Love Island USA star Alannah Keyser, who was booted from the villa mid-episode on Thursday, has issued an apology after footage of her using a racial slur resurfaced.
Alannah Keyser took to TikTok to apologize(Image: TikTok)
love island usa Contestant Alannah Keyser has released an apology video shortly after she was dropped from the Peacock series after footage showed her using one. ethnic abuse.
Keyser, who was eliminated from the villa mid-episode on Thursday, took to TikTok to “address” a clip circulating online of him using the N-word while singing along to a song. The 21-year-old captioned the minute. tiktok Video: “Remember that reality TV is heavily edited and my conversations/kisses with other guys were unfortunately not aired.”
In the video, which has received over 81,000 likes, she is seen wearing a black cropped jumper and black trousers as she talks to the camera in a very serious tone. She says: “Hello everyone, I’m coming here to address some things that have been circulating online. I want to start by addressing the video of me singing along to a Roddy Ricch song that contains a racial slur.
“For anyone who watched that video and was offended by it, I’m sorry, that was never my intention. The video is from six years ago and that word is no longer in my vocabulary. I would also like to address the screenshots that are circulating online, which have been misquoted. What has been shared does not reflect the truth and it has never been in my character to discriminate against the color of someone’s skin.
“I want to say right off the bat that I do not support racism or discrimination of any kind, and I never have. When I first found out these things were going on online it broke my heart and I couldn’t do anything about it. But it’s definitely been a learning lesson for me and it sucks that I didn’t get a chance to really show my personality and who I am.”
The video then cut to a black screen with white text that read: “The video cut out, but spreading positivity and helping others has always been in my nature, and I will continue to do so.”
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