Love Island USA‘s Zach Georgiou didn’t let Casa Amor bombshell Alannah Keyser‘s romantic past with his brother, Charlie Georgiou, stop him from dating her too.
During the Monday, June 22, episode of the hit Peacock show, Alannah revealed to Zach that she knew Charlie because they went out — and kissed — in the past. Zach wasn’t concerned about her history with Charlie because the duo were cuddling in bed later that night.
Alannah’s journey in Casa Amor comes as she faces backlash off screen for a resurfaced video that allegedly shows her using a racial slur. After her debut, social media users quickly took to all platforms to share a video where a woman appeared to use the N-word while singing along to a song.
It has not been verified whether Alannah is the person featured in the video. Us Weekly has reached out to Peacock for comment.
Amid the scandal, Alannah’s friend Nick Rogers spoke out about the situation.
“She is very caring and the nicest person ever. She has never exhibited any racist traits around me at all,” Nick said via TikTok on Monday, June 22. “I have never once considered the fact that Alannah would be someone who’d be racist.”
Nick claimed news screenshots allegedly of Alannah’s correspondences on Snapchat that have since been circulating online are “fake,” adding, “I just can’t imagine, me knowing Alannah, her posting that on social media. And we all know with this AI and everything like that, it could be very easy for these types of scenarios to be manipulated.”
While defending Alannah, Nick weighed in on her seemingly lip-syncing the verse with a slur.
“I looked at the video myself, and I cannot tell whether she is saying the N-word or not,” he added. “That is a very touchy subject that I know … has been a big conversation over the years and obviously I do agree that it is very inappropriate for someone who is not a person of color or Black to use that word.”
Nick noted, however, that “it was a different time” when the video was filmed. “If we’re being completely honest, that word was used a lot more freely in past years, like around 2017, 2016, it was kind of a thing,” he continued. “I grew up in a high school that was very diverse, and a lot of people said the word. It doesn’t make it right, but I just wanted to come on here and state my side of the story.”
He concluded: “I think Alannah is a great person, and I would not use any of this information that could be false in order to make a predetermined judgment of her character.”
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