A full recap of all the messy drama that went down with Ekin-Su and Davide
Their two-year relationship was a rollercoaster
Ekin-Su has returned to Love Island as a bombshell, hoping to find love again in the All Stars villa.
She left the show in a happy relationship with Davide in 2022, but things didn’t work out between them.
They broke up for good in early 2024, but their entire relationship before that was pretty explosive.
Here’s a full recap of all the drama that went down between them over the two years.
They had a turbulent time on Love Island
Their drama started back in the Love Island villa when Ekin-Su kissed Jay behind Davide’s back. She then decided to couple up with Jay, leading to that famous argument where Davide said: “You’re a liar, an actress, go the f**k out.”
After that, Davide kissed Danica and coupled up with Antigoni. Ekin-Su then coupled up with Charlie and Davide kissed Coco and Mollie in Casa Amor. It was all absolute chaos, but they somehow ended up making up and winning the show.
Davide was messaging another girl
Things were all smooth sailing until rumours emerged that Davide had cheated on Ekin in April 2023 and people were convinced they had split. However, she confirmed they were very much still together on her Instagram story.
Ekin later told The Sun: “Did he actually cheat on me? Yeah. I have messages from one girl who told me that she had hooked up with him when we were together. Another time he left his laptop open. I saw messages, quite explicit messages, sexual ones, between him and the girl I’d met on New Year’s Eve.”
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“There were some messages; of course, it was not nice to see on my phone,” Davide confirmed on the Stripping Off podcast. “I sought someone else’s attention because of the way I was feeling in the relationship; it was a way to escape how down I was feeling.”
They broke up for the first time in 2023
Just two months later, in June 2023, Davide posted a statement on Instagram announcing they had broken up, writing: “‘Ekin-Su and I are no longer together. I am grateful for the memories and opportunities we shared together and I wish her nothing but the best.”
Ekin claimed they split because Davide wrongly accused her of cheating on him in Turkey, saying: “He accused me of cheating and I went, ‘are you serious after the amount of stuff you did to me? I stood by your side, I defended you’.”
“I actually fainted, my mum had to call an ambulance. It was like I’d been punched in the stomach, I was hysterical. It was horrific. I wasn’t eating, sleeping, I wore the same clothes for four days.”
Then they got back together again
The pair then rekindled things at ITV’s summer party and spent time in Turkey together for Ekin-Su’s birthday. Davide posted a picture of her and wrote: “Despite all the storms, I wanted to make this day special for you… Enjoy the moment, make a wish and blow hard. Happy birthday @ekinsuofficial.”
“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,” she said.
Davide ‘disrespected her mum’
Things took a turn for the worse when Davide “disrespected her mum” by attempting to fake an engagement in front of Papparazi on a family trip to Rome, Italy.
“My mum was furious. She knew how desperate I was for him to propose to me for real. He shouted at her in front of everyone and said, ‘f*** off’. I was shaking. My mum was only trying to protect me. He stormed off and I was left with my her and my brother in the middle of Rome,” Ekin-Su said.
And then they split for good
In January 2024, they split up for good, with Ekin-Su revealing in a statement: “The last 18 months have been a rollercoaster of ups and downs, just like every relationship. Davide and I both wanted to make this work as we cared deeply for each other. Unfortunately, I have recently made the decision to end our relationship and to go our separate ways.”
There was drama right to the very end as Davide claimed she changed the agreed breakup statement last minute, writing: “Life sometimes reserves surprises and suddenly wakes you up… Ekin and I, just after the ski holidays, decided to go different ways. It was a joint decision, but I was waiting to make it public to respect her time in the show. I don’t know why the agreed statement changed last minute.”
Will Ekin-Su have more luck on Love Island this time around?
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