Love Island’s Ekin-Su sends warning to new Islanders: 'You have to be strong'

Love Island’s Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti won viewers’ hearts last year during their ITV stint. The two are still together after winning the show in 2022 and appear to be liked by Love Island fans the same amount if not more.

They might have found love and friendship in one another; however, their journey of love wasn't always easy. Especially for Ekin-Su, who claims she got ‘b**chy vibes’ from the villa.

Ekin-Su reveals she got b**chy vibes from the villa

Drawing on her experience in the villa last year, Ekin-Su claimed that she got ‘b**chy vibes‘ from her fellow Islanders in the villa. The 28-year-old admitted that her arrival was not met with the ‘warm welcome’ she expected, confirmed MailOnline.

Ekin-Su - who recently visited a hospital on her vacation - revealed:

You don't have to look like a model or Barbie to go on there, as I didn't! When I looked in the mirror, I felt b**chy vibes [around me].

I am not going to lie, and I was older [than the others] so I just said it straight. I am not just that girl who is nice to you.

I wasn't there to make friends, I wasn't there to mess around.

Ekin-Su had a great time in the villa and found her great love with Davide Sanclimenti. The two were so entertaining together that they even got their own travelling show after Love Island.

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Ekin-Su gives tips on how to survive in Love Island villa

Ekin-Su explained how being in the villa was more overwhelming than she thought as she was always surrounded by cameras and microphones. The former Love Island star described the villa environment as tense. Ekin-Su barely got time for herself in the villa.

She has now given her advice to new cast members on how to survive in the villa. She said:

I was just myself the whole time, the whole time. It felt very overwhelming to win, it was good to be accepted for who I actually was.

It is understood that mental health help was provided to every Islander in the villa and there were regular check-ins to ensure the contestant’s well-being. Despite this, she believes that the villa is a ‘very mentally hard place to be in.’ She added:

It is a very mentally hard place to be in, you have to be strong to apply and I am not just saying that, you have to be.

You just have to be yourself, that is all I can say. If you don't know who you are, then that is something else you have to work on.

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Daily Mail: Ekin-Su Culculoglu speaks out on the 'b**chy vibes' of the Love Island villa and warns new show cast what to expect as contestants are unveiled