Just days after being quietly removed from Love Island USA, Cierra Ortega has now addressed the controversy around her using an Asian slur in the past that led to her exit.

During the Sunday, July 6, episode of “Love Island USA,” narrator Iain Stirling announced that Cierra Ortega had left the show due to a “personal situation.” Prior to her shocking exit, many fans called for Ortega’s removal after discovering that she used a slur for Chinese people in several social media posts.