LOVE Island All Stars’ Curtis Pritchard has let slip that he cut off his mum Debi after a huge fallout.
Curtis, 28, made the revelation about his secret family feud during a heated argument in the villa with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.
Ekin had told her love interest how she ‘wished her parents were there’, before Curtis blurted out that he’d stopped talking to his mum for a period.
The Turkish actress had fumed: “F*** you if you don’t think I’m authentic… I wish my parents were here.”
Curtis strangely replied: “I cut my mum off for a time. But we’re back in contact now.”
The conversation about Debi went no further, with Ekin simply telling him: “You’re such a good man.”
They then shared a passionate kiss.
Fans were left perplexed by Curtis’s seemingly random comment about his bust-up with Debi.
Writing on X, one viewer asked: “Why did Curtis start chatting about his mum????”
Another added: “Not Curtis saying in the middle of the argument ‘I cut my mum off’ then snogging Ekin.”
Debi has always publicly thrown her support behind Curtis and his former Strictly Come Dancing star brother AJ.
However, during Curtis’ first stint in the Love Island villa, she broke down on live TV while discussing his on-screen break-up with Amy Hart.
Amy was so upset by Curtis’ treatment of her that she was whisked off to see show psychologists and later quit.
Television watchdog Ofcom was also hit with almost 200 complaints.
Appearing on This Morning, Debi had to be handed a tissue as she said: “I’ve seen it so many times but to feel Curtis’s pain and, to not even realise the pain Amy is going through, and Amy’s parents, it’s just so traumatic.”
AJ, meanwhile, branded Curtis “brutal”, saying: ‘‘For me Curtis is Curtis and he’s so honest.
“Sometimes a little too brutally honest the way he let her down, but the thing is he was on holiday getting sunburnt, eating too much, and everything’s done for him, so it was that kind of hotel holiday romance.”
DEATH THREATS
Debi later revealed she had received death threats after Curtis dumped Amy on the ITV2 show.
Two years later, she wrote in New! magazine: “Initially, Curtis coupled up with Amy and he was getting so much love, but my mother’s instinct told me it wasn’t going to work out. It took a turn when he decided to break up with her.
“I got lots of terrifying messages telling me I should die, and Curtis should die. It took me by surprise – as a mum, it was hard to deal with and it made it cry.”
Debi added: “It would have been easy for Curtis to stick with Amy and maintain his popularity, but he wasn’t compromising himself for the sake of a television show and I was proud of him for doing the right thing.”
It is unclear when exactly Curtis cut off contact with his mum but, in 2021, he did a joint newspaper interview with her.
However, Curtis stressed that does not ‘look for Debi’ in potential girlfriends, who has a “strong personality”.
He told The Mirror: “Mum is grounded. She is your rock, she gave birth to you, but I never take that into my relationships and think, ‘I’m looking for my mum’.
“Definitely a good strong personality, characters like Mum, so maybe a little bit to be fair.”
Debi, meanwhile, admitted: “I give my honest opinion on everything.
“But most of the time I just listen because they have their own answers.”
She added: “These have been challenging times, but the answers to your questions are always within yourselves.”
BACK ON TRACK
In November last year, Curtis proved that his and Debi’s relationship is in a positive place.
The professional dancer shared a picture of himself, his mum and his dad Adrian on Instagram after they attended a 70s-themed party together.
Curtis captioned the shot: “Taking it back to the hippie era 
with mum and dad last night. #peace and #love.”
One follower told him: “Gorgeous photos, memories forever.”
Curtis and AJ later went on to join Debi and Adrian for the Boxing Day swim on Brighton Beach.
The family posed together on the chilly beach in their dressing gowns.
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