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Love Island USA’s Cierra Ortega Makes Shocking Exit for 'Personal' Reasons as Past Racial Slurs Resurface

'Love Island USA' narrator Iain Stirling announced that contestant Cierra Ortega had left the show due to a ‘personal situation’ during the intro of episode 30, which aired on Peacock on Sunday, July 6. The 25-year-old content creator’s exit came amid off-screen backlash about her use of racial slurs in the past.

On Sunday, July 6, Love Island USA announced that Cierra Ortega had left season 7 due to a "personal situation" The content creator, 25, had been receiving off-screen backlash following resurfaced social media posts that appeared to show her using racial slurs"While she’ll always be our little girl, she’s also a woman, one who will take responsibility in her own time and her own voice. On Sunday, July 6, narrator Iain Stirling announced during episode 30 that Cierra Ortega had left the Peacock show due to a “personal situation,” therefore leaving contestant Nic Vansteenberghe single. Following her exit on Sunday, Belle-A Walker, who was dumped from the villa after Ortega’s bombshell arrival, praised the show’s producers for “taking a stand” against racism in a post on her Instagram Stories.

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