Cierra Ortega is opening up about her exit from the villa on “Love Island USA.” Ortega was removed from the villa on the July 6 episode of the show, which came just a week before the July 13 finale. Her removal came in the wake of viewers digging up social media posts with racial slurs.

"I want to first start by addressing not just anyone that I have hurt or deeply offended, but most importantly, the entire Asian community. I am deeply, truly, honestly, so sorry," she said in a lengthy video.

Love Island USA contestant Cierra Ortega has addressed her removal from the hit dating reality show. A week before the finale, Ortega was dropped from Season Seven after the surfacing of social media posts from 2015 and 2020 in which she used a racial slur toward the Asian community.