Love Island star Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu's thoughts on ex-contestants on the show have reportedly been revealed by a pal- and the 27-year old didn't hold back.
The Turkish TV star, who was crowned winner of the 2022 series alongside partner Davide Sanclimenti on Monday, is said to have gone as far as labelling the seventh season of the show as 'awful'.
According to the Sun, Ekin-Su told a pal before she entered the villa: "“Last year was awful. The people on there were just dry, pointless, s**t personalities. I just couldn't believe them."
Even winners Millie Court and Liam Reardon couldn't escape her wrath, as she reportedly added: "Even the couple who won, Liam and Millie, even they were dry. I don’t know why they put people on like that."
And the stinging attack is said to have not ended there as Ekin-Su moved onto another couple - Liberty Poole and Jake Cornish.
She reportedly continued: "That Liberty girl was so annoying. Jake and Liberty were fake, you could see straight away he was playing the game."
Ekin-Su is said to have simply described the 2021 edition of the show as 'wrong'.
It comes as Ekin-Su and Davide have enjoyed their first date night together outside of the villa.
The pair looked more smitten than ever as they were spotted showing off their glowing tans and gleaming smiles on a romantic date night out in London on Friday, which included a passionate kiss in front of onlooking photographers.
As they walked hand-in-hand, brunette bombshell Ekin-Su couldn't keep her eyes off her new man as the pair beamed from ear-to-ear after being awarded the £50k przize.
After two months in the villa together, the pair appear to be excited about starting their relationship in 'real life' after winning.
Following their loved-up London date night, however, they were forced to part ways for a number of days to spend time with their loved-ones.
Essex babe Ekin said her goodbyes to Manchester-based Davide by calling him 'her king' in a sweet post on Instagram.
ITV revealed this week that that the pair won the show in a landslide, taking a huge 63.69% of the public vote.
In second place came Luca Bish and Gemma Owen who got 14.47%, while third-placed Indiyah Polack and Dami Hope took 11.77% of the votes.
Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page came in fourth place with 10.07% of the total votes.
The huge lead makes Ekin-Su and Davide the second highest-rated winners in the show's history.
