Love Island’s Ekin-Su looks unrecognisable in bizarre pre-fame reality show
LOVE Island’s Ekin-Su made her reality TV debut long before she appeared on the ITV2 dating show.
Ekin-Su, 27, who is one of the favourites to win Love Island 2022 – alongside her partner Davide Sanclimenti, took part in the film project while in her first year at university.
She starred in budget ‘reality show’ called Lancashore, and a recently resurfaced clip showed her looking unrecognisable.
In an effort to be like Geordie Shore, the ‘series’ followed the lives of a handful of male and female students.
Ekin, who used the name Suzie Hayzel at the time, can be seen chatting to two female friends in their halls of residence.
One pal, called Lauren declares: “I think the boys will be coming down soon.”
Ekin, who is wearing a tight-fitting monochrome dress, replies: “The boys? I’ve never met them. Who are they?”
A second friend called Joanna tells her: “I think they live upstairs.”
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Ekin-Su then asks: “Are they hot? Because I’m single, so…”
Joanna reminds her of a chap called ‘Jack’, which sees Ekin-Su dissolve into giggles and squealing: “He’s not my boyfriend!”
Later in the pilot episode, a group of three lads arrive at the door of the girls’ flat and they settle down to play a game of ‘Never Have I Ever’.
During the drinking game, Ekin-Su admits she fancies one of the guys and takes a swig from her glass.
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Once the fellas have gone, the three girls and another female pair begin discussing who they like best.
Ekin-Su says of one: “He’s got banter. I quite like that. A guy’s got to be funny and a guy’s got to make a girl laugh.
“I think they’re really down to earth guys. I like them all, you know?”
She went on to admit she was “gutted” that one chap called Ollie had a girlfriend already, adding: “It’s always the good ones who are taken.”
Ekin-Su is a Turkish actress, singer, model and influencer, who arrived as one of two bombshells early on in the season.
After portraying the role of Isil in the Turkish soap opera Kuzey Yıldızı İlk Aşk in 2020 – she was cast as a contestant on the eighth series of Love Island.
She is currently coupled up with islander Davide Sanclimenti – and the pair have had their fair share of explosive rows.
But as their time in the villa nears to the end, the couple appear to have made a genuine connection – and possibly found love.
Their on and off again relationship has won over the hearts of the nation – and landed them a spot in the Love Island 2022 final.
As Ekin-Su is new to the spotlight, her dating history is not yet known.
However, The Sun revealed that footy ace Jack Grealish has got his eye on her.
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Meanwhile, Ekin-Su is followed by Piers Morgan’s son Spencer on Instagram, and he’s not the only well-known male who keeps tabs on her social media.
Ekin also counts Towie ladies’ men Pete Wicks and James Lock among followers, as well as party-boy Wayne Lineker.