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Alannah Keyser Booted from ‘Love Island USA’ Over Racist Video, Comments

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This has been a deeply cursed few weeks for Love Island USA.

A producer died. A woman was removed from the villa for racism.

Now, after new evidence surfaced, another slur-spewing contestant is gone.

Alannah Keyser was booted from Love Island USA. How did all of this slip past production?

Alannah Keyser in 2026.
Alannah Keyser attends the Warner Music Group Pre-Grammy awards party on January 29, 2026. (Photo Credit: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Warner Music Group)

She’s officially done

Peacock confirmed to TMZ that Keyser is gone from Love Island USA.

Thursday night’s episode was her final appearance.

This news comes in the wake of a resurfaced video of her saying the literal worst slur, the N-word.

The video was not the first sign of it.

An Instagram comment, seemingly by Keyser, appeared to use the slur.

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Some often wonder how things like this seem to avoid detection during the casting process.

How many good, decent people were passed over to allow someone with a public history of racism to continue?

Well, production says that the video and social media posts were not publicly available.

According to them, they only resurfaced after Keyser was cast on the show.

That does make sense. Someone who isn’t a public figure suddenly being seen by millions is going to have people going “wait, didn’t she do that awful thing back then?” This can be either with good intentions or for clout.

Why does this keep happening?

This exact same thing happened just weeks ago.

Earlier in Season 8, production removed Vasana Montgomery from the Love Island USA villa.

This, too, was because of resurfaced videos that appeared to show he singing the N-word in one, yelling the N-word in another.

In both cases, production protested that the footage was not publicly accessible to them during the vetting process.

Again, widespread public scrutiny tends to be what allows shameful past actions to resurface.

Sometimes, social media posts simply did not age well. Certainly, the prevalent humor of 2006 on forums and on nascent Facebook would not translate well in 2026.

But no one accused Keyser of Montgomery of posting, like, “ironic” racism or “joke” body-shaming, which would merit an apology but likely not result in firing.

People have used both forms of humor, using the term loosely, to highlight the grim realities of racism, sexism, and more in our society. It’s just that, with social media, people now usually do so more tastefully.

Both of these fallen reality TV personalities used the worst slur to exist in language. It’s unclear why someone would wish to do so.

This isn’t a Love Island USA problem. This is a societal problem. We live in a society where people might spew slurs and continue to have friends and then expect to go on reality television without consequence.

That should not be the case. Social sanction has a purpose.

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Alaska’s minimum wage set to increase on July 1, thanks to ballot initiative

Fliers posted at the University of Alaska Anchorage's Avis Alaska Sports Complex on June 25, 2026, advertise summer job openings and internships for students. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

Fliers posted at the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Avis Alaska Sports Complex on June 25, 2026, advertise summer job openings and internships for students. Even though the positions are entry-level, temporary or internships, posted hourly pay rates on some fliers are above $20 an hour. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)

Starting next week, Alaska’s lowest-paid workers will be entitled to more money.

On July 1, the state’s minimum wage will rise to $14 an hour, a $1 bump from the current level. The increase is the result of a voter-approved ballot initiative that mandated paid sick leave, as well as stepped-up minimum wages.

The first increase took pay up to $13 an hour last year, and next year, the minimum wage is scheduled to rise to $15 an hour. In subsequent years, the state’s minimum wage is to rise with the inflation rate, under the voter-approved initiative.

Salaried workers are also covered by the minimum wage increase. Under state reuglations, minimum pay for salaried workers, with some exceptions, must be at least twice the hourly minimum wage, based on a 40-hour workweek.

Just how many workers will be affected by next week’s mandated pay increase is unclear.

Dan Robinson, research chief at the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, believes that there will be relatively few people affected by the change.

“This will not change very much because the situation for workers for a while now has been that employers have had to pay higher wages,” Robinson said.

Even a $14-an-hour wage for what are normally low-paid jobs was not high enough for many employers to attract workers, he said.

That is not because of any boom in available jobs in Alaska. The state’s picture is static, Robinson noted. Gains in private sector employment have been almost exactly offset by losses in government employment, mostly because of federal job losses, according to the state’s most recent analysis.

Rather, it is a product of demographic factors, including continued net-outmigration, meaning more people leaving Alaska than moving into the state. As of last year, Alaska had 13 consecutive years of net-outmigration, a post-World War II record.

Other factors shaping the labor force are Alaska’s aging population and immigration curbs.

Overall, there are “fewer people here seeking work than at other points in our history,” Robinson said. “So it’s kind of a feedback loop.”

