Cierra Ortega's parents have broken their silence following their daughter's sudden exit from Love Island USA. Newsweek reached out to Ortega's representative via email for comment on Monday.

"No one deserves that kind of hate, no matter what mistake they've made," Ortega's parents write in an online statement.With only a week left in Love Island USA's seventh season, another contestant has made a shocking exit from the Fiji villa.

Cierra's departure follows that of fellow islander Yulissa Escobar, who left the show after videos of her using a racial slur on a podcast in 2021 re-emerged. Yulissa later apologised, saying on Instagram she used the offensive term "ignorantly, not fully understanding the weight, history, or pain behind it".