India, July 7 -- Cierra Ortega, a 25-year-old content creator and fan-favorite on Love Island USA Season 7, was officially removed from the villa on Sunday, following a racism controversy involving resurfaced social media posts. Ortega was coupled up with Nic Vansteenberghe all season. Her departure, celebrated by fans, left her partner confused.

Ortega, a Phoenix native of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, faced backlash after a 2020 TikTok video and a 2015 Instagram Story resurfaced, showing her using a racial slur against Asians to describe her smile while discussing Botox.

In the 2020 post, she wrote, "I can also be a little chky when I laugh/smile so I love getting a mini brow lift," and in 2015, "Still chkin' at the top." These po...