Another former bombshell has apologized for past use of a racist slur that got her ousted from the villa. <\/p>\n
Fired \u201cLove Island USA\u201d contestant Alannah Keyser<\/a> posted a video to TikTok<\/a> on Saturday addressing a past video that showed her using the N-word as she sang along to the Roddy Ricch song \u201cThe Box.\u201d On Friday, Peacock confirmed to The Times that Keyser had been dismissed from the hit reality dating show after the resurfaced video began circulating online. <\/p>\n \u201cI do want to begin by addressing the video of me singing along to a Roddy Ricch song that contains a racial slur,\u201d Keyser says in her video. \u201cI\u2019m sorry to whoever has seen that video and has been offended by it; that was never my intention. The video is from six years ago, and that word is just not in my vocabulary anymore.\u201d <\/p>\n A USC film student from Miami, Keyser also addressed some of the other social media chatter about her that had been making the rounds prior to her dismissal. Included were accusations of racism due to screenshots of her alleged use of the racist slur on Snapchat and Instagram as well as observations that alleged she had interacted less with Black men on the show. <\/p>\n She said those screenshots had been \u201cfalsified.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cWhat has been shared does not reflect the truth, and it\u2019s never been in my character to discriminate against anybody\u2019s skin color,\u201d Keyser said. \u201cI do want to say directly that I do not support racism or discrimination of any kind, and I never have.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I first found out that these things were going around online, it really broke my heart, and I couldn\u2019t do anything about it. But this has definitely been a learning lesson for me, and it sucks that I didn\u2019t get a chance to really show my personality and who I am,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n In the caption of her TikTok video, Keyser wrote that \u201creality tv is HEAVILY edited & [her] chats\/kisses with the other boys were unfortunately not aired.\u201d<\/p>\n Keyser was the second \u201cLove Island USA<\/a>\u201d contestant who was dismissed from the show this season after video of them using the N-word surfaced on social media. Earlier this month, Peacock axed Oregon-based beauty technician Vasana Montgomery<\/a> just days after it announced its slate of Islanders for the show\u2019s eighth season. She has since apologized, saying, \u201cThere is no excuse\u201d for her use of the slur. <\/p>\n Last year, contestants Cierra Ortega<\/a> and Yulissa Escobar<\/a> were dismissed from the show for their use of racist slurs. Ortega<\/a> had been caught repeatedly using a derogatory slur for Chinese people (and Asian people in general) on social media, while Escobar had used the N-word in a couple of podcasts. Both have since apologized. <\/p>\n