Love Island's Davide celebrates milestone with American girlfriend as ex Ekin-su reveals tough time after Curtis split

The Irish Sun

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LOVE Island star Davide Sanclimenti has celebrated a huge milestone with his girlfriend Iris Au.
The couple marked their one-year anniversary on Saturday with a special montage video.
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Love Island's Davide celebrated a milestone with his US girlfriend
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The Italian hunk shared a montage video looking back on their year together
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Davide's relationship update comes after his ex Ekin-Su's split from Curtis
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The clip featured photos of their loved-up dates together, to
holidays
and trips around the world and romantic gestures.
The hunky Italian looked smitten with the mum-of-two.
He captioned it: "ONE [love heart emoji] Happy Anniversary."
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The TV star shot to fame in 2022 when
The pair were known for their tumultuous relationship in and out of the villa, and they
Los Angeles based Iris documents her life on social media.
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The 35-year-old has two daughters
Paris
, 10, and Pia, 11.
Ekin-Su and Curtis Pritchard SPLIT three months after Love Island All Stars
In March, Davide dropped a HUGE hint that he had married Iris after he referred to Paris as his "stepdaughter".
It came after he posted a video which was titled "Pranking my stepdaughter', where he pretended to be auditioning to be her and her sister's manny (a male nanny)
LOVED UP
On Valentine's day,
Davide gushed: "Happy Valentine's Day to the most romantic woman I've ever met. Since being with you, I learned what a 'monthsary' is.
It comes after Davide's ex Ekin-Su called time on her three-month releationship with
The Sun exclusively revealed how
- after three weeks of
dating
following their time in the
Love Island
spin-off villa -
As such, the split is said to be "raw" for both parties who discovered they were "growing apart" - with work opportunities proving a key divide.
A source close to the former couple has now told The Sun of the break-up: 'It was very much a mutual decision, but it happened very recently in the last few days.
"It certainly wasn't weeks in the making, so it's still raw for them both but they had a series of crisis talks in the recent days which were emotional for them both.
"They wanted to make it work, but they felt they like they were growing apart and they couldn't see a way forward.
"One of the biggest issues for their relationship was their busy careers - it sounds like a cliche but
boxing
career as well as his new investment app.
"As they are both so busy, it was becoming harder to prioritise the relationship and they realised that wasn't a good sign.
"They are still on really good terms and it's all very amicable.
"Nobody was blindsided, so there is no bad blood between them."
EKIN-SU'S STATEMENT
In May, Ekin-Su shared a statement on social media confirming they had parted ways.
She said: "I wanted to share that Curtis and I have decided to go our separate ways.
"It's been a really tough decision, but one made with a lot of love and respect for one another.
"He's an incredible person and I'll always cherish the memories we made both in and out of the villa.
"Thank you all so much for the love and support over the past few months.
"We're both focusing on navigating this transition and would really appreciate privacy during this time.
"Love always, Ekin-Su."
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Ekin Su and Curtis called time on their three month relationship last week
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