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Amy Denman

Love Island's Ekin-Su's mum reveals secret crush on Luca after sparking Gemma row

Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has had quite the Love Island journey so far after entering the villa as a bombshell.

The Turkish actress, 27, has caused a stir in the villa with her couplings, making a beeline for Davide Sanclimenti while he was coupled up with Gemma Owen, before coupling up with Jay Younger after the pair shared a sneaky kiss not he terrace.

Last week, Ekin-Su fumed at 28-year-old Jay after he confessed he wanted to "get to know" Paige Thorne and called the way he approached the situation "muggy".

However, we could see her turn a few more heads in the villa as the star's mum Sezer has admitted the soap actress was most into Luca Bish and Andrew Le Page before she jetted to Majorca to film the ITV2 show.

Ekin-Su's mum has claimed the star confessed she finds Luca 'attractive' before heading into the villa (ITV)

Ekin-Su's mum told OK! : "I know Su likes Luca because she told me she finds him attractive."

"She also liked Andrew but she had no chance with either of them as they were already coupled up by the time she entered," Sezer added.

It comes after fans saw Ekin-Su and Michael Owen's daughter Gemma clash on Monday night's episode, as 19-year-old Gemma accused Ekin-Su of speaking rumours about her feelings towards Luca.

During the explosive episode, viewers saw Dami Hope analyse Gemma's romance with Luca.

Ekin-Su's mum said she had 'no chance' with Luca or Andrew as they were already coupled up when she entered the villa (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

He was seen telling Gemma during the conversation in front of Ekin-Su, Inidiyah Polack and Charlie Rannedge: "You like Luca, but you're finding it tough to open up properly.

"You feel like Luca probably likes you more than you like him. But you're OK with that because obviously, he has more possibility of getting hurt than you."

He added: "You're happy with Luca right now. Like, I feel like it would take a lot for your head to turn but there is a small chance it probably could if something really came in that was 100% and had the chat of Luca, I feel like that is when the confusion would come through because we're not here to play games we just fall in love so fast.

Gemma had her mind read by Dami (ITV)

"So I feel like you're still open in a sense – probably more open than Luca but we won't tell him that."

Gemma then told Dami: "Yeah that was quite impressive. I don't think you're that far wrong."

After the reading, Dami asked the group to not repeat what he had said to the other Islanders. But, Ekin-Su was soon seen leaving the group and reporting her version of events to Paige and Jaques.

Ekin-Su reported her version of events to Paige and Jacques (itv)

The actress told the couple: "We were just talking by the beds and Dami was doing this crazy mind reading thing and I was surprised at one comment, when he said that Gemma had said: 'I think you like Luca but I think Luca's more interested in you and I think if a guy walked into the villa that was your type you have a slight chance your head would turn' and she agreed."

Ekin-Su's revelation infuriated Jaques, 23, who wanted to go and tell Luca what he had discovered. "That's gonna rattle him big time," rugby star Jaques said.

Paige then reported back to Gemma, which infuriated Gemma and caused Indiyah to insist Dami's words had been taken out of context as she said: "Not like that no!"

Dami and Gemma later confronted Ekin-Su, who told Gemma to 'relax' (ITV)

Gemma got upset and confronted Ekin-Su while Jaques reported what he heard to Luca, who later told the camera: "Little things like this, if she has said that, will play on my mind."

She was seen telling Ekin-Su: "You have started this, you’ve made drama over nothing!"

She continued: "You had no right to say that and knew that was going to cause s***."

Ekin-Su insisted the situation was "not a big deal" and instructed Gemma to "relax", but Gemma did not look ready to quickly forgive her.

Gemma said: "You can't drop a bomb and then tell me to f***ing relax. I think that's d***head behaviour.

"Maybe you should keep your nose out of other people's business and shut up."

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