On July 9, she issued an apology for having used the "incredibly offensive and derogatory term." Ortega isn’t the first Season 7 Islander to be removed from the villa following controversy ...

Love Island USA Season 7 has introduced several new islanders, but few have made as much of an impact as Cierra Ortega. The ...

After Zak Srakaew was dumped from "Love Island USA," he took to TikTok live to reveal what producers told the cast when ...

"I take accountability for using the word, but I do want it to be known that I genuinely had no idea that it was a slur," the ...

The Chicago native, who is of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent, said her post “not an apology video,” but rather “an ...

During the Sunday, July 6, episode of “Love Island USA,” narrator Iain Stirling announced that Cierra Ortega had left the ...

Contestants Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega were removed from 'Love Island USA' for past use of racial slurs.

Former “Love Island USA" reality contestant Cierra Ortega addressed her prior use of an anti-Asian slur just days after she ...

In this op-ed, writer Kaila Yu, the author of Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty, argues that ...

Cierra Ortega, the second contestant kicked off 'Love Island' after racist comments surfaced on social media, says 'I am not ...

The 25-year-old left the "Love Island" villa after her old posts containing a slur against Asian people resurfaced.