‘Love Island USA’ to Change Casting Process Amid Multiple Cast Members Exiting Due to Racism

Multiple people have left Love Island USA this season due to racism, and producers are looking to switch up their casting process going forward.

According to a show insider who spoke to The Sun, "Starting next season, we are going to get some people working on looking way more into the social media presence and the articles, pictures and public things that potential contestants did before trying to get onto the show. We are going to hire more people to dig into people’s past and things they did in public and really brush out their social media and old posts to see if anything controversial came out of there."

The added that "We will be really digging way more and deeply in each participants past, and make sure that their 'records' are clean of racist, xenophobic or sexist words or behavior. If there is anything racist, sexist or offensive in there, the person won’t be allowed to be considered as a potential participant on the show. We can’t have any more situations where we deal with racist behavior."

The source also spoke about the damage to the show's "brand," saying in part, "We absolutely cannot have another season like the one we are about to wrap up" and "it breaks some of the dynamics of the show, and gives us a very bad image because we should have done better at making sure that everything was clear and nothing bad was done in their past, from public appearances to social media posts, etc… It won’t ever happen again starting next season, that is for sure. We are going to do everything to make sure participants are great people, and didn’t say bad things in their past."