‘love Island Usa’ Contestant Exits Show After Racist Social Media Posts Resurface

"Love Island USA" sent location an islander aft immoderate questionable societal media posts resurfaced.

At nan opening of nan latest section of nan reality show, narrator Iain Stirling announced that Cierra Ortega had near nan show owed to a "personal situation."

While Stirling didn't grow further connected her exit, precocious resurfaced societal media posts from Ortega seemed to show her utilizing racist slurs against Chinese people.

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Cierra Ortega was removed from "Love Island USA" complete past societal media posts. (Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty Images)

Ortega has yet to publically remark connected nan scandal, since islanders aren't allowed entree to their phones – she remains sequestered contempt her exit – but her family shared a connection connected her Instagram account.

Cierra Ortega's parents' connection via her Instagram communicative connected Sunday, July 6. (Cierra Ortega/Instagram)

Her parents began nan statement, shared connected July 6, by noting that this past week has been "one of nan astir painful" weeks of their lives.

"We've seen nan posts, nan headlines, nan wounded and nan hate. And while Cierra hasn't seen immoderate of it yet, we have. And truthful person nan group who emotion her," their connection read.

They continued, "We’re not present to warrant aliases disregard what’s surfaced. We understand why group are upset, and we cognize accountability matters. But what’s happening online correct now has gone acold beyond that."

Ortega's parents past addressed nan alleged attacks connected her family.

"We’re not present to warrant aliases disregard what’s surfaced. We understand why group are upset, and we cognize accountability matters. But what’s happening online correct now has gone acold beyond that."

"The threats. The sadistic messages. The attacks connected her family, her friends, moreover her supporters, it’s heartbreaking. It’s uncalled for. And nary 1 deserves that benignant of hate, nary matter what correction they’ve made.

"While Cierra is not successful nan villa anymore, she is still away. She hasn’t had nan chance to process immoderate of this aliases speak for herself. But we cognize our daughter. We cognize her heart. And erstwhile she returns, we judge she’ll look this pinch honesty, growth, and grace," they wrote.

"While she’ll ever beryllium our small girl, she’s besides a woman, 1 who will return work successful her ain clip and her ain voice. Until then, we’re simply asking for compassion. For patience. For basal quality decency. Not conscionable for her, but for everyone caught successful nan mediate of this," nan Ortega family continued.

Cierra Ortega was coupled up pinch Nicolas "Nic" Vansteenberghe connected "Love Island." (Kim Nunneley/Peacock via Getty Images)

Ortega's parents signed disconnected by thanking those who person shown her emotion during this time, "even erstwhile it's not easy."

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In a resurfaced Instagram post, Ortega seemingly utilized nan slur successful 2015 and past again successful 2024.

Following nan resurfacing of Ortega's societal media posts, she has allegedly mislaid hundreds of thousands of followers connected Instagram and a petition was created to person her removed from "Love Island."

Cierra Ortega allegedly utilized a slur made against Chinese group doubly connected societal media. (Kim Nunneley/Peacock via Getty Images)

Ortega's exit from play 7 of "Love Island USA" came aft contestant Yulissa Escobar was released from nan show during nan 2nd episode.

Escobar was heard utilizing nan N-word during 2 abstracted podcast appearances.

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Following her exit from nan villa, Escobar took to Instagram to stock a lengthy apology post.

"In those clips, I utilized a connection I ne'er should’ve used, a group slur. I utilized it ignorantly, not afloat knowing nan weight, history aliases symptom down it."

Cierra Ortega was sent location during section 30 of "Love Island USA." (Kim Nunneley/Peacock via Getty Images)

"I wasn’t trying to beryllium violative aliases harmful, but I admit now that volition doesn’t excuse impact. And nan effect of that connection is real. It’s tied to generations of trauma, and it is not excavation to use," she wrote connected June 6.

"...To those who are disappointed aliases offended, I understand and I apologize. I americium sorry," Escobar concluded.

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