{"id":371136,"date":"2026-04-09T11:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/371136\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T11:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:40:14","slug":"kendall-washington-unwell-winter-games-dropout-not-staged-no-bad-blood-either","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/371136\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall Washington \u2018Unwell Winter Games\u2019 Dropout Not Staged, No Bad Blood Either"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Unwell Winter Games’
\n Kendall’s Dropout Was No Fluke & No Shade<\/p>\n

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\n April 8, 2026
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“Love Island” star Kendall Washington<\/a> was in fact slated to appear on \u201cUnwell Winter Games\u201d — despite speculation that his last-minute absence was staged for drama, TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n

In the first episode of the brand new YouTube show, host Alex Cooper<\/a> reveals Kendall is no longer a part of the show, forcing her to recruit Andrew Vetter from production — but fans weren’t buying it and speculated Cooper was throwing a subtle dig towards Kendall — however, we’re told it’s all a big misunderstanding.<\/p>\n

Sources close to the situation tell us the mishap isn\u2019t being pinned on production from Kendall’s end, and there\u2019s no bad blood between Kendall and the Unwell team. Those close to the situation describe it as an innocent mistake rather than any kind of fake setup for the purpose of the show or to shade KW.<\/p>\n

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We’re told cast members were actually given the flexibility to book and adjust their own flights, which led to widespread travel issues. We’re told several contestants missed or changed flights along the way — and in Kendall\u2019s case, our sources tell us he genuinely didn\u2019t make it in time.<\/p>\n

Production hottie Andrew was working with the Unwell team and stood out for helping, as shown in episode 1. His low-key charm clearly didn\u2019t go unnoticed, and production ultimately decided to bring him into the cast to replace Kendall.<\/p>\n

Our sources tell us the move came as a complete surprise to Andrew, who had no idea he\u2019d be stepping in front of the cameras … despite speculation that it was all a fluke.<\/p>\n


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Bottom line … while viewers may have suspected some behind-the-scenes maneuvering, our sources insist the biggest moments came down to real-life circumstances and not scripted twists, and there’s no bad blood with Cooper’s production team and Kendall despite specualtion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘Unwell Winter Games’ Kendall’s Dropout Was No Fluke & No Shade Published April 8, 2026 8:00 PM PDT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-371136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}