Love Island winners Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti announce break-up

Jun 30, 2023 at 2:41 PM
Love Island winners Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti announce break-up

Love Island winners Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti have damaged up – after lower than a yr collectively.

The couple gained the favored ITV actuality courting present in August 2022 and have become fan favourites after securing practically two-thirds of the general public vote.

Sanclimenti shared the news of the break up on Thursday on his Instagram story and stated that the pair had been “no longer together” however that he wished his former accomplice “nothing but the best”.

He stated: “@ekinsuofficial & I are no longer together.

“I’m grateful for the reminiscences and alternatives we shared collectively and I want her nothing however the perfect.

“I would like for everybody to respect this decision during this difficult time, I will continue to support Ekin in any way possible.”

Culculoglu has not but addressed the break-up publicly.

‘Find somebody for love’

The break up comes simply three days after the pair had been pictured collectively on the London premiere of Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny.

Since profitable Love Island, the couple secured a deal for an ITV spin-off present during which they explored their house international locations of Italy and Turkey.

The couple had additionally beforehand introduced that they had been shifting in collectively.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain (GMB) in January, Sanclimenti suggested future Love Island contestants not to enter the villa hoping for fame however as an alternative to enter it and “find someone”.

He added: “Don’t go there for fame but because you actually want to find someone.

“If you’re a real particular person and also you truly wish to discover somebody for love and the fitting particular person is there you’ll have a tremendous expertise.”

Speaking in an Interview with Boohoo Man earlier this year, Sanclimenti also opened up about his “struggles” in the relationship.

“Me and Ekin-Su had our struggles on account of our public positions and we nonetheless have them typically.

“If there’s something that I would change or would have done differently [with Ekin-Su in the villa] maybe I would have taken things a bit more slowly.”

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But he stated the perfect factor about courting Culculoglu was that they “understand each other – not just because we are literally the same person”.

He added: “She is my copy-paste. Also, because we come from the same experience and the same background.

“She met my household and happily, all my mother and father love her and Ekin-Su’s household love me.”

In November final yr, Love Island runners-up Luca Bish and Gemma Owen beforehand introduced their separation – lower than 4 months after leaving the villa.