ALBAWABA - Alannah Keyser exits Love Island USA after resurfaced racist posts.
A second Love Island USA participant has been sent out of the villa after previous social media photos surfaced that purported to show her uttering a racial epithet.
Alannah Keyser was banned after a video surfaced of her allegedly lip-syncing to the n-word in a song, while other screenshots showed her using the same slur in an Instagram comment and a Snapchat message.
According to reports, the posts came from a private account and were not made public until after Keyser visited the villa; thus, they were not flagged during Peacock's vetting procedure.
Keyser, who has participated on the dating show since Sunday, has not yet responded.
Keyser joined the series as a "bombshell" during the show's typical mid-season Casa Amor surprise, in which new islanders enter the villa to test established relationships.
Before her departure, Keyser appeared in the opening 20 minutes of Thursday's program, interacting with one of the male competitors and then appearing briefly in two more non-speaking sequences.
However, the show's narrator verified her departure, telling viewers that "Alannah has left Casa Amor."
This is the second time this season that a participant has left due to the use of racist words, following Vasana Montgomery's removal following the line-up announcement.
Montgomery was caught using the n-word in two separate films that circulated online.
She then stated on Instagram, "In those videos, I used a racial slur. "I apologize profusely. I'm embarrassed and disappointed by my words. I accept full responsibility for my words and understand why they have hurt and offended others."
Two more participants were eliminated from the seventh season of Love Island last year.
Yulissa Escobar was asked to leave the villa when footage surfaced showing her using a slur on a podcast.
In a TikTok video posted following her removal, Escobar remarked, "I understand. I said something that I should not have spoken. But I wish I'd never said that. It's what it is. I cannot go back in time. I am sorry I used that word."
Cierra Ortega was kicked off the team during the same season for using a discriminatory word for Asians. She then apologized, saying she "genuinely had no idea" the term she used was deemed a slur.
