Cierra Ortega, a contestant of this summer's “Love Island USA” left the villa just a week before the finale of the hit reality series is set to air on Peacock. Her departure, announced Sunday, followed weeks of uproar from viewers after old posts from Ortega resurfaced that contained a racial slur against Asian people.

Cierra Ortega has left Love Island USA following backlash over a resurfaced Instagram post containing racist language. The controversy began after a screenshot of her past Story using a slur aimed at Asian people went viral online.

Peacock has not clarified why Ortega left the show, but her exit occurred amid online controversy over posts she allegedly made that included a derogatory term for Chinese people.