Love Island USA bombshell Alannah Keyser is speaking out after her abrupt exit from the reality dating show.
In a TikTok posted on Saturday, June 27, Alannah addressed a resurfaced video of herself singing along to a Roddy Ricch song containing a racial slur, while also disputing screenshots that circulated online.
“Hi everyone, I’m coming on here to address some things that have been circulated online,” Keyser began.
“I do want to begin by addressing the video of me singing along to a Roddy Ricch song that contains a racial slur. I’m sorry to whoever has seen that video and has been offended by it. That was never my intention,” she said.
“The video is from six years ago and that word is just not in my vocabulary anymore.”
The 21-year old admitted the backlash was difficult to process.
“When I first found out everything that was going on, it really broke my heart,” she said, adding, “But this has definitely been a learning lesson for me. And it sucks that I didn’t get a chance to really show my personality and who I am.”
Peacock confirmed Alannah’s departure during the June 25 episode.
According to the network, the resurfaced video and online posts only became public after she had entered the villa and therefore were not available during the show’s pre-filming vetting process.
Keyser’s removal comes after another contestant, Vasana Montgomery, was also kicked off over a similar controversy.
