On Sunday's episode, narrator Iain Stirling announced that Cierra Ortega had left the Peacock reality series due to a "personal situation," leaving her partner and fellow contestant, Nic Vansteenberghe, single.

This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Did Cierra get kicked off 'Love Island' over racial slur? What she said Love Island USA contestant Cierra Ortega left the show right before Sunday's episode aired. And once again, the show's production gave no explanation for her departure.

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.