{"id":4477,"date":"2026-06-03T14:33:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/love-island-usa-star-kenzie-annis-draws-comparisons-to-sydney-sweeneys-euphoria-character\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T14:33:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:33:34","slug":"love-island-usa-star-kenzie-annis-draws-comparisons-to-sydney-sweeneys-euphoria-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/love-island-usa-star-kenzie-annis-draws-comparisons-to-sydney-sweeneys-euphoria-character\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Love Island USA&#8217; star Kenzie Annis draws comparisons to Sydney Sweeney&#8217;s &#8216;Euphoria&#8217; character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F129607040.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/02\/entertainment\/heres-how-to-watch-love-island-usa-2026-for-free-time-cast\/\">\u201cLove Island USA\u201d<\/a> contestant Mackenzie \u201cKenzie\u201d Annis didn\u2019t make a euphoric impression on fans during the Season 8 premiere.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers compared Annis to<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/25\/entertainment\/sydney-sweeney-bares-it-all-in-raunchy-euphoria-scene-with-richard-geres-son\/\"> Sydney Sweeney\u2019s \u201cEuphoria\u201d character,<\/a> Cassie Howard, due to the 24-year-old\u2019s wild behavior in the first episode of the Peacock reality show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKenzie looks like if Cassie from Euphoria went on Love Island!\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/supermangeek101\/status\/2061194881498845572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one fan wrote<\/a> on X with a meme of Sweeney in the HBO series. \u201cShe looks like Sydney Sweeney!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same fan predicted Kenzie is \u201cgonna be a hot mess on the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cLove Island USA\u201d contestant Kenzie Annis drew comparisons to Sydney Sweeney\u2019s \u201cEuphoria\u201d character due to her wild behavior during the Season 8 premiere. <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Fans said on social media Kenzie is \u201cas crazy\u201d as Cassie Howard, whom Sweeney plays in the HBO series (Sweeney is pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">HBO Max<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Another viewer <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/s_keyrings\/status\/2061973411962769619\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted,<\/a> \u201ckenzie giving s3 cassie realness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201ccassie howard walked so kenzie could run,\u201d someone else <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hhhestyles\/status\/2061976589286379542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joked.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A different fan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hiztrulyy\/status\/2061893202701844929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted a photo<\/a> of Kenzie and Cassie and wrote, \u201cEver since people said Kenzie looks like Cassie I can\u2019t unsee it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese pictures of Kenzie keep showing up on my timeline and I keep thinking they\u2019re stills of Cassie from Euphoria,\u201d read <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/itsrytheo\/status\/2062057093440680329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another fan tweet.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>One fan joked that Cassie walked so Kenzie (seen above) could run.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Another viewer said Kenzie is \u201cgiving Season 3 Cassie realness\u201d (Sweeney is pictured above in \u201cEuphoria\u201d). <span class=\"credit\">HBO MAX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sweeney, 28, played Cassie in all three seasons of \u201cEuphoria.\u201d Season 3 saw the character <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/04\/14\/entertainment\/euphoria-creator-sam-levinson-defends-sydney-sweeneys-onlyfans-storyline\/\">become an OnlyFans model<\/a>\u00a0which involved Sweeney filming <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/29\/entertainment\/sydney-sweeneys-raciest-euphoria-moments\/\">many\u00a0risqu\u00e9 scenes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kenzie, a Kennesaw, Georgia native and recent nursing school graduate, was one of 12 contestants introduced during Tuesday\u2019s \u201cLove Island\u201d premiere.<\/p>\n<p>After the cast was announced May 28, fans combed through Kenzie\u2019s social media accounts and found photos of her with friends who were wearing MAGA attire and with a Trump flag in the background, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/29\/kenzie-annis-family-defends-her-ahead-of-love-island-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to TMZ. <\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Kenzie (pictured above) is a Kennesaw, Georgia native and recent nursing school graduate <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/PEACOCK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Fans called Kenzie \u201ccrazy\u201d for how she behaved during the \u201cLove Island USA\u201d Season 8 premiere on Peacock Tuesday night. <span class=\"credit\">Ben Symons\/Peacock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Kenzie\u2019s dad, Tim, told the outlet his daughter is not a Trump supporter. <\/p>\n<p>Her brother, Alden, also spoke out against the political allegations in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@ald.en\/video\/7645343937464503566?embed_source=121374463%2C121468991%2C121439635%2C121749182%2C121433650%2C121404359%2C121497414%2C122349556%2C122221973%2C122122240%2C121351166%2C121811500%2C121960941%2C122122244%2C122122243%2C122122242%2C121487028%2C121679410%2C122258714%2C121331973%2C120811592%2C120810756%2C121885509%3Bnull%3Bembed_pause_share&amp;refer=embed&amp;referer_url=www.swooon.com%2F1282735%2Flove-island-usa-season-8-cast-controversy-explained%2F&amp;referer_video_id=7645343937464503566\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok video<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMe and my family are very against the Trump administration,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have never voted for Donald Trump. It\u2019s really just been weighing down on me, the things I have seen people online saying about my sister.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Alden called Kenzie \u201can amazing woman\u201d and \u201chuge role model\u201d while noting it\u2019s \u201creally hard to hear these false accusations\u201d about his sister.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Before the season premiered, fans accused Kenzie (seen above) of being a Trump supporter. <span class=\"credit\">kenzieannis\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>However, Kenzie\u2019s dad told TMZ his daughter is not a Trump supporter (Kenzie is seen in the photo above). <span class=\"credit\">kenzieannis\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZA5VqjBmv9\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a pre-season interview<\/a>, Kenzie described what she\u2019s hoping to get out of her \u201cLove Island\u201d experience. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy parents are still in love, and it\u2019s beautiful how their marriage has grown. It\u2019s been 30 years,\u201d she shared. \u201cI want that kind of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in love once, but I\u2019ve been single now for a year and a half,\u201d Annis continued. \u201cI\u2019m so starving for some boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove Island\u201d airs everyday except Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on Peacock.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/03\/entertainment\/love-island-usa-star-kenzie-annis-draws-comparisons-to-sydney-sweeneys-euphoria-character\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cLove Island USA\u201d contestant Mackenzie \u201cKenzie\u201d Annis didn\u2019t make a euphoric impression on fans during<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/129607040.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}