Ekin-Su Culculoglu has recalled the last time she slept with ex Davide Sanclimenti saying she knew then it would be the final time they would share a bed.
The Love Island star, 29, spoke about the devastating effect of the hunk’s alleged deceit with other women prior to their January split, branding the relationship ‘toxic’.
Telling The Sun: ‘I remember laying in bed next to him and I knew that would be the last time we shared a bed together.
‘I knew that was it, I was done. I would never be enough for him, or pretty enough. I put a statement out and that was it.’
Before adding: ‘It’s like we were addicted to each other, we knew we weren’t good for each other, but neither of us wanted to let each other go. We were both in a toxic relationship together.’
Ekin-Su Culculoglu, 29, has recalled the last time she slept with ex Davide Sanclimenti saying she knew then it would be the final time they would share a bed
The Love Island star spoke about the devastating effect of the hunk’s alleged deceit with other women prior to their January split, branding the relationship ‘toxic’ (pictured together in 2023)
She said: ‘I knew that was it, I was done. I would never be enough for him, or pretty enough. I put a statement out and that was i.’
Ekin-Su also said that she should never have appeared on Celebrity Big Brother due to her still suffering a broken heart following the break up.
The reality TV veteran was embroiled in a bullying row after she was booed by the studio audience, goaded by guest star Layton Williams and mocked by hosts AJ Adudu and Will Best, the latter branding her ‘Ekin Boo Hoo Hoo’, during her stint on ITV2’s Late & Live after her eviction.
She also skipped the Big Brother final after her management felt she was too ‘vulnerable’ to return in light of her turbulent time on the ITV series and subsequent drama-filled spin-off show appearance.
She told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: ‘I was angry, hurt, maybe a bit bitter, definitely insecure, Big Brother is not where you go to heal heartache, let me tell you.
‘I went into the show thinking that I could rebuild myself after everything that happened with Davide, but I came off worse. My guard was up’.
Before going on to say: ‘I blame myself for making a poor choice in my career. People could see that I wasn’t myself, and I can understand why they thought I was being fake’.
Elin-Su said on Instagram in April that she had ‘lost herself’ in the run up to appearing on the show: ‘Haven’t felt myself for a long time, and I’ve realised i had kind of lost myself and for a while didn’t know who I was beyond being defined by ex relationships or TV shows, and that needs to change!
‘I am so excited for all the growth and full healing. CBB was the final lightbulb moment to make me realise what needs to be done.’
Ekin-Su also said that she should never have appeared on Celebrity Big Brother due to her still suffering a broken heart following the break up (Ekin-Su, left, seen with Sharon Osbourne, right, on the show in March)
Ekin skipped the show final after her management felt she was too ‘vulnerable’ to return in light of her turbulent time on the ITV series (pictured on Celebrity Big Brother: Late and Live in March)
I was in tears because I just didn’t think I deserved to be treated like that.
Cracks appeared in her relationship with Davide less than a month after they won Love Island as a couple in the summer of 2022.
Hunky Davide was seen leaving a party with two blondes in August of that year.
Ekin-Su said she was left in floods of tears after learning of the incident, insisting she did not want to believe Davide would treat her badly.
She sad she rang him a number of times to discuss the situation but ‘was always made to feel like I was the “psycho girlfriend”‘.
When she asked him ‘how could you do this to me’, she claims he simply replied: ‘Excuse me?’
While filming their ITV2 show Homecomings, Ekin-Su said she saw pictures of Davide with females on his phone.
She claims she saw images of two blonde girls in his Manchester flat wearing his clothes.
Ekin-Su did not want to make anything of the situation at the time because they were being filmed.
The television personality went on to claim Davide cheated on her with a girl called Harriet Wilson, with Harriet contacting Ekin-Su to tell her.
Ekin-Su said that at another time Davide left his laptop open and she saw sexually explicit messages between him and a girl she herself had met on New Year’s Eve.
She said seeing those messages ‘broke something in me’.
The couple had a turbulent 18-month relationship since they first met in the Love Island villa in 2022 after winning the show together (pictured in 2022 on Love Island)
Taking to Instagram in January, Ekin-Su confirmed she had parted ways with the Italian businessman
Actress Ekin-Su said she did not want to be embarrassed amid the cheating allegations so did her best not to react publicly but also wanted to protect Davide.
Davide was later spotted snorting a suspicious white powder in Ibiza while Ekin-Su was at home in the UK.
When Ekin-Su went away in September last year to film the US version of The Traitors, she returned to the UK to learn Davide had been out partying in Manchester with her love rival Harriet.
It is also claimed he went on a secret holiday to Morocco with an OnlyFans model but did not tell Ekin-Su the truth when he returned.
Ekin-Su said she had a rude awakening when Davide disrespected her mother during a trip to Rome, Italy.
She said Davide had called paparazzi so he could get pictured making a fake proposal to her in front of the Colesseum in the city.
Ekin-Su said her mother was furious as she knew her daughter was desperate for him to propose to her for real, adding that Davide told her mother to ‘f**k off’ when the moment did not go to his liking.
However, they stayed together as they had a ski trip planned and Ekin-Su felt attached to him due to feelings of guilt.
She insists she never betrayed Davide but there were times when she was furious and did react, with the pair arguing.
MailOnline has contacted Davide for comment.