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‘Love Island USA’: Yulissa Escobar Exits The Villa Amid Backlash Over Resurfaced Racist Comments


Yulissa Escobar has left Love Island USA Season 7 a day after the premiere episode on Peacock.

The show addressed her exit around the 17-minute mark of the second episode of the dating series competition that dropped on Wednesday night. No reason was given for Yulissa’s exit, but it comes amid backlash on social media following resurfaced racist comments from the past. After Peacock unveiled the names of the Islanders heading to Fiji for Season 7 of the reality dating competition, internet sleuths found a clip of Yulissa using the n-word repeatedly.

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