"I want to first start by addressing not just anyone that I have hurt or deeply offended, but most importantly, the entire Asian community. I am deeply, truly, honestly, so sorry," she said in a lengthy video.

Former “Love Island USA” contestant Cierra Ortega has released a video on TikTok apologizing for previously using a racial slur against Asian people.

The reality star noted that her family members don’t “feel safe in their own home” and have had ICE called on them amid online backlash.

Cierra Ortega is opening up about her exit from the villa on “Love Island USA.” Ortega was removed from the villa on the July 6 episode of the show, which came just a week before the July 13 finale. Her removal came in the wake of viewers digging up social media posts with racial slurs.

Cierra Ortega has addressed her exit from Love Island USA after a social media post resurfaced where she used a racist slur.

Love Island USA” says contestant Cierra Ortega has left the show “due to a personal situation” during Sunday’s episode, just a week before the finale will air.

"Love Island USA" contestant Cierra Ortega is owning up to the racial slur that got her booted from the show -- but while she's apologizing, her grandma's clapping back, slamming the backlash coming her way.

"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," the Season 7 star says

Love Island USA contestant Cierra Ortega has addressed her removal from the hit dating reality show. A week before the finale, Ortega was dropped from Season Seven after the surfacing of social media posts from 2015 and 2020 in which she used a racial slur toward the Asian community.