Fired Love Island star Alannah Keyser apologizes for using the N-word

Former “Love Island USA” star Alannah Keyser released an apology to TikTok on Saturday after being kicked off the Peacock reality show for using the n-word in a resurfaced video.

The video shows Keyser rapping along to Roddy Ricch’s 2019 song ‘The Box’ and singing the lyrics with the n-word.

“I come here to discuss some of the things that are circulating online,” Keyser said. “I want to start by addressing the video of me singing along to a Roddy Ricch song that contains a racial slur. I’m sorry to anyone who saw that video and was offended by it, that was never my intention. The video is from six years ago, and that word is just not in my vocabulary anymore.”

She added, “I want to say right off the bat that I do not support racism or discrimination of any kind, and I never have. When I first found out these things were going around online, it really broke my heart and I couldn’t do anything about it. But this has definitely been a learning lesson for me, and it sucks that I didn’t get the chance to really show my personality and who I am.”

Keyser is the second contestant on Love Island USA Season 8 to be credited with saying the n-word. In late May, Vasana Montgomery was fired in the days leading up to the Season 8 premiere after two videos of her using the slur went viral. In last year’s season 7, two contestants, Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega, were also caught making racist comments and had to leave the Villa.