Love Island's Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu 'splashes £900k on Essex mansion' close to parents

Love Island's Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlureportedly splashed the cash on a mansion in Essex near where her parents live. The Turkish star, 30, was thrown into the spotlight when she appeared on ITV2's Love Island in 2022 and won over a legion of fans with her chaotic antics with Davide Sanclimenti.

She went on to appear on Dancing On Ice,The Wheel, The Traitors US and Celebrity Big Brother. She made an epic return to Love Island for All Stars where she enjoyed a brief romance with Curtis Pritchard. She also tried her hand at cooking on Cooking with the Stars.

Ekin-Suis also an ambassador for BPerfect Cosmetics and the British Red Cross. It comes after Katie Price reaches out to Harvey's lookalike half-brother but fears 'he's too scared'.

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Thanks to her successful career, Ekin-Su was able to purchase her dream home in a mansion, with reports claiming she spent £900,000 on the four-bedroom property.

Insiders claimed she was close to getting a home in Surrey, but changed her mind at the last minute in order to be closer to her family.

“She has snapped up this home in cash and chose somewhere more modest so she could be closer to her parents, who she spends a lot of time with," the insider said to The Sun.

The Mirror have reached out to Ekin-Su's reps for comment. Meanwhile, Ekin-Su recently shared a carousel of photos on Instagram as she shared a glimpse into her eventful August.

One email was seemingly about her recent home purchase. The e-mail read: "Congratulations! Following my recent voicemail, I am pleased to attach the confirmation of exchange. It has been a real pleasure working with you, and I thank you for choosing [redacted] and me to buy your property."

It comes after Ekin-Su opened up about her 'lonely' industry after she joined actress Giovanna Fletcher and more than 100 women on the five-day trip to the Isle of Skye for the CoppaFeel! Trek.

During a recent chat with the Mirror, she said it was nice to show her fellow trekkers the real her. “I did say to them my industry is very lonely and it is a very ego high industry where you can lose yourself.

"You can't always show who you really are. And moments like this make you very vulnerable and it shows your emotions, which is the real you. So that was nice for the ladies to see.”

Raising awareness of breast cancer, they also helped raise £506,898, surpassing their £450,000 target. Ekin-Su said hearing the stories of cancer has made her want to get her breasts checked for the first time.

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