If you’re hot enough to be on Love Island, the likelihood is you might have a famous ex or two. (Or you will have at least had someone famous slide into your DMs.) Ekin-Su Cülcüloğluis obviously no exception. Way before she set foot in the villa, there were reports that everyone’s favourite footballer, Jack Grealish, had been liking some of her photos.
But here's a reality TV crossover we weren’t expecting: apparently Ekin-Su dated JP Patterson, of Made in Chelsea fame, last year. What?!
According to The Sun, the pair went on a few dates with Josh only having ‘good things’ to say about Ekin. MIC OG fans will know that Josh shares daughter, India, 5, with former co-star Binky Felstead, but the pair split a year after India was born.
It isn’t the first time Ekin - our Love Island queen - has been linked to a reality star, either. Ekin also apparently dated TOWIE’s James Lock, just before he ended up back with fellow Love Island star Megan Barton-Hanson. ‘They met through friends and dated for a short time last year,’ a source told the same publication. ‘It was a very passionate fling while it lasted but fizzled out. That was when James moved on to Megan.’
Since entering the villa last month, the headlines about Ekin-Su haven’t stopped. Now, people - including 2019 Love Island winner Amber Gill - are even calling on the star to represent the UK or Turkey in Eurovision, after an unearthed clip saw her singing on a Turkish pop song back in 2018.
Anyway, we’re at least hoping that Ekin-Su is going to make the Love Island final - and end up back with former enemy Davide Sanclimenti - after the drama of Casa Amor is over. And it looks like Ekin-Su is going to remain loyal to Davide, as tonight she tells the Beach Hut: ‘It’s not easy to be open again, you know. I’m still open to getting to know George however my heart and my mind is in my Italian dream man and I hope he’s ok.’ However, in tonight’s episode, it looks like heartbreak is on the cards for Indiyah Polack, as Dami Hope kisses new bombshell Summer Botwe.