to travel and do what I wanted, but I felt like I had no purpose, just partying and vacationing—no future plan, just going with the flow,” he told Glamour in December. Now, he’s pursueing all sorts of new ventures, including a budding DJ career.
As both of their stars continue to rise, the couple are working on setting boundaries with a fandom that’s rabid for more Nicolandria. “That’s been the most fun part, taking control of the narrative,” Olandria told Glamour. “Because at first, I was so upset at the thoughts that people had about me. I’m like, You know what? They’re only going off of what they were seeing, what they were shown. At this point it’s up to me to control that narrative and show them the real me, the part that’s not edited. The rest of my life is not going to be edited. If you like it, you love it. If you don’t, whatever.”
Still, Olandria says the more they post, the more fans “nitpick” their behavior and scrutinize their relationship. “We always have check-ins, like, ‘How’s your mental? How are you today? I’m always here.’ I wish we didn’t have to do that as much as we had to,” she said. “Thank God we’ve got each other, because I don’t know what we would do without each other, literally, when it comes to that.”