Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has reportedly pulled out of the Celebrity Big Brother final.
A source told MailOnline: “It’s been a bit of a tough couple of weeks for Ekin-Su. She could have played the sob story card but has remained tight-lipped publicly and expressed to those around that she’s aware she must be accountable for a few things that have happened.
“Understandably she is feeling vulnerable, but is using this time to gather her thoughts, and figure out next steps, which is why her management believes withdrawing her from the final is the most sensible move. She has asked the team for some time to reflect which everybody is on board with.”
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Following Ekin-Su’s appearance on Late & Live last Friday, fans were left concerned for the star after her eviction. Coming out of the house Ekin was booed by audience members and told off by Layton Williams for claiming she was “edited badly” on the show.
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Her defensive style on the spin off programme was ignited by loved ones informing her minutes before appearing on the ITV2 show that she was at risk of being “cancelled”, the Mail Onlin reports. Ekin-su was also reportedly told fans had “turned against her” due to the way she had been portrayed on the reality programme.
Programme hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best reortedly did little to suppress the volatile reaction of the studio audience, the latter even labelling her “Ekin Boo Hoo Hoo”. This combined with Layton’s honest take triggered hundreds of Ofcom, with some viewers complaining that she was the subject of bullying and forced former host Davina McCall to remind the show of their duty of care.
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It appears as though the pressure on Ekin-Su heighted on Monday (March 18) after claims she had pulled out of appearing on ITV1’s daytime show Lorraine at the last minute. This led to further uproar by presenters who were unaware of what had happened.
The news of Ekin-Su’s withdrawl comes after fellow housmate Lauren Simon said she will not return to the show for the final. Speaking openly, Lauren said she found the experience “horrible”.
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She said: “We sat there for two hours and it’s so torturous, and you’ve got all these different emotions because half of you wants to go home and the other half thinks you’re letting yourself down because you’ve been voted out. And to come out, and have the questions thrown at you like that, I had it and it was so horrible, it’s not right, it’s wrong.”
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