A Love Island USA cast member has been dismissed from the reality dating show just days ahead of its eighth season premiere following resurfaced videos in which the contestant used a racial slur.
Vasana Montgomery, of Beaverton, Oregon, will no longer feature on the series, Deadline can confirm. A Peacock spokesperson notes that videos of the incident, in which the 25-year-old Montgomery uses the N-word, appear to be privately owned and were not shared publicly until following her announcement, and as such were inaccessible to vet prior to her ousting.
The first islanders (now excluding Montgomery) set to enter the villa are: Aniya Harvey (Tyrone, Georgia), Beatriz Hatz (San Diego, California), Bryce Dettloff (Los Angeles, California), Gabriel Vasconcelos (Miami, Florida), KC Chandler (Fresno, California), Kenzie Annis (Kennesaw, Georgia), Melanie Moreno (Los Angeles, California), Sean Reifel (Easton, Pennsylvania), Sincere Rhea (Cape May, New Jersey), Trinity Tatum (Newport News, Virginia) and Zach Georgiou (Birmingham, England).
Love Island USA is produced by ITV America, in association with Lifted Entertainment and Motion Entertainment, a WPP Media Company and distributed by ITV Studios. David George, Adam Sher, Jordana Hochman, Bernie Schaeffer, Ben Thursby-Palmer, James Barker, Blake Garrett, Courtney Rosenthal, Sophie Brown, Richard Cowles, Mike Spencer, Tom Gould, Ali Hill and Martin Oxley executive produce the series.
Season 8, which will follow up a record-breaking Season 7, premieres June 2 at 9 p.m. ET and 6 p.m. PT, with new episodes dropping daily during premiere week except for Wednesdays thereafter.
Source: deadline.com