A second Love Island USA contestant has been removed from the villa after historic social media posts emerged that appeared to show her using a racial slur.<\/p>\n
Alannah Keyser was removed after a video showed her apparently lip synching to the n-word in a song, while other screenshots showed her appearing to use the same slur in an Instagram comment and Snap message.<\/p>\n
The posts came from a private account and were not made public until after Keyser entered the villa, and were therefore not flagged during broadcaster Peacock’s vetting process, sources told US publications including Variety, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n Keyser, who had appeared on the dating series since Sunday, has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n Keyser joined the series as a “bombshell” during the show’s traditional mid-season Casa Amor twist, where new islanders enter the villa to challenge existing relationships. <\/p>\n Before her departure, Keyser appeared in the first 20 minutes of Thursday’s episode, conversing with one of the male contestants before appearing briefly in two further non-speaking scenes.<\/p>\n However, the show’s narrator then confirmed her exit, telling viewers: “Alannah has left Casa Amor.”<\/p>\n It is the second time this season that a contestant has left over the use of racist language, after Vasana Montgomery was removed, external<\/a> following the announcement of the line-up.<\/p>\n Montgomery was seen appearing to use the n-word in two different videos that were circulated online.<\/p>\n She later said in an Instagram statement: “In those videos, I used a racial slur. There is no excuse for it, and I am deeply sorry. <\/p>\n “I am embarrassed and disappointed by my words. I take full responsibility for what I said and understand why it has hurt and upset people.”<\/p>\n Two further contestants were also removed from the seventh series of Love Island last year.<\/p>\n Yulissa Escobar was asked to leave the villa after videos emerged of her using a slur in a podcast.<\/p>\n