Love Island USA Removes Vasana Montgomery After Racial Slur Videos Surface
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· 3 sourcesLove Island USA has removed cast member Vasana Montgomery from Season 8 after videos surfaced of her using the n-word, Variety reported. Deadline noted that Peacock stated the videos were privately owned and not publicly shared until after her casting announcement, making them inaccessible during the vetting process. This marks the third time in two seasons that a contestant has been dismissed for using racial slurs, following similar incidents during Season 7, according to Variety.
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Love Island USA has removed cast member Vasana Montgomery from Season 8 after videos surfaced of her using the n-word. This marks the third time in two seasons that a contestant has been dismissed for using racial slurs, following similar incidents with Yulissa Escobar (n-word) and Cierra Ortega (racist term for Asian people) during Season 7. The removal occurred just two days after the Season 8 cast announcement, with the show returning to Peacock on June 2.
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· 4 pulledFor the second year in a row, 'Love Island USA' has kicked an islander out of the villa after social media posts surfaced of them using the n-word.
25-year-old Vasana Montgomery will no longer appear in the reality dating series, which returns to Peacock on June 2.
Last year, Yulissa Escobar was removed during the second episode because of videos of her using the same slur.
Later in the season, Cierra Ortega exited for a similar reason; she used a racist term for Asian people.
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