LOVE Island USA host Ariana Madix speaks out on Cierra Ortega’s ‘racist’ post as fans were left furious that she was not sacked.
Eagle-eyed fans previously uncovered a post the contestant was alleged to have shared on social media before entering the villa.
Now, former Vanderpump Rules star Ariana, 40, who is dating fitness coach Daniel Wai - has broken her silence on the scandal.
On one of her social media pages, a fan criticised the host as she posted a behind the scenes video from the Fiji villa.
The fan wrote: "Just wanna get this right, you can repost 17 videos in less than 24 hours, most of them about left leaning views regarding immigrants and the big beautiful bill.
"Yet you're completely silent on what Cierra said? Interesting..."
To which Ariana hit out at the fan, as she exclaimed: "Not silent. You don't know what your talking about."
This comes after The U.S. Sun exclusively reported that Love Island USA bosses were holding crisis talks about Cierra's future on the show.
A production source told us: "Cierra is in deep trouble, that is for sure. This kind of language is unacceptable.
"It was a huge disappointment when we saw it. Everyone is very, very bothered and pissed about that.
"We will hold a meeting to decide what we should do… but it doesn’t look great at all for Cierra as a lot of us want to take her out of the show as soon as possible."
"We kicked Yulissa out of the show at the beginning of the season because of racial slurs too.
"This kind of behavior and use of this kind of word is unacceptable, and we condemn all kinds of racism, discrimination and insults towards anyone."
The mole referred to previous contestant Yulissa Escobar, who was sent home after the first episode because of racist remarks.
The source continued: "You can’t use words like this, you can’t use racial slurs and we can’t accept that, that is so bad.
"Everyone is furious that this post exists, that she used that word. How is it possible to post something like this and not expect any consequences?
Adding: "We ask everyone to be respectful and to not use certain words, but we can’t control what they did in the past."
A screenshot of what appears to be Cierra Ortega’s Instagram story was posted to Reddit and TikTok as fans were left completely enraged.
Alongside a selfie at a clinic, her captions on the image read : "Botox isn’t for everyone but I love it for me!!!
"I am incredibly expressive with my face and I catch myself frowning for no reason throughout the day when I’m focusing on something or thinking too hard lol.
Not silent. You don't know what your talking about.
Ariana Madix speaking to a fan
"I can also be a little c****y when I laugh/smile so I love getting a mini brow lift to open up my eyes and get that snatched look.
"This is not me encouraging but more so sharing."
Gracyn, Jaden, TJ, Austin and Andreina and TJ Palma were eliminated from the reality dating show in a shock mass elimination.
However, fans thought Cierra Ortega should be kicked out of the villa immediately.
