Love Island’s Ekin-Su lands huge reality show role — which boyfriend Davide says he turned down

LOVE Island winner Ekin-su Cülcüloğlu has signed up for Dancing on Ice.

The 28-year-old Essex model and actress won the dating show after a rollercoaster romance with with David Saclimente, 27.

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But Ekin will be appearing on DOI without him as the hunky Italian says he turned down an invitation to be on the ITV skating favourite.

A TV insider said: “Producers of Dancing on Ice are always keen to bag a big name from Love Island as previous names from the show have proved a hit.

“Maura Higgins was a skater in 2020 and last year Liberty Poole was the star signing, but Ekin-Su might just turn out to be the most sensational addition to the line-up yet.”

She was one of the stand-out stars of Love Island this year due to her stormy on-off relationship with Davide which ended with them triumphing in August.

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Since then Ekin-Su has gone on to land a clothes range with Oh Polly worth a reported £1million.

She’s also recording a travel series for ITV2 called Ekin-Su & Davide: Homecomings in which they return to Italy and Turkey to explore their family roots.

Davide claimed he’d turned down the opportunity to take part in DOI saying: “I have so much going on and I can’t commit to something every day and when I do something I want to do it properly.

“Right now I just can’t focus on something like that, for the moment anyway, but in the future maybe I will.”

Ekin-Su will be joined on the fifteenth series of dancing on Ice by two soap stars – EastEnders legend Patsy Palmer and Hollyoaks favourite, Carley Stenson.

ITV also confirmed yesterday that former footballer and host of Gladiators, John Fashanu, was joining the line-up.

The 60-year-old Wimbledon legend if familiar with TV challenge shows as he previously took part in Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins on Channel 4 and I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! on ITV.

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John said: “I don’t think it’ll come as a surprise to people that I’m very competitive – I am definitely in it to win it.

“And this may be one of the scariest things I’ve ever signed up for but I couldn’t be more ready for the challenge.”

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