Cierra Ortega's Shocking Love Island Exit Revealed
During Sunday's episode of the popular dating series, the show's narrator revealed, "Cierra has left the villa due to a personal situation." No other information was given to viewers, and the rest of the islanders kept any and all conversations about her abrupt departure to a minimum.
This announcement came just one week before the Season 7 finale (July 13). Cierra was happily coupled up with Nic Vansteenberghe.
If your social media timelines aren't filled with Love Island chatter, then her exit might be a complete surprise to you, so let me fill you in on what's been going on behind the scenes:
Fans unearthed multiple posts of Cierra, who is of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent, allegedly using a racial slur that's been used to reference the appearance of a Chinese person's eyes or a generalization of an Asian person's physical appearance.
In one social media post from Jan. 2015, Cierra used the derogatory term to describe her face, and in a Feb. 2023 post, she used the same term to detail what her eyes looked like after getting Botox.
The posts eventually went viral, and she reportedly lost over 200K followers on Instagram because of them. A petition was later started to have her removed from the villa, and it has amassed over 17K signatures.
"Asian Americans have been in the United States since the 1800s," the petition creator wrote. "Since their arrival, Asians have been the victims of violent hate crimes, racism, and exclusion. Cierra's use of a slur against Asians is disgusting and inexcusable, especially the fact that she used it to describe her eyes."
"That slur has been used to demean and intimidate East Asians in America for hundreds of years. Even recently, during the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-Asian racism had many Asians fearing that they would be the next victim of a hate crime. Racism is racism, no matter who it is towards."
The comment section was filled with people sharing why they found her use of the word so harmful:
Well, Love Island seemingly heard the concern of viewers and acted accordingly. After Cierra was removed, her family shared a statement on her Instagram Story on Sunday, admitting that this has been "one of the most painful weeks" of their lives.
Some fans on X (better known as Twitter) even joked about how quickly producers got her out of the villa:
But this isn't the first time this season a contestant was forced to exit due to past usage of racial slurs. In fact, when this season first aired in June, a contestant named Yulissa Escobar was quietly removed from the show after two days of being in the villa, when viewers found social media posts of her using the N-word. She was one of the original cast members and one of the first women to enter the villa.
Fans have hinted at another current member of the show allegedly using a racial slur in the past, so this might not be the last time we see someone get the axe.
Love Island USA airs daily (except Wednesdays) at 9 p.m. on Peacock.
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