‘Love Island USA’ fires Alannah Keyser from season 8 for using N-Word

For the second time this season, a ‘Love Island USA’ contestant has been kicked off the show for using the n-word.

Casa Amor contestant Alannah Keyser will no longer appear in season 8, Peacock has confirmed, after videos emerged on social media of her singing along to the n-word in a song. Additionally, users circulated an Instagram comment and a Snap post using the same slur. The videos were originally posted to private accounts and were not shared publicly until after Keyser appeared on the show, so they would not have been accessible during Peacock’s vetting process.

Keyser’s departure follows that of Vasana Montgomery, who was cut from the show before season 8 even premiered for the same reason. But the trend isn’t new: Last year, during Season 7 of “Love Island USA,” Yulissa Escobar was removed during the second episode over videos of her using the n-word, and later in the season Cierra Ortega left after using a racist term for Asian people that she claimed she “had no idea” was a slur.

In Keyser’s case, both the video and screenshots were posted online after she made her debut on Sunday evening and was widely criticized online.

Despite her firing, Keyser appeared in the first 20 minutes of Thursday’s episode, sharing a conversation and a kiss with partner Zach Georgiou, and later sleeping in bed with him. Keyser then appeared briefly in two non-speaking scenes before narrator Iain Stirling announced her departure, saying, “Alannah has left Casa Amor.”

Keyser is a 21-year-old film student at USC, originally from Miami, Florida. She first appeared in season 8 of ‘Love Island USA’ during episode 17, when she was introduced as a Casa Amor bombshell. (Casa Amor refers to the show’s midseason twist, which brings in new islanders to test existing relationships.)

“Love Island USA” releases new episodes daily except Wednesdays. Ariana Madix serves as host while Iain Stirling narrates. Executive producers include David George, Adam Sher, Jordana Hochman, Bernie Schaeffer, Ben Thursby-Palmer, James Barker, Blake Garrett, Courtney Rosenthal, Sophie Brown, Richard Cowles, Mike Spencer, Tom Gould, Ali Hill and Martin Oxley. ITV America produces in association with Lifted Entertainment and Motion Entertainment.

This story has been updated with a description of Keyser’s final episode.