We’re just going to say it: the latest series of Love Island wouldn’t have been half the series it was without Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu. Sure, she can be a bit of drama queen, but we can all be guilty of that sometimes and let’s face it, she’s an icon, she’s a legend and she is the moment.
But the Love Island 2022 and All Stars 2025 Islander isn’t the only Cülcüloğlu family member who makes great TV. Remember when her brother Arda appeared on Aftersun during her first stint in the villa and made us all cackle with his witty commentary on his sister’s antics?
Ekin’s little bro popped up on our screens once again recently when he dialled into the All Stars villa for a video call with his sister and it seems that we might be seeing him again very soon…
Arda came up in conversation when Ekin-Su and her boyfriend Curtis Pritchard popped into heat Towers for a chinwag earlier this week – and is it just us or did Ekin just reveal the first Love Island 2025 contestant?
She told us, ‘My brother will do Love Island, yes. However, I’m worried for him because he’s very straight to the point and I don’t think TV’s ready for him. He’s a different breed, he will say exactly what people can’t say and they think.’
Curtis chimed in, ‘Get him on there, guys,’ and honestly, same.
He added, ‘I think he’ll be great. I’ve not met him, I’ve obviously only seen a little bit of the video call and stuff, but I’ve not met him. I really want to meet him.’
Ekin continued, ‘He’s very cool, a very quirky guy. Musician, good with the ladies, smart, sexy.
‘I shouldn’t be saying that about my brother, that’s weird, but girls say that about him. He’s a Timothee Chalamet lookalike.’
WATCH Ekin-Su and Curtis reveal their first text message to each other 👀
Nathan Katnoria is heat and Closer online’s senior digital writer. He became obsessed with Love Island when Malin Andersson came back to confront Terry Walsh in series two and hasn’t looked back since. When he’s not interviewing former Islanders, Nathan is scrolling through their Instagram feeds for relationship updates and piping hot tea.