Love Island’s Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti SPLIT! Actress ends their romance for a second time after ‘a rollercoaster of ups and downs’
- WARNING: Contains spoilers from The Traitors US
Ekin-Su Culculoglu has revealed that she has split from Davide Sanclimenti.
She shared on Instagram on Tuesday: ‘The past 18 months have been a rollercoaster of ups and downs, just like any relationship.
‘Davide and I both wanted to do this because we cared a lot about each other.
“Unfortunately, I recently made the decision to end our relationship and go our separate ways.
‘Breaking up is never easy. For every couple. And we hope that our privacy will be respected.”
Ekin-Su Culculoglu has revealed that she has split from Davide Sanclimenti
It comes after she revealed how their relationship was affected by her short stint on Dancing On Ice.
The reality star, 29, took part in the 15th series of the ITV skating competition with professional Brendyn Hatfield in 2023 and was the third to leave the show.
Despite only being on the program for four weeks, Ekin-Su made headlines with her racy outfits and routines.
Ekin-Su joined the show just months after winning Love Island series eight with Italian heartthrob Davide Sanclimenti.
She recently opened up Spider genius about how difficult it was to combine training and a new relationship, saying: ‘I was working seven days a week and had no time for myself or my relationship. I was overworked and exhausted.
The reality star competed in the fifteenth series of the ITV skating competition in 2023 and was the third to leave the show (pictured with dance partner Brendyn Hatfield)
“If I hadn’t had so much to watch at the time, my experience with the show would have been different. I wouldn’t have been influenced by the bad comments either.’
She added: ‘I’m stronger now. I had a habit of Googling myself and I let the comments really upset me. Negative comments about my personality or my performance.’
Ekin-Su recalled crying when she was voted out, which she suppressed to the point of exhaustion as she insisted she would not succumb now.
After leaving Dancing On Ice, Ekin-Su headed to the Maldives with Davide Sanclimenti, but she admitted she didn’t enjoy it as she felt burnt out.
She and Davide, 28, split in June 2023 but reconciled just two months later and enjoyed a romantic getaway to Turkey, where Ekin-Su’s parents are from.
Now firmly back on track, Davide has since insisted the two “never really” broke up.
In January, Ekin-Su signed up for the second series of The Traitors US.
She has since been sadly eliminated, but was a hit with fans and was branded as ‘the most watched person on TV’.
The Love Island couple split in June after 11 months together. Davide took to Instagram at the time to share the sad news with his followers, but they have since flared up again
This series of The Traitors US featured celebrities, but the first featured a mix of celebrities and regular people.
Ekin-Su was “murdered” and was the fifth celebrity to be eliminated, joining former NBA WAG Larsa Pippen, who was “banned.”
The series, presented by Alan Cumming, started on January 12 and is filmed in the same location as the British series.
The Traitors US can be viewed on Peacock.
In January, Ekin-Su signed up for the second series of The Traitors US, but was unfortunately the fifth celebrity eliminated and left in the fourth episode.