Love Island USA cast member REMOVED due to past racist slurs
A Love Island USA cast member has been removed from season 7 of the show after clips of her using racist slurs began to be shared online.
Yulissa Escobar, 27, was released from the reality TV show off camera during the second episode, before the rest of the contestants woke up for the day.
As the islanders were waking up, the narrator of the show Iain Stirling announced: 'Yulissa has left the villa.'
Clips of Escobar using the N-word while discussing ex-boyfriends surfaced on Reddit and fans of the show were enraged. Some left comments on her Instagram that they would vote her off at the first opportunity.
Yulissa was paired up with Ace Greene who is now single following her exit.
One comment on the Reddit thread read: 'How [the f***] did producers let this slide? They for SURE saw this.'
Another user replied: 'Yeah, if people on this sub can find this in a few days, casting should have DEFINITELY found this. So either they're not looking into people enough or they're choosing to let this stuff slide. Not sure which is worse.'
The remaining season seven Islanders include: Chelley Bissainthe, Huda Mustafa, Belle-A Walker, Olandria Carthen, Greene, and Taylor Williams.
Just a day before her exit from the program the budding reality star had been happily promoting the show on her Instagram.
In one post, she wrote: 'It's my unapologetic year! And I'm choosing me, every time. Loud, soft, sweet, savage - whatever I feel like being.'
In other Love Island-related posts, Escobar begged for votes to stay in the Villa.
One post read: 'Say hello to your newest official islander on Love Island USA Season 7. Straight from Miami and headed to the villa! She's all about kindness, connection, and staying true to who she is.
'We can't wait for you to get to know her heart, her humor, and everything in between. Make sure you download love island app to vote for Yulissa!'
Under that post one person wrote: 'Can she see these comments?? Or not yet cause she in the island? Honestly IDC but how hilarious when she comes out thinking she got all these fans but she's getting cancelled.'
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