The Peacock reality series announced a week before the Season 7 finale that Ortega, 25, had left due to a "personal" situation, leaving fellow contestant Nic Vansteenberghe officially single. But online, viewers had resurfaced multiple posts of Ortega using a racist slur against Asian people, including one as recently as 2023, according to People.

Ortega's family wrote that she has been receiving threats and "cruel messages" since the past comments came to light