Ekin-Su Culculoglu has claimed she "lost every friend" she had after appearing on 'Love Island'.
Ekin-Su Culculoglu lost her friends
The 28-year-old actress won the dating show with Davide Sanclimenti last summer but finding both love and fame has come at a cost as she has "deleted" people from her life after seeing their "true colours".
She told Cosmopolitan UK: "I’ve lost every friend I had. I don’t have any friends. I have one friend and that’s it.
"Unfortunately, with the fame, you see people’s true colours. People just want to be your friend because of your status, and it’s a hard industry to trust.
"No, I don’t actually have friends left.
"People I’d known for 10 years who were in my life… Selling stories is not very nice. I wouldn’t do that to someone.
"If they were happy, I would support them. Unfortunately, I had that coming out of the villa, I had to delete people out of my life."
However, the former 'Dancing on Ice' contestant insisted she is "happier" now because she prefers to have only a small number of people in her life.
She added: "But I am happier this way.
"Sometimes keeping your circle small is the best, and you don’t always need friends. So long as you know who you are, that’s fine."
Ekin-Su also admitted to going through "tough times" when she was appearing on 'Dancing on Ice' at the beginning of the year when her mental health had hit a low point, but she praised Davide for his support.
She said: "I couldn’t say anything. It was mentally draining. That was one of the tough times.
"It took me a while to get back out of it… Your mental health is your priority.
"After my trip to the Maldives with Davide, we turned off our phones, we didn’t check the internet. He was helping me forget things (and) the stuff online."
Read the full interview with Ekin-Su on the Cosmopolitan UK website at https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/