Love Island star Tasha Ghouri has addressed her co-stars Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti’s recent split.
The former couple, who won the 2022 series of the hit dating show, called it quits last month.
Tasha and her boyfriend Andrew Le Page are close friends with the pair, and they hung out together just weeks before their break-up.
Speaking exclusively to Goss.ie at an exclusive brunch hosted by Virgin Mobile, the official sponsor of Love Island on Virgin Media Television this summer, Tasha revealed she and Andrew have been in touch with the pair amid their split.
The dancer, who made history as the first deaf contestant in Love Island history, told us: “Yeah we’ve been in contact with them both and you know, we don’t know what’s happening in relationships.”
“But all that matters is their happiness and if they’re happy, then that’s all that matters. We’re focusing on our own relationship, but we’re there if they need us.”
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Davide announced his split from Ekin-Su in a statement shared via Instagram on June 29.
He wrote: “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.”
“I would like for everybody to respect this decision during this difficult time. I will continue to support Ekin in anyway possible,” he added.
The Sun later reported that Ekin was “blindsided” by their split, but Davide slammed the story – claiming their relationship had been on the rocks “for months”.
At the time, he wrote on Instagram: “Posting publicly about the breakup was extremely difficult yet necessary, despite the urge to keep it private, and contrary to what chinese whispers are saying, I didn’t blindside her as she was fully aware about my intention to post and at first she even agreed to post at the same time, she did change her mind last minute though.
“I respected her decision not to post it at the same time as me, but since the relationship has been on the rocks for months and parting ways has been a long time coming, I ultimately decided to go ahead with it rather than keep on dragging a situation that became unhealthy for us both.”
Davide continued: “This has been one of the hardest things I ever did in my life and there’s no perfect way to navigate a breakup.
“Sadly, there’s been a stream of toxic criticism circulating around me, and it’s disheartening. The constant creation of fake narratives on a person who was nothing but a genuine, caring and loving boyfriend for her and all he wanted was to enjoy and nurture the beautiful relationship they had.”
“And instead we had to deal with ridiculous accusations and fake stories. This over time had a massive impact on my mental health and our relationship. Of course no on is perfect yet there’s been a lot of pressure for us to be the perfect couple.
“I’d accept the constructive criticism, but it’s the daily fake and toxic accusations that are going around that I cannot deal with.”
“It saddens me that some people keep judging a relationship and a person based solely on social media snippers, news and rumours, lacking the full context of what happens in real life and what has been said between me and Ekin.
“Some people even keep on judging my English. I’m proud of myself. I arrived in England 4 years ago without knowing a word of English, and in such a short period of time I graduated in MSc Banking and Finance with a first class honours, worked in an asset management company, opened a small business, won a reality tv show reaching the hearts of a whole country, keeping them entertained and making them laugh.”
“All this and more done in a language that is not my native one. Fortunately most of the people have good sense of judgement and see how things really are. Sadly some people are creating even more stories just for some clicks on their names or pages when the reality is that I’ve been always by her side supporting her and wanting her to succeed.”
Davide concluded his post by writing: “I felt I had to say something to give voice to the majority of people that know I’m not what some twisted and nasty individuals have been trying to portray me for months.”
“Thank you for the many supportive and kind messages I’ve received and keep on receiving. I will keep on being the genuine, loving and fun person I’ve always been and people have loved.”
Ekin-Su later addressed the couple’s split in a statement shared to her Instagram Stories.
She wrote: “Hi everyone, I thought it was time to come back online to thank you so much for all of your messages over the past 2 weeks. It has shown me what a kind, supportive, strong community I have behind me.”
“I took some much needed time away with my family which has been really special but now it’s time to realign & get back to work. I have such an exciting year ahead & I want to fully focus on that. I really appreciate your ongoing support. Thank you for cheering me on.”
