Peacock has not clarified why Ortega left the show, but her exit occurred amid online controversy over posts she allegedly made that included a derogatory term for Chinese people.

Love Island USA' contestant Cierra Ortega left the show with just a week to go after a past racist comment surfaced online. Amid the backlash to her use of an Asian slur, Ortega's parents took to her Instagram account to issue a statement on her behalf.

Cierra Ortega's exit from the 'Love Island USA' villa was announced on July 6NEED TO KNOWCierra Ortega was a contestant on season 7 of Love Island USAOn the July 6 episode, narrator Iain Stirling announced that Ortega had left the villa because of a "personal situation"Ahead of her departure,