Cierra Ortega exits "Love Island USA" after racist social media posts resurface, with her family issuing a statement asking for compassion during the controversy.

Kassy Castillo is best known for her queer showmance with Johnnie Garcia, which unfolded in the fifth season of Love Island USA. Even though Kassy said — at the time — that she had never dated girls before, it still didn't stop her from pursuing Johnnie.

During the Sunday, July 6, episode of “Love Island USA,” narrator Iain Stirling announced that Cierra Ortega had left the show due to a “personal situation.” Prior to her shocking exit, many fans called for Ortega’s removal after discovering that she used a slur for Chinese people in several social media posts.

When it came to contestant Michelle “Chelley” Bissainthe, a Haitian-American Islander, the post was no longer funny. Her “breakfast” featured fruit, Goldfish crackers, and a “knuckle sandwich” —represented by a white fist wedged between two slices of bread.

Cierra Ortega, a former contestant on season 7 of “Love Island USA,” has spoken out after abruptly leaving the show when multiple of her using a racial slur resurfaced online. Ortega, who audiences learned had left the show on Sunday, July 6, took accountability for using the offensive term in an Instagram video posted Wednesday, July 9.

Love Island is set to introduce a new bombshell in an unexpected twist and they could be set to replace one contestant as soon as they enter. The contestants got a taste of what the public thought of them with the most recent challenge. While their evening was initially set up as a rodeo party thinks quickly got personal.