“Love Island USA” is an American spin-off of the original U.K. series and is airing its seventh season. The show airs daily except Wednesdays and brings young singles together in a remote villa in Fiji to explore connections with the ultimate goal of finding love.

"We're not here to justify or ignore what's surfaced," her parents wrote on her Instagram Story following Sunday night's episode. "But what's happening online right now has gone far beyond that."

Belle-A is the only contestant to release such a strong statement condemning Cierra’s actions, but she isn’t the only one who has spoken out. When asked about Cierra’s exit during a TikTok live, Jeremiah Brown said he didn’t “condone no type of racial slurs.”