{"id":181891,"date":"2025-07-20T19:09:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/love-island-usas-cierra-claims-nic-never-liked-her-amid-olandria-romance\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T19:09:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:09:39","slug":"love-island-usas-cierra-claims-nic-never-liked-her-amid-olandria-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/20\/love-island-usas-cierra-claims-nic-never-liked-her-amid-olandria-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island USA\u2019s Cierra Claims Nic Never Liked Her Amid Olandria Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/love-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Love Island USA\u2019s<\/em><\/a> <strong>Cierra Ortega<\/strong> broke her silence on ex <strong>Nic Vansteenberghe <\/strong>and<strong> Olandria Carthen<\/strong>\u2018s romance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018You look happier!\u2019 Thanks, I booked a flight to Mykonos after surviving the villain edit on reality [tv] and I didn\u2019t end up with the guy who never actually liked me and wanted my friend the entire time,\u201d the reality star said via TikTok on Saturday, July 20, along with a video of her recent vacation.<\/p>\n<p>Cierra departed the series during the July 6 episode, after narrator <strong>Iain Stirling<\/strong> told viewers Cierra left \u201cdue to a personal situation.\u201d Her departure came shortly after a racist post from her social media surfaced while filming.<\/p>\n<p>Cierra addressed the situation via Instagram in a video shared on July 9.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that I\u2019ve been back in the U.S. for about 48 hours and I\u2019ve had the chance to process, I now feel like I\u2019m at a space where I can speak about this without being highly emotional because I am not the victim in the situation,\u201d she explained. \u201cWhile I was in the villa, there were some posts that resurfaced from my past where I was very naively using an incredibly offensive and derogatory term. I want to first start by addressing not just anyone that I have hurt or deeply offended \u2014 but most importantly \u2014 the entire Asian community. \u2029I am deeply, truly, honestly, so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that she didn\u2019t know that she was using a slur originally.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cierraortega\/video\/7529217297408380191\" data-video-id=\"7529217297408380191\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@cierraortega\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@cierraortega?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">@cierraortega<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>passport stamps are like forehead kisses <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Cierra Ortega\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7529217314190101279?refer=embed\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c original sound \u2013 Cierra Ortega<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI had no idea that the word held as much pain, as much harm and came with the history that it did or I never would have used it. I had no ill intention when I was using it but that\u2019s absolutely no excuse because intent doesn\u2019t excuse ignorance. It just doesn\u2019t,\u201d she added. \u201cI just need you to know that I am so sorry \u2014 but this is not an apology video. This is an accountability video. \u2029I do want to hold my hands up and say that I take accountability for using the word, but I do want it to be known that I genuinely had no idea that it was a slur. I had no idea of its meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cierra noted that she immediately deleted the post after a follower brought it to her attention.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAt that moment, I was embarrassed. I \u2014 of course \u2014 immediately deleted the post. \u2029I was apologetic and I educated not only myself on the true meaning and the history of the word but also anyone around me who was accidentally a holding space for this slur,\u201d she said. \u201cI made the correction immediately. The work was immediately removed from my vocabulary.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-island-usa-belle-a-reacts-to-cierra-ortegas-shocking-exit-page\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-island-usa-belle-a-reacts-to-cierra-ortegas-shocking-exit-page\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Love Island USA&#8217;s Belle-A Reacts to Cierra\u2019s Exit Amid Resurfaced Post<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tLove Island USA\u2019s Belle-A Walker is speaking out after fellow contestant Cierra Ortega abruptly left the villa amid a resurfaced post in which she used a racial slur. \u201cAs a proud Asian American woman, I\u2019m deeply appreciative of the Love Island USA producers for taking a stand and making it clear that racism of any [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that in that moment, the lesson was learned, the word was removed and it was a true learning moment for me. Since that moment, I\u2019ve done so much growing as an individual and I\u2019ve tried my best to educate others who might be accidentally holding space for these types of words that could be offensive in their vocabulary,\u201d she continued. \u201cI completely agree with the network\u2019s decision to remove me from the villa. I think that this is something that deserved punishment and the punishment has absolutely been received for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cierra also emphasized that she does not support \u201cracism or the repression of any cultural group in any form\u201d via her Instagram Stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/love-island-usa-cierra-ortega-reflects-on-villain-edit-and-exit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Love Island USA\u2019s Cierra Ortega broke her silence on ex Nic Vansteenberghe and Olandria Carthen\u2018s romance. \u201c\u2018You look happier!\u2019 Thanks, I booked a flight to Mykonos after surviving the villain edit on reality [tv] and I didn\u2019t end up with the guy who never actually liked me and wanted my friend the entire time,\u201d the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-181891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}