Alannah Keyser Is Latest Fired 'love Island Usa' Contestant To Apologize For Using A Racist Slur

Another erstwhile bombshell has apologized for past usage of a racist slur that sewage her ousted from nan villa.

Fired “Love Island USA” contestant Alannah Keyser posted a video to TikTok connected Saturday addressing a past video that showed her utilizing nan N-word arsenic she sang on to nan Roddy Ricch opus “The Box.” On Friday, Peacock confirmed to The Times that Keyser had been dismissed from nan deed reality making love show aft nan resurfaced video began circulating online.

“I do want to statesman by addressing nan video of maine singing on to a Roddy Ricch opus that contains a group slur,” Keyser says successful her video. “I’m sorry to whoever has seen that video and has been offended by it; that was ne'er my intention. The video is from six years ago, and that connection is conscionable not successful my vocabulary anymore.”

A USC movie student from Miami, Keyser besides addressed immoderate of nan different societal media chatter astir her that had been making nan rounds anterior to her dismissal. Included were accusations of racism owed to screenshots of her alleged usage of nan racist slur connected Snapchat and Instagram arsenic good arsenic observations that alleged she had interacted little pinch Black men connected nan show.

She said those screenshots had been “falsified.”

“What has been shared does not bespeak nan truth, and it’s ne'er been successful my characteristic to discriminate against anybody’s tegument color,” Keyser said. “I do want to opportunity straight that I do not support racism aliases favoritism of immoderate kind, and I ne'er have.

“When I first recovered retired that these things were going astir online, it really collapsed my heart, and I couldn’t do thing astir it. But this has decidedly been a learning instruction for me, and it sucks that I didn’t get a chance to really show my characteristic and who I am,” she added.

In nan caption of her TikTok video, Keyser wrote that “reality tv is HEAVILY edited & [her] chats/kisses pinch nan different boys were unluckily not aired.”

Keyser was nan 2nd “Love Island USA” contestant who was dismissed from nan show this play aft video of them utilizing nan N-word surfaced connected societal media. Earlier this month, Peacock axed Oregon-based beauty technician Vasana Montgomery conscionable days aft it announced its slate of Islanders for nan show’s eighth season. She has since apologized, saying, “There is nary excuse” for her usage of nan slur.

Last year, contestants Cierra Ortega and Yulissa Escobar were dismissed from nan show for their usage of racist slurs. Ortega had been caught many times utilizing a derogatory slur for Chinese group (and Asian group successful general) connected societal media, while Escobar had utilized nan N-word successful a mates of podcasts. Both person since apologized.