The minimum wage increases are expected to affect more people in future years, when they are tied to inflation, he said.

A different perspective was offered in 2024 by the National Employment Labor Project, a nonprofit pro-labor advocacy group.

Prior to that year’s election, the organization estimated that 31,000 people in Alaska would earn more if the state’s minimum wage were raised. More women than men would see the benefits, since women are more likely to be in minimum wage-paying jobs, according to the analysis.

Robinson said the Department of Labor and Workforce Development does not have solid numbers on how many workers are earning minimum wage or anything closer to it.

The department does have information showing pay rates for different economic sectors and job categories, though that is also incomplete because it relies on surveys.

Alaska’s lowest-paid workers, based on those survey results, are in the food preparation and service sector, according to the Department of Labor and Workforce Development’s analysis. Within that sector, median hourly wages range from $12.65 for waiters and waitresses to $25.09 for chefs and head cooks, according to the survey data.

Alaska is among four states and more than two dozen municipalities with scheduled minimum wage increases going into effect in July. And by the end of the year, 88 jurisdictions across the country will have raised their minimum wages, according to the National Employment Labor Project.

As of Jan. 1, 20 states had minimum wages that were higher than Alaska’s $13-an-hour rate, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Next week’s increase in Alaska, along with phased-in increases elsewhere, may change those rankings a bit.

The nation’s highest state minimum wage is in the District of Columbia, at $17.95 an hour, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. There are eight states with either no state-imposed minimum wage or a minimum wage that is lower than $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum, according to the department.

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Musiq Soulchild Releases 25th Anniversary Edition Of Debut Album ‘Aijuswanaseing’

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In 2000, Musiq Soulchild blended R&B and neo-soul to craft his debut studio album Aijuswanaseing. In honor of the album’s recent 25th anniversary, a special edition of Aijuswanaseing is being released as a 2LP “peacock opaque” vinyl set.

Musiq Soulchild signed to Def Soul, the R&B division of Def Jam Records, in 1998. Two years later, Aijuswanaseing peaked at number 24 on the Billboard 200 and number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart. In 2001, the record was certified platinum by RIAA.

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Last year, Soulchild performed the album in full at the Roots Picnic in his hometown of Philadelphia. Speaking to The Philadelphia Inquirer, he shared: “The fact that I was able to perform only songs from the first album, something I’ve never done, not even when I first released the album… was actually a milestone for me.”

The album spawned three singles: “Just Friends,” “Love,” and “Girl Next Door.” “Love” particularly resonated with fans, and spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. While there have been numerous interpretations of the songs’ lyrics, Soulchild has his own perspective. He explained, “I had a very traumatic upbringing, childhood trauma. So what people don’t understand is they think it’s a romantic song, or they think that it’s a gospel song. It’s actually intentionally neither. If anything, it’s closer to therapy, really.”

He also reflected on the organic process behind the first album’s creation. “I didn’t really plan on making an album,” he said. “I didn’t expect to be signed to Def Jam. I wasn’t looking to be, you know, a super international star or anything. I was just trying to get some ideas out. I was working with my writing partner, Carvin Haggins, at the time. We recorded some songs. I didn’t think much of it.”

The success of Aijuswanaseing propelled Soulchild’s follow-up record, Juslisen, to number one on the Billboard 200 upon release in 2002.

Shop the 25th anniversary edition of Musiq Soulchild’s Aijuswanaseing here.

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Kylie Jenner Sued by Personal Chef Who Says She Miscarried Due to Lack of Accommodations, …

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We previously reported that Kylie Jenner is facing two lawsuits from former housekeepers.

There is a new lawsuit. This one is worse.

A former personal chef alleges that her demanding and dangerous workload caused a miscarriage.

She says that she was underpaid, wrongfully terminated, and falsely accused of wrongdoing for her troubles.

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Kylie Jenner attends the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 04, 2026. (Photo Credit: Theo Wargo/FilmMagic)

A third lawsuit has hit the makeup mogul

On Monday, June 22, a former personal chef — whose name remains undisclosed — filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior County.

In the documents, she alleges that she worked 11-to-12-hour shifts five days a week, including physically demanding tasks that may sound to many to be well outside the expectations of a personal chef.

According the Los Angeles Times, the woman says that she began working for Kylie in November of 2024.

One month later, she informed her supervisors — who are named as co-defendants in the lawsuit — that she was pregnant.

She told them that she “required reasonable accommodations to protect her health and pregnancy.”

