Jonathan Daviss Gives Relationship Advice to Outer Banks‘ Characters & Ranks His Favorite Couples

After four seasons as one of the six Pogues on Outer Banks, no one is more qualified to give relationship advice to the Netflix show’s three couples than Jonathan Daviss (a.k.a. Pope) himself.

Daviss plays Pope Heyward, the brains of Outer Banks‘ Pogues, a ragtag team of treasure hunters from the coast of North Carolina. For the first time since its premiere in 2020, Outer Banks ended its third season with three couples: John B. Routledge and Sarah Cameron; JJ Maybank and Kie Carrera; and, of course, Pope and Cleo.

“I feel like Pope and Cleo’s relationship is different in the way Pope didn’t necessarily want a girlfriend at the time. I don’t think he wanted to be with anybody,” Daviss told StyleCaster ahead of the premiere of Season 4, Part 1. “He was still pretty hurt about the whole Kiara situation, and he had to learn to warm up to Cleo, and vice versa. Season 3 was about him getting over his first crush, and now he’s with somebody who genuinely cares for him and has seen him through some really hard times, who’s loyal and consistent.”

He continued, “Honestly, he wishes he could be more like Cleo, who’s confident and very sure in herself. I think he really admires that about her. This is his first serious relationship and the first girlfriend he’s ever had. He’s still learning how to have a girlfriend, and she’s still learning how to have a boyfriend who isn’t trying to steal from her. It’s very cute. They’re in a very different type of relationship than the other two couples.”

In honor of the return of Outer Banks Season 4, StyleCaster to give relationship advice to the Pogues of the OBX—as well as two more characters—on how they could improve their romantic lives, and man, did he have some words of wisdom. Watch the video above to see Daviss deliver dating tips to Outer Banks‘ characters and reveal which couple he thinks is the cutest.

Outer Banks is available to stream on Netflix.

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