Things turned very tense when Zeze Mills likened going on Love Island to heading off on a 'free holiday' - and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu didn't let it slide.
She swiftly put her up for nomination over the spat as things really start to simmer. We see the women applying their make-up in the bedroom, and the newly single star tells her: “This is like a holiday for me from social media. Some people on Love Island thought it was a holiday."
Zeze said: “I would never do Love Island, but if you are in a hot country it is kind of like a free holiday, do you know what I mean?” Ekin-Su rolled her eyes and responded: “It wasn’t really for me”. Zeze then bit back, saying: “Maybe we didn’t get to see that.” They didn't leave things there and she replied: “It’s a reality show filmed 24/7 honey, you only see 40 minutes of it.”
Zeze tells her: “That’s what I just said, that’s why I said we didn’t get to see all of it.” Ekin-Su fired back: “Yeah, you didn’t” as Zeze tries to get the last word in, saying: “That’s what I just said!” Their tense exchange didn't pass by without comment from those watching on at home.
One sided with the Love Islander, writing on X: "I'm backing Ekin Su in this situation with ZeeZee. Love Island is not a holiday. You're in that villa for 24 hours a day for 6-8 Weeks. People's MH can be effected in there and there's pressure." Another said: "Ekin aggressively responding to any reference to Love Island."
TOWIE's Chloe Brockett makes cheeky dig at Saffron Lempriere during filmingSomeone else chimed in: "Zeze’s delivery is off at times and I think that’s why she rubs people the wrong way." A fourth viewer added: "Ekin su is looking for a problem cos that convo wasn’t deep with zeze. As for fern, she just saw how fake & forced her opening up was. #cbbuk"
In the Diary Room, Ekin-Su is heard saying: "I did tell her ;ove Island is not a holiday and she couldn't just let it go." She then voted for Fern Britton, and says she wasn't listening when they were chatting on the first day. She added: “I don't know who she is. She's playing a game and it's made me feel uneasy."
But it's no only Zeze facing her wrath - Coronation Street actor Colson Smith likens Celebrity Big Brother’s nominations process to Love Island’s and he felt her force. She told the actor: “This is not Love Island, this is not the same.” To which the ITV star adds: “But on that, do you have to say…” But she cuts in and ends the conversation, saying: “It’s not the same, please just let it go.”