“Love Island USA” bombshell Alannah Keyser is facing backlash after a video of her saying the N-word resurfaced.
Keyser was introduced to fans during Sunday night’s episode when the men went to Casa Amor to meet an all-new batch of women.
However, just hours after the episode premiered, fans found a video where Keyser allegedly sings along to a song and uses the racial slur.
Additionally, social media users also found a resurfaced Instagram comment from Keyser where she, again, allegedly used the N-word. It’s unclear when either of these instances happened.
Production has yet to publicly address the controversy, and a rep for the Peacock show was not immediately available to Page Six for comment.
Fans online are now calling for the bombshell to be removed from the Season 8 cast.
“KICK HER OUT IMMEDIATELYYYYYYY,” one wrote via X. “Send her home @loveislandusa,” another added.
“@loveislandusa I’m deeply offended, kick her off or I’m deleting my Peacock account!” a third said.
“do they even f—king do research at this point? because how was this so simple for people to find and yet production didn’t? love island needs to f—king step it up. second person this season dude,” a fourth wrote, referring to another Season 8 contestant’s removal for the same reason.
Last month, Vasana Montgomery was axed before the reality TV show started filming because she was filmed allegedly singing the N-word in a song lyric.
At the time, a source close to production told Decider that the videos were privately owned and that they were only made aware of them after Montgomery had been announced as part of the Season 8 cast.
During Season 7, two cast members were also removed from “Love Island USA” for using offensive language.
Last year, Yulissa Escobar abruptly departed the show one day after its premiere when fans uncovered podcast clips where she could be heard using the N-word.
The show addressed Escobar’s exit 18 minutes into the second episode and she later apologized.
Fellow islander Cierra Ortega also found herself in hot water after an offensive racial slur targeting Asians resurfaced online.
At the time, narrator Iain Stirling informed viewers that Ortega had left the villa “due to a personal situation.”
Days later, Ortega released an “accountability video,” explaining that she had no idea the word she had used “was a slur.
“I had no idea of its meaning,” she added.
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