'Love Island USA' Fans Call for Alannah's Removal
Season 8's Casa Amor started with a twist. Alannah Keyser and the other new women performed a sexy dance on Love Island USA. But a video allegedly from the 21 year old's past has some fans calling for her removal. Her friend defended her.
Spoiler alert for Love Island USA Season 8 Episode 17!
Alannah of 'Love Island USA' Is Accused of Saying a Racial Slur in a Video
Alannah made her first appearance with the other Casa Amor girls in episode 17. A video allegedly of her at a party circulated on the internet on the same day, according to The Big Lead.
The 10-second video shows her and other people at a party singing along to Roddy Ricch song, "The Box." The clip starts with a woman who looks like her singing, "She sucked a n---- soul, gotta Cash App." The screen turns to other white people in the room singing the slur. The video comes from a Snapchat account called "alannah Keyser."
Her friend, Nick Rogers, defended her on TikTok, saying she is a "caring" person. He also never considered her to be racist. He believes the screenshots to be fake. Lastly, he said the video was from a "different time."
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This season already had a similar casting controversy with Vasana Montgomery, who was supposed to be an original islander. She was removed after videos of her using a racial slur were found. Vasana didn't appear in any season 8 episodes.
Alannah's introduction also got viewers talking for another reason. They noticed she interacted with the Black men differently in the episode.
Alannah of Casa Amor Avoided Some 'Love Island USA' Men
The Casa Amor women gave the men a sexy dance in a costume. Alannah was dressed as an angel.
She kissed Caleb McDaniel as she leaned over him. The film student asked Bryce Dettlofto take off her wings. He did, she wiggled on top of him, then kissed him. Bryce said in a confessional that he felt "special."
Alannah kissed Zach Georgiou next, and he grabbed her butt. Zayda Bosse and the rest of the villa women watched. Zayda teared up as she watched this.
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"Bless me," KC Chandler told her when it was his turn. She turned around and he smacked her butt. "Hey, no touching!" Alannah told him. She got on his lap, kissed his neck then got up and said, "That's all you're getting."
She swayed in front of Corbin Mims next, then said, "That's all you're getting." Alannah then shook her butt in front of Sincere Rhea. The women at the villa noticed the difference.
"So Corbin or Sincere is not her type," Trinity Tatumsaid to the girls. "It looked like her type was Bryce." Bryce enjoyed his time with her, which could be a problem for Trinity. Alannah revealed what she was looking for in her intro clip.
"I need a guy who that's in shape," she said. "Body is tea, then he's the one for me. I'm definitely going in for the kill. I'm gonna' get what I want. These boys don't know what's coming."
Fans have mentioned the video in the Instagram comments of the show's post about Casa Amor. The show hasn't addressed the situation yet.
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This story was originally published June 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM.