Love Island fans have been left convinced there is more to Adam Collard and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’s relationship after he made a random comment on her and Davide Sanclimenti.
The Islanders were discussing which of the couples were “punching” on Monday’s instalment of the ITV2 dating show.
The chat saw Adam suggest that Ekin-Su is punching above her weight in her relationship with Davide, which prompted no push-back from his fellow Islanders.
Paige Thorne and Luca Bish kicked off the conversation, before Adam decided to weigh in with his opinion on the Turkish actress and Italian Stallion, despite the fact that they weren't involved in the discussion.
"I think Ekin-Su is punching with Davide," he said, casually eating a white chocolate ice cream. "Davide is a really good looking lad, but Ekin-Su's fiery personality, that can make someone more attractive."
Love Island viewers were left baffled by Adam’s comment and many took to Twitter to suggest it could have something to do with the actress’s rejection of the personal trainer earlier in the series.
When Adam first entered the villa in his shock return, he went for a chat with Ekin-Su on the terrace, which caused friction with Davide in later scenes and eventually prompted her to shout to the villa she “doesn’t give a f*** about Adam”.
Reacting to the swipe from Adam, one Love Island viewer commented: “Just catching up on #LoveIsland Adam saying Ekin is punching…wow he's defo bitter he didn’t get a chance with her.”
Another added: “I wonder if Adam saying that Ekin-Su is punching has anything to do with her being the only girl in there who clearly rejected him when he arrived, whilst the other girls were all flattered by his chats.”
A third viewer commented: “Nobody was talking about Ekin or Davide but Adam brings them up… I'm starting to believe the theories that Adam is in love with Ekin.”
Other viewers were disappointed that neither Gemma Owen nor Paige defended Ekin-Su following Adam's comments.
One person tweeted: “Why are the girls letting Adam talk about Ekin like that?” while another added: “None of the girls backing Ekin when Adam said she's punching with Davide.”
This comes as Mark Wright has subtly responded to Love Islander Luca Bish’s savage dig at the former TOWIE star in the latest episode of the ITV2 dating show.
Mark, who is married to actress Michelle Keegan, randomly came up in conversation between Luca, Adam and Paige as Luca suddenly asked the duo if they thought Mark was “punching”.
Coming out of the blue as the three stood in the kitchen, Luca asked: “Oi Adam, would you say Mark Wright's really good-looking?”
Adam replied he thought he was “pretty good-looking”, before Luca declared Mark was “not all that”.
ITV2 viewers were left baffled by the sudden dig and it seems to have left Mark equally nonplussed as he took to Twitter to respond to the savage swipe.
Posting a bleary-eyed topless selfie from bed, Mark wrote: “8:30am in Sydney…. minding my own business (literally sleeping) Waking up like…. What did I do? #luca”.
