Less
than
a
week
before
the
finale, Love
Island
USA dropped
another
bombshell.
Indeed,
on
the
July
6
episode
of
the
Peacock
series,
narrator Iain
Stirling, informed
viewers that
contestant Cierra
Ortega had
“left
the
villa
due
to
personal
reasons.”
Her
sudden
departure
came
amid
growing
backlash
following
the
resurfacing
of
an
alleged
Instagram Story—which
E!
News
has
not
independently
verified—where
she
used
a
racial
slur. While
noting
Cierra,
25,
was
unable
to
comment
as
she
was
still
in
Fiji,
where Love
Island
USA is
filmed,
her
parents addressed
the
ongoing
controversy.
“We’re
not
here
to
justify
or
ignore
what’s
surfaced.
We
understand
why
people
are
upset,
and
we
know
accountability
matters.
But
what’s
happening
online
right
now
has
gone
far
beyond
that,”
they
wrote
on
Cierra’s
Instagram
July
6.
“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.
Until
then
we’re
simply
asking
for
compassion.
For
patience.
For
basic
human
decency.”
