Love Island USA's Cierra leaves show after racism row

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Riyah Collins

BBC Newsbeat

Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty Images Cierra Ortega connected Love Island USA. Cierra has long, wavy acheronian hairsbreadth and brownish eyes. She wears a patterned one-shouldered orangish formal and a microphone astir her neck.

Love Island USA's Cierra Ortega has near the villa "for idiosyncratic reasons" aft aged societal media posts emerged online.

The 25-year-old contented creator from LA was absent from play seven's latest occurrence aft a 2015 video astir Botox treatments resurfaced.

Fans shared and criticised the Instagram post, which contained a derogatory word for Chinese people.

In a connection Cierra's parents said she had been the people of a hatred run and called for compassion.

Cierra's parents, who person been moving her societal media portion she's been successful the villa, said she and her relatives had received threats and "cruel messages".

Describing the fallout arsenic "one of the astir achy weeks of our lives," they said no-one deserved the hatred Cierra had received.

"We're not present to warrant oregon disregard what's surfaced," they wrote.

"We recognize wherefore radical are upset and we cognize accountability matters. But what's happening online close present has gone acold beyond that."

"No-one deserves that benignant of hate, nary substance what mistakes they've made."

Ben Symons/Peacock via Getty Images Yulissa Escobar successful the Love Island USA villa. Yulissa has long, straight, acheronian hairsbreadth which she's styled successful a half-up-half-down bun. She wears a strappy achromatic formal and has a microphone astir her neck. She smiles widely, wearing a reddish lipstick. The villa down her is decorated with orange, yellowish and pink.

Cierra's parents accidental that, portion she's near the villa, she "still hasn't had the accidental to process immoderate of this oregon talk for herself".

"When she returns, we judge she'll look this with honesty, maturation and grace.

"Until then, we're simply asking for compassion. For patience. For basal quality decency."

BBC Newsbeat has contacted Peacock, the makers of Love Island USA, for comment.

'A warzone'

Cierra's departure follows that of chap islander Yulissa Escobar, who near the amusement aft videos of her utilizing a radical slur connected a podcast successful 2021 re-emerged.

Yulissa aboriginal apologised, saying connected Instagram she utilized the violative word "ignorantly, not afloat knowing the weight, history, oregon symptom down it".

She followed up her apology with a 2nd post, saying she had received decease threats and that she "came backmost to a warzone" aft leaving the villa.

"I've taken the clip to reflect, to learn, and to grow," she said.

"Growth means recognizing erstwhile you were wrong, adjacent if it's uncomfortable, and choosing to determination guardant with humility and accountability."