Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has admitted she picked up the phone and called Love Island other half Davide Sanclimenti straight away, after being alerted to an 'incriminating' photo of him getting into a taxi with two women.
It's been over a month now since Ekin-Su and Davide won the latest series of the ITV dating show, beating nearest rivals Gemma Owen and Luca Bish by a huge margin in the live final. Since returning to UK soil, they have been caught up in a media whirlwind, with a number of high profile appearances and Ekin-Su inking a huge deal with fashion brand Oh Polly.
On Monday, the couple joined Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby in the This Morning studio as the presenters finally returned to the programme after a summer hiatus. And, after quizzing Ekin-Su and Davide on what it was like being in Love Island, Phillip attempted to get to the bottom of what was going on in the pictures that spread across social media like wildfire, saying: "The problem is...and you are very strong the pair of you, which is great; you both trust each other, which is amazing, which helps when you are pictured in a cab with a mate and two Icelandic ladies coming out of the boxing."
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What added fuel to the fire was the fact that, at the time the snaps were taken, Ekin-Su was out of the country and she explained to Phillip and Holly that she was alerted to them by concerned fans, whilst over in LA for work. Davide laughed alongside her at the very mention of the photos, saying: "It's not been nice to put her in this situation, but we were speaking the whole night, so she knew the truth and I knew the truth. So when I saw the newspaper I was actually laughing at them."
Explaining how she became aware of the pictures, Ekin-Su said: "I was in LA on a shoot, I think it was night time and I had the fans going 'Ekin, your man's been seen with two girls' and I immediately text definitely to say 'what's going on?'
"I called him and we spoke and I know that, from the club that he went to there was a bunch of people and there were only limited cabs. It wasn't just them who turned up at a hotel or Davide, these two girls and his friend at the club."
She added: "It's nice that fans are sticking up, but the relationship is private and only you know the truth and that's it. You just have to block it out."
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