Cierra Ortega, a contestant of this summer's “Love Island USA” left the villa just a week before the finale of the hit reality series is set to air on Peacock. Her departure, announced Sunday, followed weeks of uproar from viewers after old posts from Ortega resurfaced that contained a racial slur against Asian people.

Love Island USA” contestant Cierra Ortega is no longer looking for love on the reality program. Ortega’s exit, which came a week before the dating show’s Season 7 finale, was announced in a voiceover that said she left the show for a “personal situation,

Cierra Ortega was quietly dumped from the villa after posts resurfaced of her using an Asian slur.