"I used it ignorantly, not fully understanding the weight, history, or pain behind it," Escobar wrote in an Instagram post Friday, shortly after clips of her using the N-word resurfaced

Love Island USA” contestant Yulissa Escobar has released a statement apologizing for using racial slurs in past podcast clips that resurfaced online. "In those clips, I used a word I never should've used,

"I didn't know better then, but I do now," Escobar wrote on Instagram. Booted Love Island contestant Yulissa Escobar has apologized for using the N-word in resurfaced podcasts that led to her departure from the Peacock dating show.