Love Island’s Ekin-Su on what went down at glitzy bash with Angelina Jolie

18 June 2024 , 13:28

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Ekin-Su Culculoglu rubbed shoulders with Angelina Jolie at Sunday night's Tony awards in the USA (Image: Variety via Getty Images)

Ekin-Su Culculoglu rubbed shoulders with Angelina Jolie at Sunday night's Tony awards in the USA.

The 29-year-old reality star appeared on the Turkish soap opera Kuzey Yldz Ilk Ask before winning the ITV2 dating show Love Island in 2022 and before her ill-fated appearance on Celebrity Big Brother earlier this year, appeared on the American version of The Traitors.

The former Dancing On Ice contestant spent Sunday evening rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars like Angelina Jolie and Jay-Z at the Tonys and admitted that she felt "so honoured" to have even been invited to the annual awards, which honour the best in Broadway theatre.

Sharing an insight into what went down, she said: "Last night was amazing. I felt incredibly honoured to be invited to the Tony Awards, and it was an honour to be able to celebrate those in attendance last night."

"Life is good, and I feel so grateful for these amazing opportunities. The US has welcomed me with open arms, and I have felt so supported by the UK who are championing me to fly the flag across the pond."

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The former Dancing On Ice contestant spent Sunday evening rubbing shoulders with Hollywood stars (Variety via Getty Images)

Angelina was also at Sunday's Tony awards (Variety via Getty Images)

Explaining she's "solely focused" on launching her career in the US, she added to Metro: "It's been a whirlwind six months, but I'm solely focused on my career right now, and taking back ownership of who I am."

At the start of 2023, Ekin-Su endured a disastrous run on Celebrity Big Brother following her split from Davide Sanclimenti and insisted recently that she never should have taken part in the ITV1 series following her breakup.

She told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "I should never have gone into the 'Big Brother' house. I was angry, hurt, maybe a bit bitter, definitely insecure - Big Brother is not where you go to heal heartache, let me tell you. I went into the show thinking that I could rebuild myself after everything that happened with Davide, but I came off worse. My guard was up."

She also admitted: "I blame myself for making a poor choice in my career. People could see that I wasn't myself, and I can understand why they thought I was being fake. I never wanted to believe the allegations against Davide but people would tell me I was being cheated on all the time. I was so scared of being alone, and I didn't know who the hell Ekin-Su was meant to be without him."

Aisha Nozari