Love Island winner Ekin-Su Culculoglu has opened up about being left red-faced after mispronouncing one of Ireland’s biggest cities.
The Turkish born beauty sent fans wild earlier this week when she was doing a promo clip on her Instagram ahead of her whistle-stop Irish tour for her collaboration with BPerfect cosmetics.
Throughout her stay, Ekin-Su will be making stops in Belfast, Dublin, Wexford and Limerick, with a final stop of the tour on Saturday at Shaws Department Store in Crescent Shopping Centre, Limerick.
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In the video clip, the reality TV star told fans she'll be visiting LIME-rick during her time in Ireland, sending fans wild.
Now, Ekin-Su told us: “I know it’s Limerick but I think I’m going to stick with Lime-rick because it’s so iconic now.
“For someone who has never been to that area, you would read it as Lime-rick.”
But she said she didn't receive any nasty feedback from fans after the blunder.
“No not at all. It was all good feedback. People found it funny,” she added.
Speaking to Live95, she explained: "My Instagram went crazy in five seconds.
"I had one person message me it's not pronounced [like that] so I thought okay and in five minutes I had fifty hundred thousand Instagram messages, voicenotes, fans saying it's 'Limerick' and I went oh my god."
Speaking ahead of the tour, she said: “I’m really proud to come here every time and see how the products are doing. I wanted to see where they were stored. I saw with my own eyes how people were busy ordering my palette and my eyelashes and my collection. It’s crazy.
“It’s really overwhelming.”
Ekin-Su said “it’s beautiful” to be so well recognised since leaving Love Island.
“It’s beautiful. It’s nice because I feel like I can connect with people. It’s nice that people relate to me and I can make them happy, even if it is like for a few minutes.
“It’s a nice feeling.”
Ekin-Su is hoping to return to Ireland when the weather improves.
“I’d love to come back when the weather is nice and explore the churches and castles and take a trip down to the factories to where the crisps are made. I know that Northern and (southern) Ireland are very different crisps.”
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