During the Sunday, July 6, episode of “Love Island USA,” narrator Iain Stirling announced that Cierra Ortega had left the show due to a “personal situation.” Prior to her shocking exit, many fans called for Ortega’s removal after discovering that she used a slur for Chinese people in several social media posts.

You don’t have to love 'Love Island USA' to appreciate that in this increasingly fractured time of TV viewership, it is drawing people together, our columnist writes.

Why Did Some Fans Push For Cierra Ortega’s Exit? The controversy over her alleged old posts went viral on social media, and the comment sections of many posts on the “Love Isl