‘Love Island USA’s Nic Vansteenberghe breaks silence on Cierra Ortega’s exit

Vansteenberghe de Nicolas is frank on his point of view on the dramatic exit of Cierra Ortega of the Villa Fiji.

The first Love Island USA The candidate, whose trip to the series of reality Peacock ended with the final of the season on Sunday, spoke of the brutal end of her relationship with the 25 -year content creator when she was deleted after the discovery of several social media publications which included the use of a racial insult.

The authorized nurse, 24, broke her point of view during an appearance on the Office chicks Podcast, saying to the host Maria Ciuffo and Francesca Mariano that he felt “lost and confused” after having received any information on the brutal departure of Ortega.

“After Cierra and I closed things and she was withdrawn from the villa … She’s right,” said Vansteenberghe. “It was a completely normal day. She was just gone, then I was brought and told me that she left, I think it was a bit like personal reasons or something in this direction. Very vague. I never said the details of anything.”

During Love Island USAThe episode of July 6, the narrator Iain Stirling announced that Oorta had left the reality TV series due to a “personal situation”, leaving Vansteenberghe Single.

An additional explanation of the release of Ortega was not given, and the production quickly happened in Vansteenberghe to rekindle its connection with the candidate Olandria Carthen, with whom he concluded the season with the finalist couple.

But fans quickly established a link between the unexpected departure of Ortega and the calls of viewers for its withdrawal after the discovery of previous publications on social networks which included the use of a derogatory term referring to the Asian community.

According to the Daily mailSince the posts started to circulate on Reddit and Tiktok, Cierra would have lost more than 200,000 subscribers. More than 17,000 people have also signed a petition set up to campaign for its withdrawal Love Island USAA precedent established by the show when the candidate Yulissa Escobar was ejected in the second episode of the season after TMZ published a video showing Escobar using the word N during the appearances of the previous podcast.

Of course, Vansteenberghe was not aware of everything that was isolated in the Villa Fiji. “I said to myself:” Okay, it’s someone I am closed with. She is someone with whom I have a very narrow relationship “and I really planned to leave,” he recalls.

However, the star of reality admitted that he felt too “lost and confused” about the situation because he had “no idea” why Ortega had been launched.

“I had a conversation with myself-and behind the scenes in a way-and I said to myself:” If everything that happens in the outside world is something with which I do not align myself, then it could be perceived as me supporting this “, and I therefore gave myself the chance to stay in the villa”, he explained. “Going out and now seeing what it is, and if these values believe or not what I like, now I can have a better perception on this subject.”

Vansteenberghe shared that he did not currently intend to contact Ortega, saying he wanted to take the time to decide if and when he will never move.

Meanwhile, the nurse who has become a model savor his time outside the villa with Carthen, 27. Love island Viewers – even officially decided to join.

Thinking about the couple’s roller coaster trip, Vansteenberghe made sure that he and Carthen moved too quickly.

“I was not really ready to change as quickly as possible, directly in Olandria,” he said. “It was not like that. And Olandria and I had talked about it. We both had solid ties. She had this strong connection with Taylor [Williams]And I had this strong link with Cierra. So, for us, it was more as if we felt lost and confused together during these first two days. “”

Vansteenberghe stressed that they were slowly moving, abstaining from kissing “instantly”, and noting that time passed different in real time than the published clips broadcast during the episodes.

“It took a lot of time and a lot of conversations and really lost together,” he added. “I think that is what linked us to the beginning, and that’s how we arrived where we are now.”

Now that they have left the villa, Vansteenberghe says that he and Carthen are not yet ready to “label” their relationship, especially since it is only “a few weeks”. But things are progressing well, he shared.

“Let’s just say that we do a lot of things that a boyfriend and a girlfriend make and really enjoy the time of each and be happy with each other,” he said, radiating. “I think it’s the little baby steps that add up and things seem really good right now.”

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Look at the complete appearance of Vansteenberghe on the Office chicks Podcast above.