On Celebrity Big Brother’s Late and Live, Ekin-Su Culculolgu had just her mother to defend her, but it backfired spectacularly.
The Love Island winner, 29, has received significant reaction for her statements on the reality show, which also included former X Factor judges Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh.
In talks with her new acquaintances, Ekin-Su was horrified at the prospect of being an OnlyFans model. She claimed not to share any bikini photographs, which followers quickly exposed her on.
She also shut off any discussions about Love Island – despite having mentioned the reality show on many occasions – and appeared to be strangely antagonistic to her co-stars, alienating her devoted fan base.
So much so that Layton Williams and Katie Price have called her out, with the former fighting with her and making his point clear during an appearance on Late & Live on Friday.
Ekin-Su became the latest celebrity to be evicted from the house, joining Levi Roots, and after experiencing some of the criticism, she was quick to say the show was altered to make her seem a particular way.
To the excitement of the live audience, Layton criticised Ekin-Su’s reaction to fellow housemate Marisha Wallace nominating her for eviction, after many fans felt she was fake tears.
‘You haven’t seen everything, they’ve cut stuff out,’ Ekin-Su insisted, as Layton hit back: ‘We’re not going to blame it on the edit!’
Hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best were also eager to stress out that Ekin-Su had just left the home and had not yet viewed anything back or realised what had made it to screens, as well as the fact that everything displayed had come directly from Ekin-Su’s mouth.
‘I’m just hurt that I wasn’t portrayed as myself on the show,’ Ekin-Su repeated.
And her mum was also quick to step in too, in an attempt to back Ekin-Su, before it massively backfired.
After Will asked the audience ‘Who was on Ekin’s side?’ and wasn’t able to find any volunteers, he turned to her mum, who said: ‘When Sharon was leaving she nominated three names, but she said two names and then one more has been cut out, why?’
But Ekin-Su and the hosts all stepped in to stress that it wasn’t changed at all, and Sharon only ever said two names.
‘Leave it!’ Ekin-Su snapped at her mum, as viewers have dubbed the scene ’embarrassing’.
‘Okay. If you thought Ekin-Su damaged her reputation in 2 weeks of Big Brother, she’s just done as much damage in ten minutes of Late and Live. And her MUM? I’m lost for words,’ fan account SuperTV wrote.
‘Now I know there is such a thing as editing on the fly, but to accuse the show of editing LIVE footage instantly is hilarious and would require time travel abilities,’ Gary added.
X user Lewis wrote: ‘This is so INTENSE… Ekin-Su royally pissed off and blaming the edit, no audience members supporting her, her mum jumping in with random s**te!!!’
Yoo Ekin Su and her mum embarrassed themselves on the Late & Live after show. Leyton told her “don’t blame it on the edit” #CBBUK #CBB #CelebrityBigBrother #bigbrother pic.twitter.com/CQQBUq2BLk
— The Celestial Sentinel (@DnellyBPD) March 16, 2024
Okay. If you thought Ekin-Su damaged her reputation in 2 weeks of Big Brother, she’s just done as much damage in ten minutes of Late and Live. And her MUM? I’m lost for words #CBBUK #CBBLL pic.twitter.com/M30cWpZaM8
— sᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴠ (@superTV247) March 15, 2024
It’s all kicking off on Late & Live! Ekin-Su and her mum are blaming Big Brother for her bad edit that Ekin hasn’t seen yet 😂😂😂 #CBB #CBBUK #CBBLL pic.twitter.com/RDgD0Nn2Kw
— Abigail (@yesindede) March 15, 2024
Haven't watched late and live all series, but so glad I did tonight. Absolute chaos with Ekin-Su and her mum 😂 #CBBUK
— Susie ♡ 31 ☆ Wales ○ (@Rubeign) March 15, 2024
Not Ekin-Su's mum with such a conspiracy theory that even ekin told her to let it go 😭😭 #cbbuk
— Benji | ZÜRICH 2025 🇨🇭 (@highwindows88) March 15, 2024
not ekin-su’s mum trying to say that the producers cut sharon’s third name when we literally saw that LIVE #CBBUK
— leah (@paradiseieah) March 15, 2024
Others jumped in to defend the Turkish actress, with Siobhan writing: ‘WHAT?! ARE YOU KIDDING?! Ekin was called a hypocrite and attacked TO HER FACE by AJ and Will. And then Layton was SO mean to her. Of course her mum tried to defend her. Ekin handled that s**t better than I would have.’
This comes after Ekin-Su’s family asked with Celebrity Big Brother viewers to refrain from sending her online abuse.
During her time in the house, they said in a social media statement: ‘Last night was a really sad episode to watch. Ekin-Su has always cared and worn her heart on her sleeve and last night we saw that.
‘What made last night a thousand times harder though is seeing and listening to hateful comments, trolling, name calling and physical abuse threats. Nobody deserves this behaviour and to read some of what we did last night.
‘@bbuk is a reality entertainment show that is edited to entertain us as viewers. We see an hour of 24 hours each day and the show is a social experiment that has been known to heighten emotions.
‘We would like to thank those of you that have supported Ekin-Su. The love and kind words haven’t gone unnoticed!
‘Please remember, in a world where you can be anything, be kind. Love always, Team Ekin-Su x’
Speaking on Late and Live after being evicted on Friday, Ekin-Su said: I don’t think people knew that I was being myself, and I don’t think people connected with me as if I was being myself.’
She said she felt that ‘is fair’ because of her past on Love Island, but added ‘you should never judge a person on their past’.
She went on: ‘You can’t predict life and just because I won Love Island, doesn’t mean you win every show.
‘Just because you win once doesn’t mean you win another one and another one, just because you have a fan base.’
Celebrity Big Brother continues Sunday at 9pm on ITV1.