{"id":182417,"date":"2025-07-23T13:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/love-island-usa-star-cierras-unfiltered-comments-about-nic-olandria-romance\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:05:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:05:35","slug":"love-island-usa-star-cierras-unfiltered-comments-about-nic-olandria-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/23\/love-island-usa-star-cierras-unfiltered-comments-about-nic-olandria-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Island USA Star Cierra’s Unfiltered Comments About Nic, Olandria Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Love Island USA<\/em><\/a>\u2018s Cierra Ortega<\/strong> has offered Us<\/em> some mixed messages when it comes to her unfiltered reaction to ex Nic Vansteenberghe<\/strong>\u2018s romance with Olandria Carthen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Season 7 of Love Island USA<\/em>, which premiered in June 2025, introduced Us<\/em> to Nic on his search<\/a> for love. He had a brief romance with Belle-A Walker<\/strong> before turning his sights to Cierra. Nic and Cierra explored their connection for the next four weeks in the villa until narrator Iain Stirling revealed shortly before the finale that she \u201cleft the villa due to a personal situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cierra\u2019s exit came after a resurfaced post from her social media showed her using a racial slur. Following offscreen backlash, Cierra was removed from Fiji \u2014 similar to Yulissa Escobar<\/strong>, who was the first Islander to be removed from the villa earlier this season after clips of her using racial slurs on a podcast circulated online.<\/p>\n

With Nic single, he found himself forming a connection with Olandria<\/a>, whom he previously had an attraction to but didn\u2019t explore due to their respective relationships in the villa. Nic left Fiji with Olandira in July 2025, later revealing whether he planned to reach out to Cierra.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tLove Island USA\u2019s Nic Vansteenberghe and Olandria Carthen thought their second-chance romance was fate, but what they didn\u2019t realize was how much fan interest inspired their season 7 relationship. The Peacock dating show, which returned in June 2025, started off with Nic coupling up with Belle-A Walker before turning his sights to bombshell Cierra Ortega. [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cIt seemed like I was jumping from Cierra to Olandria, which is just not true. We were taking baby steps because we were both kind of having those strong connections,\u201d he told Us<\/em>. \u201cIt took longer than maybe what was perceived. We definitely took things at our own pace.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nic added: \u201c[When it comes to reaching out to Cierra] I\u2019m still processing everything with what\u2019s happening. I need more time to think on it and go from there because it\u2019s been it\u2019s only been what a day?\u201d<\/p>\n

Cierra, for her part, issued an apology for her past use of a racist slur. In the weeks since, she has weighed in on where she stands with Nic<\/a>\u00a0and Olandria. Keep scrolling for what she said:<\/p>\n

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Cierra addressed the racism controversy that resulted in her removal from the villa<\/a> in July 2025.<\/p>\n

After getting her phone back, Cierra subtly weighed in on Nic and Olandria coupling up by \u201cliking\u201d an Instagram post from Nic\u2019s loved ones that featured various fan edits and behind-the-scenes photos of him and Olandria.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so it was written in the stars,\u201d read the post\u2019s caption.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tThey got a text \u2014 and found love in the Love Island USA villa. The beloved British dating show made its way across the pond in 2019, following a crop of American bombshells searching for The One in a luxury tropical villa. In season 1, eventual winners Elizabeth Weber and Zac Mirabelli had a connection [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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While reminiscing on her short-lived Love Island USA<\/em> journey, Cierra shared her highlights from Fiji.<\/a><\/p>\n

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