{"id":25220,"date":"2025-07-09T09:48:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T08:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=25220"},"modified":"2025-07-17T12:01:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T11:01:57","slug":"zac-reveals-what-really-happened-when-cierra-was-suddenly-removed-from-love-island-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/07\/09\/zac-reveals-what-really-happened-when-cierra-was-suddenly-removed-from-love-island-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Zak reveals what REALLY happened when Cierra was suddenly removed from Love Island USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, so Love Island USA has been messy this season, but the moment <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/01\/wait-theres-a-wild-theory-these-two-love-island-usa-stars-are-sisters\/\">Cierra Ortega<\/a> was removed from the villa is probably something that&#8217;ll go down in the show&#8217;s history. Now, Cierra&#8217;s co-star, Zak Srakaew, is spilling the tea on what really went down when she suddenly had to make an exit. Just a week before the season seven final, <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 was axed<\/a>, and now we&#8217;ve got some juicy details on how it all came about.<\/p>\n<h2>Zak takes to his socials to spill the tea<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">yall zak explained a little bit about what happened when cierra left the villa&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveIslandUSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveIslandUSA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XzC6S9VkUK\">pic.twitter.com\/XzC6S9VkUK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 col (@gwenstacysgff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwenstacysgff\/status\/1942839190275895475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When Cierra was removed from the Love Island USA villa, it came as a shock to everyone. The show&#8217;s narrator said she left for &#8220;personal reasons.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After people unearthed a since-deleted IG Story of <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/04\/furious-love-island-usa-execs-hold-crisis-meeting-after-cierras-racial-slur-resurfaced\/\">her using a racial slur<\/a> in a post from 2023, her time on the show was cut short. However, Peacock hasn&#8217;t confirmed this is the reason for her removal. Reality Shrine reached out to Peacock for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Since the controversial post came to light and Cierra was removed, <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/07\/cierra-from-love-island-usas-parents-just-broke-their-silence-on-that-controversial-post\/\">her parents spoke out<\/a> via her IG Stories. A fellow axed Islander, <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/08\/fellow-axed-love-island-usa-cast-member-who-also-used-racial-slur-defends-cierra\/\">Yulissa Escobar, also urged people<\/a> to give Cierra time to reflect following her exit.<\/p>\n<p>Zak explained what the moment was like for him and the rest of the cast when Cierra was told she had to go home.<\/p>\n<p>He said on his live: &#8220;How did Cierra leave? I can&#8217;t really say but when Cierra left they gathered us all together, the producers gathered us all together and then they said &#8216;unfortunately Cierra&#8217;s broken some of the policies of our guidelines, she&#8217;ll no longer be here in the villa and that&#8217;s all the information we can give you guys&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Zak added Nic&#8217;s reaction to Cierra leaving<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201ccierra has left the villa due to a personal situation, leaving nic unfortunately single\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gJY9BTo7bB\">pic.twitter.com\/gJY9BTo7bB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ^\u4eba^ (@laeswrld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laeswrld\/status\/1942022810311835738?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>When Cierra was removed from season seven, she was coupled up with <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/2025\/07\/03\/controversial-videos-of-love-island-usas-nic-have-resurfaced-and-theyre-really-not-okay\/\">Nic Vansteenberghe<\/a>. Naturally, he was probably surprised to see her go, and now Zak&#8217;s revealing his response in the moment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When we was all in there, we didn&#8217;t even know what was going on, but that&#8217;s what they said to us and that if we needed somebody to speak to, go speak to them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He dished: &#8220;Nic was really upset that she left but at the same time he coudn&#8217;t really be super upset&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;He couldnt express how he feels about the situation until he found out what she&#8217;s done or what she&#8217;s said because at the end of the day as much as you want to feel sorry for somebody, if you know they got removed from a show for saying something offensive you cant really feel sorry for them until you know what it is, you know what im saying?&#8221;<\/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 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