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A few days after suddenly leaving the “Love Island USA” villa, Sierra Ortega is working on why he was taken from the show.
In the week leading up to her departure, some social media users expressed anger over screenshots of Instagram posts and messages in recent years, showing that Ortega used racist slur towards Asians to show that Ortega looked at her eyes negatively.
The 25-year-old said on July 9, wearing a sweater decorated in front of her “empathy” sweater, “Not only those who hurt or deeply offended me, but also the entire Asian community, I am deeply, truly, honestly, sorry.
“While I was in the villa, there were several posts that resurfaced from my past. “I had no idea that the words had a lot of pain, harmfulness, and that they had brought to the history they had made or that they had never used it. When I was using it, I was not malicious, but that’s absolutely not an excuse because intentions do not excuse ignorance.”
She called the post “not an apology video” and rather an “accountability video.”
On July 6th, she was phased out from the Peacock Romance Competition Show, which first appeared at the end of the June 3rd premiere episode.
She and her partner Nic Vansteenberghe were the only couple to label themselves as exclusive. Their fellow islanders appeared to think they would win the front line as the season ends on Sunday, July 13th.
Sierra said the slur she used was racist
Ortega said she didn’t know the racist origins of the words she used in multiple social media posts, saying, “I hope I know I didn’t really know it was a slur. It didn’t make sense to me.”
Slur “was quickly removed from my vocabulary” in 2024, she said.
She shared screenshots of direct message exchanges and rejected the “story” that she doubled with the use of words, as she allegedly got the screen of the exchange circulated on social media.
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Sierra: “I totally agree” “Decision to remove me from the villa”
Ortega was not opposed to the choice of “Love Island USA” producers.
“I fully agree with the network’s decision to remove me from the villa. This is a punishment worthy of it, and I think the punishment was certainly absolutely received,” she said.
Ortega continues to blame the backlash from viewers, as the family is a Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage family.
“My family doesn’t feel safe in their homes. I’m under death threat,” she said. “There’s no need to fight hatred and hatred. I don’t think that’s justice.”
Before Ortega’s video, on July 6, her family posted a statement on Ortega’s Instagram Story, which criticized the actions of several of the show’s viewers.
“We’re not here to justify or ignore what’s surfaced. We understand why people are upset and we know the issue of accountability. But what’s going on online is far beyond that.”
“It’s heartbreaking, even her family, her friends, her supporters. It’s not said, and no one deserves such hatred, no matter what mistake they make.”
A survey of more than 1,000 people across the United States identified as Asian Americans and/or Pacific Islanders said 72% of young people aged 18 to 29 have experienced hate, according to a report by Stop AAPI Hate and the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center released in June.
Over half of adults aged 30-44, as well as 46% of those aged 45-59 and over 44% of those aged 60 and over reported such experiences, including harassment and institutional discrimination.
