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Death-threat Love Island star condemns 'viral hate' and abuse after N-word clip gets her booted from show
An axed Love Island USA contested has condemned as 'viral hate' the 'abuse' she has received for using a racial slur in a podcast four years ago.
Yulissa Escobar said she has been getting death threats after clips of her dropping the N-word in 2021 resurfaced last week.
She apologized for the comments in a lengthy essay on June 5, and again on Friday, but has been getting chilling messages 'saying I should kill myself.'
The Miami-based real estate professional - who has been booted from the villa - also posted a message, stating: 'Accountable, not Erased.'
'People swear cancel culture is about accountability… But now it's just viral hate,' she wrote.
'That video doesn't define me,' she asserted adding: 'This isn't ' woke.' It's abuse.'
'My name is Yulissa Escobar. And this is NOT where my story ends,' she wrote.
'One mistake does not define a human. And that moment? Was four years ago. I've clearly grown and I'm just getting started.'
She then invited fans to contact her in her DMs: 'If you're hurting… if you're scared… if you feel like no one gets it come talk to me.'
Some fans showed her support after the post.
'I felt every word of this. I can definitely relate! The way online hate can consume and distort reality is terrifying. Thank you for speaking out with so much honesty and courage,' wrote one follower.
'Love you yuli ❤️,' wrote another, adding: 'No one deserves this kind of hate, those who know you love you PERIOD.'
Others weren't buying what she was selling.
'But why were you saying the n-word in 2021,' asked one commenter, adding: 'You're grown enough.'
'Ah the playbook move to become the victim after owning it people truly cannot resist this move hilarious and so predicable,' said a detractor.
In a separate post on Friday, Escobar shared a series of unapologetically sexy snaps of her wearing a tiny blue bikini at a car wash.
'And in case you forgot the written on the suitcase. I still had a timeee!' she wrote using the hashtags #loveislandusa and #shecamebackbetter.
