Alannah Keyser is latest fired 'Love Island USA' contestant to apologize for using a racist slur
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Set us as preferred Another former bombshell has apologized for past use of a racist slur that got her ousted from the villa.Fired “Love Island USA” contestant Alannah Keyser posted a video to TikTok on Saturday addressing a past video that showed her using the N-word as she sang along to the Roddy Ricch song “The Box.” On Friday, Peacock confirmed to The Times that Keyser had been dismissed from the hit reality dating show after the resurfaced video began circulating online.
“I do want to begin by addressing the video of me singing along to a Roddy Ricch song that contains a racial slur,” Keyser says in her video.“I’m sorry to whoever has seen that video and has been offended by it; that was never my intention.
The video is from six years ago, and that word is just not in my vocabulary anymore.” Entertainment & Arts ‘Love Island USA’ contestant Alannah Keyser, facing backlash for apparently using a racial slur in a recently resurfaced social media post, has left the villa for good.A USC film student from Miami, Keyser also addressed some of the other social media chatter about her that had been making the rounds prior to her dismissal.Included were accusations of racism due to screenshots of her alleged use of the racist slur on Snapchat and Instagram as well as observations that alleged she had interacted less with Black men on the show.
She said those screenshots had been “falsified.” “What has been shared does not reflect the truth, and it’s never been in my character to discriminate against anybody’s skin color,” Keyser said.“I do want to say directly that I do not support racism or discrimination of any kind, and I never have.“When I first found out that these things were going around online, it really broke my heart, and I couldn’t do anything about it.
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