{"id":25062,"date":"2025-07-08T11:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=25062"},"modified":"2025-07-08T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T10:43:08","slug":"fellow-axed-love-island-usa-cast-member-who-also-used-racial-slur-defends-cierra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/08\/fellow-axed-love-island-usa-cast-member-who-also-used-racial-slur-defends-cierra\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellow axed Love Island USA cast member who also used racial slur defends Cierra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An axed Love Island USA star is taking to social media to &#8220;dive into&#8221; everything that&#8217;s gone on during season seven so far. Yulissa Escobar just shared a new TikTok where she broke down her thoughts on the latest drama in the villa. The reality TV star was removed from the villa just days into season seven. Her <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/05\/heres-the-shocking-real-reason-yulissa-escobar-suddenly-left-the-love-island-usa-villa\/\">time on Love Island USA came to an end<\/a> when a video of her using a racial slur surfaced on the internet. Now, she&#8217;s defending another cast member who was removed for the same reason, a week before the final.<\/p>\n<h2>Yulissa and Cierra were removed from the villa<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cCierra has left the villa, due to a personal situation\u201d<br \/>\nGirl we know the damn situation<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 bre \u0c68\u09ce \ud83d\udc07 \ud83d\udc3e (@shortnbre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shortnbre\/status\/1942023299707326924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After just a few days of being on Love Island USA season seven, <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/06\/09\/love-island-usas-yulissa-escobar-just-responded-to-that-controversy-and-she-had-a-lot-to-say\/\">Yulissa was removed<\/a> from the villa by production.<\/p>\n<p>A clip from her past, which saw her using a racial slur, resurfaced, and her time on the reality TV show came to a swift end.<\/p>\n<p>Yulissa wasn&#8217;t the first Islander to be removed from the show for a controversial social media post. A week before the show&#8217;s final, Cierra Ortega was also axed for the same reason.<\/p>\n<p>A since-deleted Instagram post that saw Cierra using a racial slur, allegedly published in 2023, did the rounds recently.<\/p>\n<p>After people caught wind, Love Island USA said <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/07\/is-this-the-exact-moment-cierra-was-removed-from-the-love-island-usa-villa-caught-on-camera\/\">Cierra left for &#8220;personal reasons.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since then, her <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/07\/cierra-from-love-island-usas-parents-just-broke-their-silence-on-that-controversial-post\/\">parents have spoken out about the racial slur<\/a> controversy. And, now, Yulissa is also breaking her silence about Cierra&#8217;s exit.<\/p>\n<h2>Now she&#8217;s defending Cierra on TikTok?!<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@yulissaaescobar\/video\/7524404144732409102\" data-video-id=\"7524404144732409102\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@yulissaaescobar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@yulissaaescobar?refer=embed\">@yulissaaescobar<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>You can hold people accountable without destroying them. Sorry if I\u2019m rambling..  <a title=\"loveislandusa\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/loveislandusa?refer=embed\">#LoveIslandUSA<\/a> <a title=\"yulissa\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/yulissa?refer=embed\">#yulissa<\/a> <a title=\"lovergirl\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/lovergirl?refer=embed\">#lovergirl<\/a> <a title=\"loveisland\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/loveisland?refer=embed\">#LoveIsland<\/a> <a title=\"yulissaescobar\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/yulissaescobar?refer=embed\">#yulissaescobar<\/a> <a title=\"cierra\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/cierra?refer=embed\">#cierra<\/a> <a title=\"huda\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/huda?refer=embed\">#huda<\/a> <a title=\"austin\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/austin?refer=embed\">#austin<\/a> <a title=\"chelly\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/chelly?refer=embed\">#chelly<\/a> <a title=\"olandria\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/olandria?refer=embed\">#olandria<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Yulissa Escobar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7524404285921168142?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Yulissa Escobar<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After Cierra was revealed to have used a racial slur in a since-deleted Instagram Story, some other Islanders, like <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/07\/i-could-no-longer-support-this-person-belle-a-slams-cierra-following-her-racist-posts\/\">Belle-A Walker<\/a>, said they&#8217;re no longer associating with her.<\/p>\n<p>But Yulissa is taking to TikTok to say quite the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;I&#8217;ve taken a second to reflect and really dive into everything&#8230; this isn&#8217;t only about me, this isn&#8217;t only about Cierra&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s so hard for me to say this, because I&#8217;m not justifying what I did. I know what I did was wrong, and I know what I said was wrong. And, I know what Cierra said was wrong. And, I know it hurt communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Cierra, she added: &#8220;All I ask for Cierra is&#8230; we need to stop fighting hate with hate. The cyber-bullying has gone to a whole other level. All I ask you guys is to give this girl a chance to take it all in and let her take accountability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former reality TV star urged people to stop sending &#8220;disgusting messages&#8221; to Cierra. Drawing on her personal experience, Yulissa explained how when she was removed from the villa, and &#8220;in a hotel room in Fiji,&#8221; she was &#8220;scared to go home&#8221; after seeing the messages she was getting online.<\/p>\n<p>Yulissa added how her family had concerns when she was suddenly removed from the show: &#8220;It was a lot to take in&#8230; My mom flew into Texas because she was worried about me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of threatening her [Cierra] and her family, try to educate us. Try to educate people so that we can grow as a community because we need to stick together,&#8221; she continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>For all the latest reality TV cast member news, scandals, gossip and updates \u2013 like\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Reality Shrine<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/realityshrineofficial?rdid=TzQu2kEd2cUqU4rD&amp;share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F14zX5cKubf%2F#\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>Facebook<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Try to educate 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