Cierra Ortega was quietly dumped from the villa after posts resurfaced of her using an Asian slur.

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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.