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Ekin-Su Culculoglu's mom was the only one defending her on Celebrity Big Brother's Late and Live, but it did not go well. Celebrity Big Brother’s Late and Live – but it ended up causing more problems.
The Love Island winner, 29, has faced strong criticism for her remarks on the reality show, which has also involved former X Factor judges Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh.
During conversations with her new friends, Ekin-Su was upset about the idea of being an OnlyFans model. She also denied posting any bikini photos, but her fans were quick to prove her wrong. Additionally, she avoided talking about Love Island, despite mentioning the reality program where she gained fame multiple times, and was oddly hostile towards her co-stars, which seems to have turned her devoted fan base against her. This has led people like Layton Williams and Katie Price to call her out, with Layton particularly expressing his thoughts during an appearance on Late and Live on Friday.
Ekin-Su became the latest evictee from the Celebrity Big Brother house, along with Levi Roots. After seeing the backlash she's facing, she was quick to claim that the show has been edited to make her look a certain way.
Ekin-Su Culculoglu insisted she's been portrayed in a certain way on Celebrity Big Brother (Picture: ITV) Ekin-Su and Levi Roots were removed from the house (Picture: ITV) Amid applause from the live audience, Layton criticized Ekin-Su's reaction to fellow housemate Marisha Wallace nominating her for eviction, as many fans claimed she was pretending to cry.
‘You haven’t seen everything, they’ve cut stuff out,’ Ekin-Su insisted, as Layton hit back: ‘We’re not going to blame it on the edit!’
Layton Williams called out Ekin-Su’s comments (Picture: ITV)
And her mother also tried to defend her, but it ended up causing more problems.
After Will asked the audience ‘Who was on Ekin's side?’ and couldn't find any volunteers, he turned to her mom, who said: ‘When Sharon was leaving she nominated three names, but she said two names and then one more has been cut out, why?’
But Ekin-Su and the hosts all jumped in to clarify that it wasn't edited in fact, and Sharon did only ever say two names.
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And it greatly backfired (Picture: ITV)
‘Leave it!’ Ekin-Su snapped at her mom, as viewers have dubbed the scene ’embarrassing’.
‘Okay. If you thought Ekin-Su damaged her reputation in 2 weeks of Big Brother, she’s just done as much damage in ten minutes of Late and Live. And her MUM? I’m lost for words,’ fan account SuperTV wrote.
Others defended the Turkish actress, with Siobhan writing: ‘WHAT?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?! Ekin was called a hypocrite and attacked IN PERSON by AJ and Will. And then Layton was VERY mean to her. Of course her mum tried to defend her. Ekin handled that situation better than I would have.’
This is after Ekin-Su’s family
asked Celebrity Big Brother fans to stop sending her online abuse
While she was in the house, they said in a social media statement: ‘Last night was a really sad episode to watch. Ekin-Su has always cared and shown her emotions and last night we saw that.
‘What made last night a thousand times harder though is seeing and listening to hurtful comments, trolling, name calling and physical abuse threats. Nobody deserves this behavior and to read some of what we did last night.
‘@bbuk is a reality entertainment show that is edited to entertain us as viewers. We see an hour of 24 hours each day and the show is a social experiment that has been known to heighten emotions. ‘We would like to thank those of you that have supported Ekin-Su. The love and kind words haven’t gone unnoticed!.
‘Please remember, in a world where you can be anything, be kind. Love always, Team Ekin-Su x’
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Some fans have come to Ekin-Su’s defense (Picture: Shutterstock for Big Brother)
Speaking on Late and Live after being evicted on Friday, Ekin-Su said: I don’t think people knew that I was being myself, and I don’t think people connected with me as if I was being myself.’
She said she felt that ‘is fair’ because of her past on Love Island, but added ‘you should never judge a person on their past’.
She continued: ‘You can’t predict life and just because I won Love Island, doesn’t mean you win every show.
Celebrity Big Brother continues Sunday at 9pm on ITV1.
She said she felt that ‘is fair’ because of her past on Love Island, but added ‘you should never judge a person on their past’.
She went on: ‘You can’t predict life and just because I won Love Island, doesn’t mean you win every show.
‘Just because you win once doesn’t mean you win another one and another one, just because you have a fan base.’
Celebrity Big Brother continues Sunday at 9pm on ITV1.
