Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu never felt out of her comfort zone when meeting Davide Sanclimenti's family.
Ekin Su and Davide Homecomings' airs on ITV2 at 9pm on Monday 28 November and Tuesday 29 November 2022.
The 28-year-old actress met now-boyfriend Davide, 27, when they competed on the hit ITV2 reality dating show 'Love Island' - which they went on to win - and met his family in Italy for the first time as part of new miniseries 'Ekin Su and Davide: Homecomings', noting that she was "so excited" to learn about her partner's culture.
She said: "I was really excited to meet all of Davide’s family as well as explore and learn more about Davide’s culture. I was so excited to go on the road trip because we talked about it in the Villa and it is surreal it has actually happened! I was also really looking forward to Davide driving us around. I didn’t feel out of my comfort zone at all. I was very excited the whole way on both trips. There was something new and exciting to look forward to everyday. Davide planned some amazing surprises for us both."
Meanwhile, Davide was taken to Ekin's native Turkey to meet her family even though the whole journey has been "surreal" for Davide, it is something he will "cherish."
He said: " I was looking forward to meeting Ekin’s parents and all of her family in Turkey and also looking forward to her meeting my family in Italy. I always said in the Villa that I am looking forward to bringing Ekin-Su to Italy so I was just so excited to finally bring her to my country, show her around and take her to eat some good Italian food. We had such a good time together. It was surreal at the beginning because I didn’t expect to go into the Villa and then fall in love and bring the person that I love to my hometown. But at the same time, I was so excited and really enjoyed all of those special moments. I will cherish them."
Ekin-Su is set to take part in the 2023 edition of 'Dancing on Ice' on ITV but is "so proud" that she and Davide have landed their own show and teased that "more road trips" will take place in the future.
She said: " I am proud we have our own show and that it’s on ITV2. We loved all of the crew that we worked with on the show and it really was great. We have moved in together now which is amazing! We are excited for more adventures, definitely more road trips."
'Ekin Su and Davide Homecomings' airs on ITV2 at 9pm on Monday 28 November and Tuesday 29 November 2022.