Cierra Ortega, a contestant of this summer's “Love Island USA” left the villa just a week before the finale of the hit reality series is set to air on Peacock. Her departure, announced Sunday, followed weeks of uproar from viewers after old posts from Ortega resurfaced that contained a racial slur against Asian people.

Cierra is talking about the pain she felt watching Nic and Olandria couple up after she got booted from the show due to racist social media posts.