Elma Pazar is set to watch Love Island: All Stars back with one eye shut, says her friend and former Islander Shaughna Phillips. TOWIE favourite Elma has found romance on the ITV2 show with Sammy Root, but has also been involved in her fair share of drama, particularly locking horns with Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Curtis Pritchard.
After Ekin-Su kissed Sammy during the show's famous heart rate challenge, the duo have found themselves clashing. But predicting that Elma may regret how hot-headed she's been on screen, Shaughna tells Mirror: "I really like Elma and I know her briefly from outside and being in the same social circles. I see both sides. I think Ekin's handled it really well and I think when Elma comes out, she'll probably cringe at some of the things that's happened and how it's been portrayed."
However, having been in the villa herself, Shaughna - who is working with SlotsCalendar - knows it's not easy to keep a cool head as she explains: "I do feel like, when you're in there, the smallest thing that you wouldn't even spend 10 minutes thinking about in outside world becomes the biggest thing in there. I remember I had it in my season. If someone was to come in for the person you're coupled up with, you would get territorial. It's not it's not because you're head over heels in love with the the person you're with, but you just take it a little bit more personally. It's like, 'Wow, you know that I'm with them, so why are you trying to stir the pot?'"
Following the drama between Ekin-Su and Elma, which unfolded this week, many fans turned against the latter and dubbed her a 'mean girl' online. Accusing her of going on a power trip after being voted the public's favourite girl in an earlier episode, one fan speculated: "Elma really isn’t coming off well since being voted as the favourite girl is she? I doubt she’s the favourite girl now." Another chimed in: "Elma being voters' favourite girl must have gone to her head because since that she’s been absolutely vile and unwatchable please remove her she is so unkind."
Shaughna also urged viewers to be kind to Elma, who is coupled up with Sammy Root on the show (
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However, Shaughna also knows all too well what it's like to be judged from your actions on-screen, and admits she would like for viewers to be more careful when it comes to airing their no-filtered opinions online.
"People get so into it, which I get, but I wish they would realise that they are still people at the end of the day. I'm pretty sure we've all said things and done things that we've regretted. I've definitely done it where I've had a disagreement at work and then I come home and I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'm so embarrassed about myself'. So, yeah, I just think people need to take it with a pinch of salt rather than getting really riled up about it," she says.
