Love Island USA star Leah admits Rob's brutal insult was her 'most embarrassing moment'

Leah Kateb has admitted she was "mortified" by her ex Rob Rausch's brutal dig as he opened up about their lack of chemistry .

The pair met on the sixth season of Love Island USA and had an instant connection, but their relationship didn't last. Cracks started to show when Rob became interested in other women on the show, including bombshell Andrea Carmona .

Leah then moved on with her partner Miguel Harichi, with the pair making it to the finale . However, Leah has now admitted she is still caught up on Rob's comments as she sat down for an interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast .

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Leah said she was left embarrassed by the comments Rob made about her on Love Island USA, including saying he felt "no sexual chemistry" with her. Rob has denied saying these comments.

"Every bad thing I ever thought about myself literally just swarming in my head. I've never felt that embarrassed in my life. I felt so unwanted, so gross," she told host Alex Cooper.

Leah added: "Literally every bad thing I've thought about myself was confirmed in that moment." She started to tear up as she admitted Rob's words had been "hurtful".

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"I wouldn't have guessed he felt like that. It was just shocking," she revealed. Alex then comforted her guest as she insisted any woman would feel the same way.

Leah later shared a defiant statement as she said she is working to get past what happened. "I feel like it's taken me a while to get to a place where I'm like, oh, I feel good about myself of how I look," Leah shared.

"I'm very critical about myself. And I think that it just took me, I don't know, I think it put me in a very bad head space. I'll just tell you that."

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