Rumors circulated of Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Peter Weber sparking a romance inside The Traitors‘ castle. In an interview with US Weekly, Ekin-Su gave insight into her relationship status with Pilot Pete. “We’re very good friends,” began Ekin-Su. “We have a special friendship [and] he’s a lovely guy.”
But are they just friends?!
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Bachelor Nation and Love Island UK‘s fandoms crossed over when the former Bachelor and the season 8 Love Island U.K. winner seemingly stared dating after competing against each other on season 2 of The Traitors. Rumors of a showmance spread like wild fire across the internet when Ekin-Su met up with Pete’s mom, Barb Weber, in Los Angeles. Barb follows Ekin-Su on social media and frequently likes and comments on her posts.
“I met his mom when I was in L.A. [and] the whole family to be fair. We stay in touch [and] we speak.” Ekin-Su teased she “might” visit Pilot Pete in NYC later in June.
Pilot Pete speaks out about Ekin-Su:
In a March interview with Entertainment Weekly, Peter set the record straight about his relationship with Ekin-Su. Peter says they’re “just really, really good friends.”
“It’s a beautiful friendship that came out of the show. Listen, I have all love in the world for Ekin-Su, but we’re just really good friends. That’s the honest truth of where we’re at. She’s out in London right now; she just entered the Celebrity Big Brother UK house.
Ekin-Su on her experience on The Traitors:
“I made the best friends. Everyone’s amazing! I love the Americans. You guys rock. … We just had such a bond, even though in the castle we were all kind of paranoid about each other.” In addition to Ekin-Su’s “really good” friend Peter, the LI:UK star formed strong friendships with the likes of Bravo TV personality, Phaedra Parks.
