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Love Island USA Drops Contestant Vasana Montgomery Over Alleged Use of N-Word
Producers removed Vasana Montgomery after videos showed her using a racial slur, days before the season premiere, as the show faced another controversy.
- On Sunday, May 31, Peacock removed Vasana Montgomery from the Season 8 cast of Love Island USA after videos of her appearing to use a racial slur surfaced online.
- Following the May 28 cast announcement, two videos emerged showing Montgomery saying, 'Knock, knock' while playing an arcade game and rapping along to a song in her car.
- Montgomery, a 25-year-old hair salon owner from Beaverton, Oregon, owns Vanity Square Studios in Salem and was selected for the 'real-time dating competition' where contestants vie for a $100,000 prize.
- Her removal sparked mixed reactions on Instagram, with some users arguing reality TV should be 'messy' not 'moral,' while others speculated about deliberate timing of the video's release.
- Love Island USA premieres Tuesday, June 2, without Montgomery, marking the third consecutive year the show has removed contestants following racial slur controversies involving Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega.
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