Sigh. Again? 'love Island Usa' Confirms Another Contestant Fired Over Apparent Use Of Racial Slur

It seems “Love Island USA” producers pulled 1 bombshell speech for a chat, 1 that has led to her firing from nan deed reality making love series.

Contestant Alannah Keyser’s clip successful Fiji has officially travel to an extremity arsenic she faces backlash for apparently utilizing a group slur successful a video and societal media comments that precocious resurfaced connected societal media. “Love Island USA” streamer Peacock confirmed to The Times connected Friday that Keyser, a movie student astatine USC from Miami, will nary longer look connected nan series. She is nan 2nd contestant Peacock dismissed this season complete a group slur scandal.

Keyser made her “Love Island USA” debut past week arsenic 1 of nan six women hopeful to onslaught up a relationship pinch nan antheral contestants successful Casa Amor, testing nan men’s narration pinch their partners backmost successful nan villa. Keyser appeared to brace up pinch contestant Zach Georgiou. In her debut episode, she informed Georgiou she had a little romance pinch his older relative Charlie, a erstwhile “Love Island USA” contestant.

“Love Island USA” parted ways pinch contestant Alannah Keyser aft she utilized a group slur successful societal media comments and posts.

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She faced allegations of racism amid her first “Love Island USA” section erstwhile a societal media personification surfaced screenshots of Keyser allegedly utilizing nan N-word connected Snapchat and Instagram. A personification connected X (formerly Twitter) besides published video of Keyser seemingly saying nan slur arsenic she sings on to Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” astatine a party. Some viewers — and different contestants connected nan bid — besides observed that Keyser interacted little pinch nan Black men connected nan bid successful her debut episode.

A root acquainted pinch “Love Island USA” accumulation said nan arguable video and posts only became nationalist connected societal media aft Keyser’s first section and that nan posts were not viewable during nan series’ vetting process. Peacock confirmed Kesyer’s firing hours aft nan U.S. Sun reported her exit and minimized surface time. “Producers were disappointed and embarrassed that this has go different mishap,” a root told nan outlet.

Keyser did not instantly respond to a petition for remark via societal media.

Keyser is nan 4th “Love Island USA” contestant successful 2 years to look scrutiny for her past usage of group slurs. Earlier this month, Peacock pulled beauty technician Vasana Montgomery from its Season 8 lineup earlier nan play started. Last year, contestant Cierra Ortega prematurely near nan villa arsenic she faced disapproval for her past societal media posts that included a slur for Chinese (and, much generally, Asian) people. A period earlier that, contestant Yulissa Escobar was dismissed by nan season’s 2nd section amid societal media outcry complete her usage of nan N-word.

Those 3 contestants person since publically apologized for their posts.