LOVE Island hunk Davide Sanclimenti says he went off the rails to “numb the pain” after a toxic relationship with his show ex, Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu. The 29-year-old Italian-born star was pictured on a bender abroad — days after plummeting into a deep depression over the failed romance. He told The Sun on Sunday: “I was surrounded by temptation in Ibiza.
I found myself in a really difficult situation and feeling pressured. “I partied too hard after spiralling into a really bad place. My heart was broken and I’m still trying to heal it.
” We revealed video footage of him inhaling a substance up his nose in an Ibiza club last July. Davide — who won the ITV2 show with Ekin-Su in 2022 — says he is “embarrassed” by his behaviour and has quit the UK for a fresh start in America. He said: “I’m only human and when you’re heartbroken and dealing with a break-up, you go into a dark place.
I regret dealing with the break-up the way I did. “It was out of character, but I tried to numb the pain. I went through a big depression.
I became unrecognisable to my loved ones. “To try to save the relationship, I adapted myself to appease my ex and try to make her happy. But by doing that I lost myself and became depressed.
“Yes, the post-show hype gave me good opportunities and I finally had everything I’d ever dreamed of — a nice car, a good job, friends, etc — but the truth is, I was living inside a miserable house and had a miserable existence. “I felt.
