Love Island USA contestant Yulissa Escobar has left the present shortly after season seven received underway.
Whereas the rationale for her departure from the villa hasn’t been revealed, Escobar’s exit comes shortly after clips of her utilizing racial slurs resurfaced on-line.
Through the second episode, which premiered Wednesday night time, collection narrator Ian Stirling shortly introduced about 18 minutes into the present, “Yulissa has left the villa.” She was coupled up with Ace Greene, however he additionally famous later within the episode that he’s now single.
When Peacock was reached for remark, a spokesperson shared an announcement much like Stirling’s remark with The Hollywood Reporter.
After the season seven Love Island USA forged was revealed final week, Escobar has confronted backlash on social media after podcast clips resurfaced of her utilizing racial slurs. In clips obtained by TMZ, she is reportedly heard saying the N-word a number of occasions.
Escobar has but to answer the criticism as she’s been within the villa the place no private cell telephones are allowed.
The remaining season seven Islanders embody Chelley Bissainthe, Huda Mustafa, Belle-A Walker, Olandria Carthen, Greene, Taylor Williams, Nicolas Vansteenberghe, Jeremiah Brown and Austin Shepard. Nonetheless, the latter has additionally acquired backlash on-line from followers after a consumer on X (previously Twitter) shared screenshots of Shepard’s alleged TikTok likes, which included posts supporting President Donald Trump. He stays within the villa.
Love Island USA season seven is at the moment streaming on Peacock, with Ariana Madix returning as host. On the finish of episode one on Tuesday, the primary two bombshells, Cierra Ortega and Charlie Georgiou, entered the villa.
The present follows a bunch of single Islanders trying to find love in a fantastic Fijian villa. All through their keep, “Islanders will couple as much as face model new heart-racing challenges and greater twists and turns than ever earlier than. Temptations rise and drama ensues as new ‘bombshells’ arrive, forcing Islanders to resolve in the event that they need to stay with their present companions or recouple with somebody new,” the present’s logline reads.