Overview

• Escobar was removed from the Fiji villa in the second episode after clips of her using the N-word on past podcasts resurfaced online.
• In a July 3 TikTok video she said producers told her a problematic video had surfaced but did not reveal what it showed.
• She said she walked out of the villa in broad daylight with her head held high instead of being taken away at night.
• Escobar did not regain her phone until two days later at a Fiji hotel and then publicly apologized for using the racial slur.
• The incident has prompted renewed scrutiny of reality-show background checks and transparency in crisis management on unscripted television.