Cierra's departure follows that of fellow islander Yulissa Escobar, who left the show after videos of her using a racial slur on a podcast in 2021 re-emerged. Yulissa later apologised, saying on Instagram she used the offensive term "ignorantly, not fully understanding the weight, history, or pain behind it".

For the second time this season, a contestant was dumped from the Villa — but not voted out by the audience. Find out why Cierra left ‘Love Island USA.’

After the greatest run of Love Island USA to date, we'd been a little apprehensive about how season 7 would measure up. We needn't have worried. There's been so much drama that, almost a month in, almost all of the Islanders' bonds and connections still feel pretty embryonic.