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 the deed world dating series.

Contestant Alannah Keyser’s clip successful Fiji has officially travel to an extremity arsenic she faces backlash for seemingly utilizing a radical 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 pupil astatine USC from Miami, volition nary longer look connected the series. She is the 2nd contestant Peacock dismissed this play implicit a radical slur scandal.

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

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

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

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

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

Keyser is the 4th “Love Island USA” contestant successful 2 years to look scrutiny for her past usage of radical slurs. Earlier this month, Peacock pulled quality technician Vasana Montgomery from its Season 8 lineup earlier the play started. Last year, contestant Cierra Ortega prematurely near the 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 the season’s 2nd occurrence amid societal media outcry implicit her usage of the N-word.

Those 3 contestants person since publically apologized for their posts.