Love Island’s Ekin-Su opens up on ex Davide and shares the ‘real reason’ she chose him over villa rival Jay in 2022 - suong

LOVE Island icon Ekin-Su spoke about her ex-boyfriend Davide Sanclimenti for the first time since entering the All Stars villa.

The reality TV star, 30, made reference to her former partner and their time together on the ITV2 dating show during a discussion with Olivia Hawkins.

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Ekin has famously kept schtum on her ex since signing up to the programme and even hammered out a water-tight contract with ITV to ensure that her ex would not be signed up to appear on the programme alongside her.

However, the star opened up on her time in the villa with Davide after she found herself liking both him and her fellow co-star, Jay Younger.

With Olivia feeling conflicted over her feelings for villa partner Marcel Sommerville as well as a possible connection with heartthrob Luca Bish, she asked Ekin: "Is it possible to like two people at the same time?"

In response, Celebrity Big Brother star Ekin said: "I liked Davide and I also liked Jay when he walked in."

Confessing the reason she went on to pick Davide as her partner, she told Liv: "But my heart was gravitating towards Davide!"

It saw Liv go on to admit that she felt as though she had a stronger connection with Marcel but could be swayed by Luca's recent comments that he enjoyed their snog during the evening's suck and blow game.

Ekin-Su and Davide fell in love on the show in 2022.

Before making things official with Davide, Ekin explored a connection with Scottish hunk Jay Younger.

She famously crawled across the terrace on her knees to Jay in a bid to avoid being seen by her other co-stars before kissing him.

Eventually, she settled for Davide and Jay was booted from the programme not long after.

Ekin and Davide received a record-breaking 63.69% of the final vote.

Since leaving Love Island, Ekin has become one of the most in-demand TV personalities.

Shortly after leaving the villa, she secured a £100,000 contract to appear on ITV's Dancing On Ice.

This came on top of her instant-millionaire status after inking a contract worth well over £1million with fashion retailer Oh Polly days after being crowned the TV show's winner.

She bagged two further six-figure deals with Beauty Works and bPerfect Cosmetics as she cemented herself as one of the most successful Islanders ever.

Keen to introduce her to US audiences, TV execs chose her to appear on the second series of the American version of The Traitors before she bagged a further £100k for her ill-fated stint in CBB.

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