Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu’s family have pleaded with Celebrity Big Brother fans to stop abusing her online.
The former Love Island winner has come under heavy criticism from viewers and fellow stars during her time in the house, most recently after her reaction to Marisha Wallace’s face-to-face nomination.
In a social media statement, her team wrote: ‘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’
The 29-year-old reality star left viewers unimpressed with her reaction to Marisha’s nomination, with the Broadway star explaining: ‘Only because I know if I get to the final, I can’t beat you.’
She believed Ekin-Su’s ‘huge following’ would vote for her and mentioned the reality star had ‘played these games before’.
The former Love Island star has tried to distance herself from her background on the dating show, and she insisted fired back: ‘I knew this was going to happen. Just judging me because I went on a f**king show before.’
Ekin-Su also insisted she and Marisha were close as she fought back tears in the bedroom and bathroom, but fans pointed out that she nominated her ‘friend’ Louis Walsh in the same nomination segment.
‘The downfall of Ekin Su is actually gorgeous to watch,’ viewer Rhys posted on X as Amy added: ‘Ekin-Su is fake to the core and a hypocrite at that, too.’
‘We need to vote Ekin Su out the first chance we get,’ tweeted Andrew McBride.
While former X Factor judge Louis is far from anyone’s favourite, viewers were shocked when she said: ‘The first nomination is going to be Louis, I just feel like Louis is a bit lazy and I prefer someone who is a team player.
‘I would like him to be more practical with the housework in the home, that’s why I want to nominate Louis.’
Zeze Millz was all of us as she frowned and raised her eyebrow at Ekin-Su’s reasoning, which seemed to be a stark change from her cosiness with Louis in the morning.
It’s not the first controversy Ekin-Su has found herself in the middle of since arriving in the house as she was previously slammed for criticising OnlyFans content creators
During a conversation with fellow housemate Fern Britton, she claimed there were no bikini pictures on her Instagram page — but with 3.6million followers, it was quickly pointed out that that’s not the truth.
She also came under fire for her actions around housemate Nikita Kuzmin, whom she described as a ‘nice guy’ and a ‘genuine friend’, before being asked if she fancied him and replying: ‘I’m respectful, he’s in a relationship.’
She then went into the bedroom while he was changing and complimented him after some kind words directed his way by Sharon Osbourne, which his former dance partner Layton Williams described as ‘really awkward’ considering Nikita’s relationship with girlfriend Lauren Jaine.
Celebrity Big Brother airs weeknights at 9pm on ITV.
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