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A second Love Island USA contestant has been removed from the villa after historic social media posts emerged that appeared to show her using a racial slur.<\/b><\/p>\n

Alannah Keyser was removed after a video showed her apparently lip synching to the n-word in a song, while other screenshots showed her appearing to use the same slur in an Instagram comment and Snap message.<\/p>\n

The posts came from a private account and were not made public until after Keyser entered the villa, and were therefore not flagged during broadcaster Peacock’s vetting process, sources told US publications including Variety, external<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Keyser, who had appeared on the dating series since Sunday, has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n

Keyser joined the series as a “bombshell” during the show’s traditional mid-season Casa Amor twist, where new islanders enter the villa to challenge existing relationships. <\/p>\n

Before her departure, Keyser appeared in the first 20 minutes of Thursday’s episode, conversing with one of the male contestants before appearing briefly in two further non-speaking scenes.<\/p>\n

However, the show’s narrator then confirmed her exit, telling viewers: “Alannah has left Casa Amor.”<\/p>\n

It is the second time this season that a contestant has left over the use of racist language, after Vasana Montgomery was removed, external<\/span> following the announcement of the line-up.<\/p>\n

Montgomery was seen appearing to use the n-word in two different videos that were circulated online.<\/p>\n

She later said in an Instagram statement: “In those videos, I used a racial slur. There is no excuse for it, and I am deeply sorry. <\/p>\n

“I am embarrassed and disappointed by my words. I take full responsibility for what I said and understand why it has hurt and upset people.”<\/p>\n

Two further contestants were also removed from the seventh series of Love Island last year.<\/p>\n

Yulissa Escobar was asked to leave the villa after videos emerged of her using a slur in a podcast.<\/p>\n

In a TikTok video, external<\/span> posted after she was removed, Escobar said: “I get it. I said a word that I should have not said. But I wish I would have never said that. It is what it is. I can’t go back in time. I am sorry that I said that word.”<\/p>\n

During the same season, Cierra Ortega exited after using a racist term for Asian people. She later apologised and said, external<\/span> that she “genuinely had no idea” that the term she had used was considered a slur. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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