Overview

• In Episode 30 on July 6, narrator Iain Stirling informed viewers that Ortega had left the Fiji villa for a “personal situation,” ending her coupling with Nic Vansteenberghe.
• Fans uncovered Instagram posts from 2015 and 2020 in which Ortega used a derogatory slur against Asian people, prompting petitions and a loss of over 200,000 followers.
• Ortega’s exit is the second midseason removal this season for racist language, following Yulissa Escobar’s June ejection over n-word usage.
• Producers have made no statement beyond the brief on-air narration, intensifying scrutiny of the show’s background checks and crisis-communication practices.
• Ortega’s parents appealed on her Instagram for compassion and patience, warning that online threats and hate messages have gone too far.