Virgin River star spills how ‘difficult relationship’ connected her to Preacher and Kaia romance

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Virgin River has finally returned for its sixth season on Netflix with millions of fans gearing up for the wedding of the decade.Subscribers have been waiting years for Mel Monroe (played by Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack Sheridan (Martin Henderson) to tie the knot, but will their nuptials go as planned or are there more surprises in store?Aside from the central romance, there’s always plenty of drama happening around town, including Preacher’s (Colin Lawrence) fledgling romance with firefighter Kaia Bryant (Kandyse McClure).When fans last left the adorable new couple, Preacher had let slip that he had fallen in love with his new girlfriend, though Kaia wasn’t quite ready to say it back.Now season six has dropped in its entirety yesterday (Thursday, December 19), fans will be tuning in en masse to find out if Kaia will say those immortal words back at some point in season six.Speaking exclusively to Screen Time, actress McClure revealed how challenges in her own love life helped her relate to this tricky period in Preacher and Kaia’s relationship.“Part of the feeling that I had and that I felt I knew about Kaia was some of the intersections from some of my own personal life,” she explained.“Having come out of kind of a difficult relationship in my early 30s, or mid 30s, and having spent quite a bit of time alone previously, it’s like, when you’re an independent person and all you have to worry about is yourself, you develop a kind of ease about that.

Or simplicity or sense of safety.“I’m not going to disappoint anybody, I’m not going to let anybody down, I’m not going to put my problems on anybody else.