Want to succeed in reality show love? It might be best to keep your public life free of racial slurs.
“Love Island USA” contestant Yulissa Escobar, whose use of the N-word on a couple of podcasts surfaced over the weekend before the show’s rocky premiere Tuesday, was there and then gone in a heartbeat. A mere blip in love-competition TV’s continuum of smokin’ hot contestants.
She used the N-word casually and naturally in conversation, per video posted on Reddit and TMZ . She did not appear to be using it with disparaging intent — but the word is still racist on its face.
“They’re gonna get cancelled so bad and not like I care but they should be protecting them from mass cancellation like this by not casting them in the first place,” one Reddit user said.
Plus, Escobar had been pa