"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 resurfacedNEED TO KNOWLove Island USA contestant Yulissa Escobar is apologizing for previously using racial slurs after she was removed from the show's season 7Following the show's premiere,

"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.

"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,