Love Island USA contestant Alannah Keyser has issued an apology video shortly after being removed from the Peacock series after resurfaced footage showed her using a racial slur.
Keyser, who was removed from the villa mid-episode on Thursday, took to TikTok to “address” a clip circulating online of her using the n-word while singing along to a song. The 21-year-old captioned the minute-long TikTok video: “Remember that reality tv is HEAVILY edited & my chats/kisses with the other boys were unfortunately not aired.”
In the video, which has over 81,000 likes, she is seen wearing a black croped jumper and black trousers as she speaks to camera in a very serious tone. She says: “Hi everyone, I’m coming on here to address some things that have been circulating online. I do want to begin by addressing the video of me singing along to a Roddy Ricch song that contains a racial slur.
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“I’m sorry to whoever’s seen that video and has been offended by it, that was never my intention. The video is from six years ago and that word is just not in my vocabulary anymore. I’d also like to address the screenshots that have been going around online that have been falsified. What has been shared does not reflect the truth and it’s never been in my character to discriminate against anybody’s skin colour.
“I do want to say directly that I do not support racism or discrimination of any kind, and I never have. When I first found out that these things were going around online it really broke my heart and I couldn’t do anything about it. But this has definitely been a learning lesson for me and it sucks that I didn’t really get a chance to really show off my personality and who I am.”
The video then cut to a black screen with white text which read: “The video cut, but its always been in my nature to spread positivity and help others, and I will continue to do so.”
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