Love Island USA viewers were in for a surprise when Cierra Ortega was suddenly no longer in the villa after being coupled up with Nic Vansteenberghe

During the July 6 episode of the reality TV show, it was confirmed that Cierra Ortega had left the villa following a racism scandal. Narrator Iain Stirling announced that Cierra was no longer on the show "due to a personal reason".

Love Island USA contestant Cierra Ortega has left Season 7 of the show, days after social media posts resurfaced in which she used racial slurs. During Sunday’s episode of the Peacock dating series, narrator Iain Stirling revealed that “Cierra has left the villa due to a personal situation.