Casa Amor bombshell Alannah Keyser has been pulled from Love Island USA season eight after a video of her allegedly utilizing a racial slur resurfaced on social media.
Peacock has confirmed that Keyser is not going to longer be on Love Island USA after Thursday evening’s episode (which is the twentieth episode of the sequence). Keyser does seem in episode 20, and her exit was briefly addressed on the present.
The Hollywood Reporter understands that the video and social media posts that surfaced on-line seem to haven’t been shared publicly till after her look on Love Island USA, that means they weren’t accessible at any time in the course of the vetting course of.
Keyser, a pupil from Miami, made her grande entrance on the hit Peacock actuality relationship present throughout episode 17 on Sunday evening, strolling into Casa Amor as one of many new bombshells, alongside 5 different women.
She is the second castmember to be faraway from season eight after Vasana Montgomery was faraway from the present forward of the June 2 premiere when social media posts emerged of her utilizing the N-word. Montgomery later apologized on Instagram, writing in a press release, “In these movies, I used a racial slur. There isn’t a excuse for it, and I’m deeply sorry. I’m embarrassed and dissatisfied by my phrases. I take full accountability for what I mentioned and perceive why it has damage and upset folks.”
Final yr, two Islanders had been additionally eliminated throughout season seven. Yulissa Escobar was kicked off the present initially of the season after clips of her utilizing the N-word resurfaced on-line, and some weeks later, Cierra Ortega was dropped after receiving backlash for a social media put up that confirmed her utilizing a racial slur.
Regardless of receiving backlash over among the castmembers lately, Love Island USA has continued to be certainly one of Peacock’s prime reveals. In response to the streamer, the primary three days of season eight pulled in 824 million viewing minutes, a report for any Peacock authentic sequence over that size of time.
New episodes, hosted by Ariana Madix and narrated by Iain Stirling, drop Thursdays by way of Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT, with Love Island Aftersun (hosted by Ciara Miller and Tefi Pessoa) airing each Saturday.
