Love Island’s Ekin-Su: I’ve misplaced each pal I had
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ove Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu has mentioned she has misplaced nearly each pal she had earlier than she went on the present and has discovered it arduous to belief folks.
The star, 28, gained the ITV2 present alongside associate Davide Sanclimenti in 2022 and the couple had been fashionable within the polls, profitable 63.7% of the general public vote.
In spite of this, Culculoglu mentioned she doesn’t have quite a lot of mates, telling Cosmopolitan UK: “I’ve lost every friend I had.
“I don’t have any friends. I have one friend and that’s it.
“Unfortunately, with the fame, you see people’s true colours.
“People just want to be your friend because of your status, and it’s a hard industry to trust.
“No, I don’t actually have friends left.
“People I’d known for 10 years who were in my life… Selling stories is not very nice. I wouldn’t do that to someone.
“If they were happy, I would support them.
“Unfortunately, I had that coming out of the villa, I had to delete people out of my life.
“But I am happier this way.
“Sometimes keeping your circle small is the best, and you don’t always need friends.
“So long as you know who you are, that’s fine.”
Culculoglu additionally revealed she struggled together with her psychological well being whereas competing on Dancing On Ice earlier this yr, however needed to “pretend everything was fine”.
She mentioned she discovered work commitments “mentally draining” and wanted to take a while out for herself by going to the Maldives with associate Sanclimenti, the place she might neglect about “the stuff online”.
She instructed the journal: “There have been things in my life that I can’t mention now that have affected my mental health for a while.
“I had to keep smiling and pretend everything was fine.
“This was during Dancing On Ice when there were things in the background – not relationship related, by the way – (they were) work related that was very hard.
“I couldn’t say anything. It was mentally draining. That was one of the tough times.
“It took me a while to get back out of it… Your mental health is your priority.
“After my trip to the Maldives with Davide, we turned off our phones, we didn’t check the internet.
“He was helping me forget things (and) the stuff online.”
Culculoglu was the third celeb eradicated from Dancing On Ice 2023, and had mentioned she pulled a muscle on her left leg shortly earlier than the week she needed to skate for her survival.
You can learn the total interview with Culculoglu on the Cosmopolitan web site.