Yulissa Escobar Sets Record Straight on Love Island USA Exit

Yulissa Escobar is detailing her abrupt exit from Love Island USA.

Approximately a month following her abrupt exit from the Peacock series due to controversy sparked by old podcast recordings where she used racially insensitive language, the reality TV personality explained the real reasons behind her early departure from the show, having only appeared in two episodes.

Surprise development: Contrary to what it might seem, I wasn’t forced out at night.”

“Yulissa’s July 3 TikTok video was captioned with this plot twist: ‘Instead of being taken out in the dark, I chose to walk out under bright daylight, keeping my head high and eyelashes intact.’

To refute whispers that she had been secretly ousted while others slept, the 27-year-old decided to air her perspective publicly instead.

“I did not wake up in the middle of the night,” she said. “They didn’t drag my ass out of bed.”

In fact, the day started out just like any other—with her costar Ace Greene making her breakfast.

Yulissa remembered, as she began to feel more at ease and emerged from her shell, she and the group were brainstorming a lively spin-the-bottle game. However, the producers had different ideas in store for them instead.

She said, “I’m unable to provide the current time since we’re not connected to the real world.” After being summoned to the front, she encountered one of the producers who requested her to remove her microphone.

At that point, the Miami native knew something serious was about to ensue.

She explained, “I was genuinely terrified because I thought there might have been trouble with a loved one. All they mentioned was that an old video of mine had resurfaced online, and it wasn’t looking great. To be honest, I wasn’t sure which video, what I said, or even what I was doing at the time.

Following a two-day wait to retrieve her phone during the broadcast of her episodes, she eventually found out that reemerging videos showed her employing the N-word in multiple podcast discussions about past relationships.

I was absolutely flabbergasted, exclaiming something akin to ‘Unbelievable! Impossible!’ She acknowledged her slip-up, admitting, ‘I let a word slip out that I deeply regret. If only I could take it back, but alas, hindsight is 20/20. I can’t undo the past. I sincerely apologize for my choice of words.

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