“Love Island USA” season 7 contestant Yulissa Escobar abruptly left the villa during the Wednesday, June 4, episode of the reality dating series.
Escobar’s sudden exit was only briefly mentioned on the show.
“Welcome back to ‘Love Island USA.’ Yulissa has left the villa,” narrator Iain Stirling announced as the islanders were waking up on day 2. None of Yulissa’s former cast members mentioned her again after the announcement.
Peacock confirmed to NJ.com that Yulissa has left the villa for good.
Yulissa’s departure comes after clips resurfaced of her using racial slurs during podcast appearances. In footage obtained by TMZ, Yulissa said the N-word multiple times while discussing her dating life.
Fans took to the comment section of Yulissa’s Instagram cast announcement to express outrage and state their plans to vote her off “Love Island USA.”
“This girl on the internet saying the N word.. loud and proud. what kind of vetting did yall do producers???” one viewer wrote.
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Others celebrated once Yulissa’s exit was revealed.
“‘Yulissa has left the villa.’ and we all cheered,” one fan commented.
Yulissa has yet to address the backlash. She has turned comments off on her Instagram posts.
Prior to leaving the show, Yulissa was coupled up with TikTok personality Ace Green. That left Ace single during the next recoupling, which means he is currently at risk of elimination. It’s not over for him yet, though. Ace seems to have sparked a connection with Chelley Bissainthe, who is currently coupled up with Austin Shepard.
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In addition to Ace, Chelley, and Austin, the remaining season 7 contestants are Jeremiah Brown, Olandria Carthen, Charlie Georgiou, Huda Mustafa, Cierra Ortega, Nicolas Vansteenberghe, Belle-A Walker, and Taylor Williams.
Charlie and Bella-A are also currently at risk of elimination.
New episodes of “Love Island USA” premiere on Peacock at 9 p.m. ET every day except Wednesdays.
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