LOVE Island All Stars’ Casey O’Gorman and Gabby Allen have lifted the lid on the fiery feud between Elma Pazar and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.
They revealed the tension in the villa was even worse than viewers saw on screen.
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The feud between Elma and Ekin-Su was one of the most talked-about moments of the series.
Ekin-Su angered Elma when she kissed Sammy in the Heart Rate challenge.
Elma then appeared to wage a war against Ekin-Su and her partner Curtis for the remainder of the series.
Confronting Elma and Sammy at the time, Ekin-Su said: “I feel like ever since the heart rate challenge there’s been a weird grudge between you two and us.
“It’s always you two in every single game, I’m tired of it,” Ekin-Su said and then lashed out at Elma for swearing at her partner, Curtis.
But it seems the full story never made it to air leaving Elma to face harsh criticism without the full context.
Gabby and Casey, who won the series, admitted that not all the arguments were aired, and the drama was more about Curtis than Ekin-Su.
Gabby explained on Olivia Attwood’s podcast: “It wasn’t that deep until it was.
“Also because, from what we’ve heard, not all of the arguments are shown, so you don’t know what is being said. But that was it — Elma didn’t like what Curtis did.”
They added that Elma’s issues with Curtis caused a ripple effect that intensified her clashes with Ekin-Su.
And when Elma left the villa, the backlash she faced online was brutal.
Gabby added: “Horrified, because she is such a nice person.
“You never want people to get that amount of hate. I mean, everything she did, she did. But it must have been how they showed it. She was so upset.”
Casey backed Gabby up, sharing how heartbreaking it was to see Elma’s reaction when she finally got her phone back and saw the flood of hate messages.
He said: “Yeah, she was (so upset).
“We went out for dinner and got our phones back, and she couldn’t even eat — she was crying her eyes out. It was horrible.
“We’ve all been in that situation, where we’ve done something the public doesn’t like.
“But no one deserves that.”
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