Oh, y'all wanted a Love Island twist? How's about a Married At First Sight UK star coming out and saying he was Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu's 'secret' boyfriend ahead of (and allegedly during) her All Stars return? Ooft. Even we didn't see that one coming...
But before we get into it, we must stress, Queen Ekin-Su's team have hit back at these claims.
According to a new intervew, the Love Island 2022 winner was in a 'secret relationship' with Married At First Sight UK 2023 star Georges Berthonneau just days before she strutted into the All Stars villa as the first bombshell (remember when they were spotted leaving a gym together?).
According to Georges, the former couple were together behind-the-scenes for 10 months, but Ekin-Su insisted on going on the show to 'further her career'. Following her signing, the pair apparently had an agreement that she wouldn't do anything more than kiss other Islanders in the villa.
Suddenly picturing Georges sat at home watching the heart rate challenge...
He claims the All Star betrayed him when she fell for Curtis Pritchard and left the villa hand-in-hand with him after the final and according to Georges, Ekin-Su only reached out to him a week later, when he stressed to her, 'I can't be with someone who has another boyfriend…'
The MAFS star told the MailOnline, 'We were boyfriend and girlfriend from April last year. We were with each other. We spent Boxing Day together.
'She spent time with my family, she came to family events, she met my nephews, sister-in-law, uncles, everyone. I met her mum a couple of times and her brother.
'We said we loved each other after six weeks of dating... I fell in love with the girl. She used to call me Bear and I called her Olive because of her olive skin and that's one of her last messages to me, "I love you, my Bear."'
He continued, 'It was a super, super intense and intimate relationship... We had a lot of intimacy, we were very close, and physically and emotionally we showed each other such love, but she threw everything we had away for her TV romance with Curtis Pritchard.'
According to Georges, Ekin-Su made him promise he wouldn't date any other women while she was in South Africa filming All Stars, but after what's gone down with Curtis, Georges has been left feeling 'gaslit' by the reality queen.
He told the publication, 'I got played. She gaslit me. I said to her before she went into the villa, "you do realise no one else would accept you going on the show" and she replied, "and that's exactly why I won't be with someone who wouldn't let me do things for my career."
'I feel so used. The devil on her shoulder is always money, money, money, brand deals, she just wants to be the most known person and that's all she cares about. I begged her not to go on All Stars and her friends were telling her not to because she had me at home who she cares about and loves but she said she needed to do it for her career.'
Georges added, 'She said her career was more important even though she also wants to have a family and children. She threw it all away with me.
'Despite the fact she was going on Love Island, she told me not to get with any other girls while she was away, which I told her wouldn't happen because I loved her.'
However, according to the publication, a source close to Ekin-Su stresses that the Islander was always 'upfront' with Georges about the 'non-exclusive' nature of their relationship, making it clear that their relationship ended the moment she stepped foot in the villa.
A friend revealed, 'Ekin's relationship with Georges was always non-exclusive, which can be vouched for by multiple ITV producers, friends, and family. When Ekin entered the villa she was single and hopeful at finding a new relationship.
'From when she and Georges started casually seeing each other in April, she was honest and outward about the fact she was single. Ekin was publicly active on the dating app Raya, which Georges knew about, and was seeing other people during this time.'
Ekin-Su's reps told the publication, 'Ekin-Su was never in an exclusive relationship with Georges.
'He knew before she went on Love Island: All Stars that she was entering the show as a single person and therefore their relationship would not continue under those circumstances.
'Ekin was upfront with Georges about her intention to pursue a new relationship on Love Island. Georges chose to remain involved with Ekin despite this, telling her that he would "rather be the fool who waits than the one who gives up."
'However, from October 2024 to January 2025, Ekin made it clear on multiple occasions, as confirmed by her close friends and team, that their relationship was set to end prior to going on the show.'
When heat contacted Ekin-Su's reps for further comment, they stressed, 'Ekin has already provided her side of the story in the piece so won't be commenting any more on it.'