“Love Island UK” winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu did not come to Park City to make friends. A clip from Unwell’s “Winter Games” circulating this week shows Ekin-Su delivering one of the most casually brutal castmate assessments reality television has produced in recent memory, with Juliette Porter of “Siesta Key” as the subject.
The comments went as follows: “She gives me very easy vibes. Like, if I was a man, I’d get her drunk, probably be with her for the night, and ditch her the next day. We’re very different people. I don’t need attention. I can sit there and my aura is enough. I just think she gives me a very desperate vibe.”
That is four separate insults packaged as an unsolicited character assessment.
The Internet’s Response
When reported by Page Six, the comments section landed decisively, and not in Ekin-Su’s favor.
@cindykellygrantham: “Ekin who?? Team Juliette!”
@ifjanicehadinsta: “Team Juliette”
@amberkelsen: “The way everyone knows Juliette but not her.”
Amanda McCants, the LA-based actress and content creator with over 200K followers, kept it simple: “Juliette is amazing.”
Sandy Slade, known to reality TV fans from “The Ultimatum” and “Perfect Match”, weighed in: “Queen Juliette!! Period.”
Who Said It and Why It Tracks
Ekin-Su won “Love Island UK” Season 8, returned for “All-Stars”, and competed on “The Traitors.” She built her entire public profile on unfiltered honesty delivered at full volume. The clip is on brand. The reaction, less so.
Who Is on the Receiving End
Juliette Porter is best known from “Siesta Key,” where her feud with Kelsey Owens defined multiple seasons, and later “Perfect Match,” where she dated “Love Island” star Scott van der Sluis before a late-game move fans are still talking about. Unwell’s official cast bio for her: “Siesta Key Siren.” The comments section apparently agrees.
Juliette has not publicly responded to the clip. She has presumably seen it. All four episodes of “Winter Games” dropped on consecutive days starting April 6 and are currently streaming free on the Unwell’s YouTube channel.
“I can sit there and my aura is enough,” is a sentence that will be in reality TV rotation for a while. The comment section has already decided whose aura is actually enough.
Unwell’s “Winter Games” is streaming free on the Unwell YouTube channel now.
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