On New Year’s Eve 2024, when she was about 4 months pregnant, supervisors allegedly demanded that she “lift and transport heavy food items across the street and uphill without assistance.”

The lawsuit says that she “became dizzy, began choking and gasping for air, and required assistance from security personnel, who intervened by providing water and aid.”

The following February, for Stormi’s birthday, she says that she was forced to work the Palm Springs event, but did not receive “adequate support.” She describes being ignored by managers.

“Due to exhaustion and overwhelming physical strain, [she] broke down emotionally in the bathroom during the event,” the lawsuit reads.

“That evening, [she] experienced extreme physical exhaustion and heaviness throughout her body as a result of the prolonged and intense workload,” the documents continue. This would have dire consequences.

She suffered a tragic miscarriage

The next morning, she had experienced such severe blood loss that she sought emergency medical care.

At a nearby hospital, the lawsuit reads, she was “informed that there was no detectable heartbeat and that she had lost her unborn child.”

According to the filing, the woman informed her bosses of the miscarriage.

Days later, she was allegedly “falsely accused of leaving the kitchen and refrigerator in disarray following the Palm Springs event.”

In addition to further hemorrhaging, she developed severe depression and emotional distress. But the documents say that her supervisors were less than sympathetic.

“Stop it, just stop it,” managers allegedly told the woman. “You are upsetting Kylie. You are making her depressed.”

(It is unclear if the manager was conveying Kylie’s wishes. As with other lawsuits, it seems conceivable that Kylie’s attorneys may argue that managers acted without her knowledge.)

The former personal chef is seeking damages in an unspecified quantity.

In addition to the pregnancy discrimination, accommodation failures, and harassment, she argues that she was misclassified as an independent contractor, not paid on time or in proportion to hours worked. And she says that she was wrongfully terminated.

That all sounds awful. It will be enlightening to see how — and if — Kylie responds. It’s also possible that she’ll settle quietly, paying the money with whatever she’s gotten for endorsing Meta’s dork-ass AI slop pervert glasses for losers.

Kylie Jenner Sued by Personal Chef Who Says She Miscarried Due to Lack of Accommodations, … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Tom Sandoval Allegedly Shoves Ex-Girlfriend’s Dad Into Fire In Shocking Video

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Former Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval is no stranger to controversy.

In fact, his name has become almost synonymous with scandal in the years since the “Scandoval” rocked the Bravo community.

But while fans and critics have come to expect unstable behavior from Sandoval, footage of the restaurateur allegedly shoving his ex-girlfriend’s father into a lit firepit is no less shocking.

Tom Sandoval arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Universal Pictures' 'Jurassic World Dominion' on June 06, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.
Tom Sandoval arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Universal Pictures’ ‘Jurassic World Dominion’ on June 06, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/WireImage)

The alleged shove, which reportedly happened on June 3, occurred during an argument involving Sandoval, his ex, Victoria Lee Robinson’s dad, Will Robinson.

Security cam footage shows Sandoval arguing with Will and Victoria, who were living with him at the time.

He seems to become even more upset upon realizing that Victoria is recording the argument on her phone.

When Sandoval seemingly tries to grab the phone from Victoria’s hand, Will intervenes by grabbing Sandoval around the waist, leading Sandoval to the shove that causes Will to stumble into the fire.

Thankfully, it appears that no one was seriously injured.

The trio then rushes inside, where the verbal altercation continues.

Tom called the cops on June 3, alleging that Victoria struck him and Will threatened him and punched a hole in a door.

Sandoval was granted a temporary restraining order, and a judge has ordered both Robinsons to move out of the house.

The temporary orders reportedly require Victoria and her father to remove only their essential personal belongings before vacating the residence.

They have also been ordered to remain at least 100 yards away from Sandoval, his home, his workplace and his vehicle.

The orders further prohibit either of them from possessing firearms while the restraining orders remain in effect.

A hearing is scheduled for July 16, when a judge will determine whether longer-term protection is warranted.

The former Vanderpump star — who has since gone on to appear in shows like the aptly named House of Villains — has not yet publicly commented on the situation.

Sandoval reached new levels of infamy in 2023, when the world learned that he had cheated on Ariana Madix with her longtime friend Raquel Leviss.

These days, Ariana is hosting Love Island USA while Sandoval is continuing to make headlines for all the wrong reasons.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

Tom Sandoval Allegedly Shoves Ex-Girlfriend’s Dad Into Fire In Shocking Video was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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