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It’s been a pretty damned couple of weeks Love Island USA.
A producer died. A woman was removed from the villa because of racism.
Now, after new evidence emerged, another slur-spewing contestant is gone.
Alannah Keyser was started from Love Island USA. How did all this slide past production?
She’s officially done
Peacock confirmed TMZ that Keyser is away from Love Island USA.
Thursday night’s episode was her last appearance.
This news comes in the wake of a resurfaced video of her saying the literal worst hassle, the N-word.
The video wasn’t the first sign of that.
An Instagram comment, apparently by Keyser, appeared to use the blurb.
@stephwithdadeets “ALANNAH HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM CASA” Coming soon… #loveislandusa #casaamor #alannah #video #green screen ♬ Censor Beep Sound 5 – 仭名
Some often wonder how things like this seem to escape detection during the casting process.
How many good, decent people were passed over to allow someone with a public history of racism to continue?
Well, the production says the video and social media posts were not publicly available.
According to them, they only reappeared after Keyser was cast on the show.
It makes sense. Someone who is not a public figure suddenly being seen by millions will make people go”wait, she didn’t do that horrible thing then?” This can either be with good intentions or for impact.
Why does this keep happening?
The same thing happened a few weeks ago.
Earlier in Season 8, production removed Vasana Montgomery Love Island USA villa.
This was also due to resurfaced videos that appeared to show him singing the N-word in one and yelling the N-word in another.
In both cases, the production protested that the footage was not publicly available to them during the screening process.
Again, widespread public scrutiny tends to be what allows shameful past actions to resurface.
Sometimes social media posts just don’t age well. The prevailing humor of 2006 on forums and on new Facebook would certainly not translate well in 2026.
But no one accused Keyser, of Montgomery, of posting, like “ironic” racism or “joke” body-shaming, which would merit an apology but likely not result in firing.
People have used both forms of humor and used the term loosely to highlight the grim realities of racism, sexism and more in our society. It’s just that with social media, people now usually do it more tastefully.
Both of these fallen reality TV personalities used the worst gossip to exist in the language. It’s unclear why anyone would want to do that.
This is not one Love Island USA problem. This is a societal problem. We live in a society where people might broadcast trouble and continue to have friends and then expect to go on reality TV without consequence.
That shouldn’t be the case. Social sanction has a purpose.
