“Love Island” contestant Vasana Montgomery has been axed from the Peacock show’s upcoming season after videos surfaced of her using a racial slur.
The 26-year-old contestant from Beaverton, Oregon, was filmed allegedly singing the N-word in a song lyric, according to TMZ.
A Peacock spokesperson told Decider that the videos were privately owned and that they were only made aware of them after Montgomery had been announced as part of the Season 8 cast.
Sadly, it’s not the first time a “Love Island” contestant has been marooned for using offensive language.
Last year, Yulissa Escobar abruptly departed the show one day after its premiere.
The show addressed Escobar’s exit 18 minutes into the second episode.
“Yulissa has left the villa,” narrator Iain Stirling curtly said.
Escobar’s exit followed furor over her casting as fans quickly uncovered podcast clips where Escobar could be heard using the N-word.
“Now I’m f–king my [N-word], he’s my [N-word],” she said in a video shared on Reddit.
During another instance in the same podcast, the model said, “Are you that [N-word] that controls what she wears?”
Escobar later apologized.
Fellow islander Cierra Ortega also found herself in hot water after an offensive racial slur targeting Asians resurfaced online. At the time, narrator Iain Stirling informed viewers that Ortega had left the villa “due to a personal situation.”
Days later, Ortega released an “accountability video,” explaining that she had no idea the word she had used “was a slur. I had no idea of its meaning.”
Earlier this week, the show’s official Instagram account pleaded with its fan base to be “kind” to the contestants online.
“This is a space for fun, not negativity,” the message read, “so keep it kind, keep it positive, and remember this is LOVE Island!”
With Montgomery no longer participating, other islanders entering the villa in search of love include Aniya Harvey, Beatriz Hatz, Melanie Moreno, Bryce Dettloff, Kenzie Annis, Gabriel Vasconcelos, KC Chandler, Sean Reifel, Sincere Rhea, Trinity Tatum and Zach Georgiou.
Season 8 of “Love Island USA” premieres on Tuesday on Peacock.
