Curtis Pritchard makes embarrassing joke about his Hollyoaks cameo before sharing a steamy kiss with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu on Wednesday’s Love Island All Stars.
In the next episode, 28-year-old Curtis activates his acting skills and rejects Ekin’s offer to meet her on the terrace.
But Ekin, 30, is quick to criticize him for not being believable as Curtis jokes to the boys: “They saw me in Hollyoaks, they loved it!”
Curtis, insisting, says, “You have beautiful eyes,” to which Ekin replies, “Right now, from what I’ve had here, I know I’ve had a 10/10 connection with you.”
As Curtis leans in to kiss him and seal the deal, he says, “Kissing is very important to me, it teaches you a lot about someone.”
Ekin adds, “I think I just learned something from you. You’re very passionate!”
Curtis Pritchard, 28, makes an embarrassing joke about his Hollyoaks cameo before sharing a passionate kiss with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, 30, on Wednesday’s Love Island All Stars.

In the next episode, Curtis improves his acting skills and rejects Ekin’s offer to meet her on the terrace.

Curtis’s widely criticized Hollyoaks cameo with brother AJ has resurfaced after the ballroom dancer-turned-reality star’s return to Love Island All Stars was announced.
Curtis’s widely criticized Hollyoaks cameo with brother AJ has resurfaced after the ballroom dancer-turned-reality star’s return to Love Island All Stars was announced.
In 2021, he and his brother played twins Marco and Jacob in Hollyoaks, but their scenes soon went viral due to their ‘stiff’ acting.
In particular, Curtis’s line, “How’s Trish?”, was mocked by viewers who were unsure whether the brothers were plotting to murder longtime character Trish Minniver or throw her a surprise party. .
Other soap stars, such as former EastEnders regular Michael Greco and Hollyoaks’ own Parry Glasspool, attacked the Pritchards and criticized casting directors for hiring them, when there were capable actors looking for roles.
Gerard McCarthy, 43, best known for playing Hollyoaks’ Kris Fisher for four years, wrote: ‘Next time a producer/casting director says the words “but they have a lot of social media followers”… Just point them in the direction of this absolute car accident!’
Michael responded: ‘I think people can watch this and learn a lot from it. How not to act. Shocking.’
In February 2021 it was announced that the brothers would be joining the cast of Hollyoaks as twins who help open a dance school on the soap.
Parry, who played Harry Thompson in Hollyoaks, took to social media to write: “To be clear, I have no problem with people using reality TV to accelerate a career they have trained in or have had.” shown interest.

In February 2021 it was announced that the brothers would join the cast of Hollyoaks as twins who help open a dance school on the soap.

But Ekin quickly criticizes him for not being believable as Curtis jokes to the boys: “They saw me in Hollyoaks, they loved it!”

Curtis says, “You have beautiful eyes,” to which Ekin replies, “Right now, from what I’ve had here, I know I’ve had a 10/10 connection with you.”
But it is distressing to see. The pain of knowing that someone else will get a role on a hit soap opera requires training, prior credits, a ton of castings and auditions before you’re even considered for a role.
“Nowadays, it’s probably easier to fly to Mallorca and go to Love Island than to have the opportunity to get acting jobs.
‘When young actors look up after countless rejections and see that the role they chose has been snatched up by someone who ‘wants to be the kind of person who makes coffee for everyone in the morning,’ it’s enough to make you want to give up.’
AJ and Curtis later reacted to the backlash they faced for appearing on the Channel 4 soap.
in a talk with OK! MagazineCurtis, who was 25 years old at the time, claimed that he was unaware of the large number of memes and clips circulating on the Internet calling his scenes “painful to watch.”
Later that night on Love Island, things seemed to heat up even more between Curtis and Ekin as they play a spicy game around the campfire.
The former Love Island winner declared she had chosen Curtis as her new man, leaving her original partner Kaz single.
Her fellow Islanders were shocked by the choice, with many believing she would choose Scott Thomas.

Later in the night, things seemed to heat up even more between them as they play a spicy game around the campfire, and Ekin-Su dares herself to give Curtis a lap dance.

The former Love Island winner declared she had chosen Curtis as her new man, leaving her original partner Kaz single.

Ekin returned to the ITV dating series at the end of Monday night’s episode.
India Reynolds was heard saying: “I’m shocked,” while Scott said: “Wow.”
Ekin returned to the ITV dating series at the end of Monday night’s episode.
The reality star, who won the £50,000 cash prize with her ex Davide in June 2022, returned at the end of the highly anticipated launch show when she once again walked in like a bomb.