Love Island's Ekin-Su is a big fan of RTE host Ryan Tubridy labelling him a "genius" after her Late Late Show appearance.
The reality star appeared on the first episode of the chat show since the summer break and felt right at home with Tubs.
The 28-year-old beauty told Extra.ie: "Ryan was so nice. It was great. He is a genius. He asked me some really great questions.
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"I've never felt as comfortable on a show like I did.
"He just asked such good questions and made me feel like I always knew him. I felt close. It was lovely. He was funny as well, he's got a good sense of humour."
On the show Tubridy called her out for representing Ireland in a beauty pageant, despite having no apparent Irish connection.
A recently resurfaced photo shows the Turkish beauty looking strikingly different and almost unrecognisable in her younger years.
The snap, which went viral on social media, shows her in a white bikini and sash as she competed as Miss Ireland almost a decade ago.
The photo was taken as she represented the Emerald Isle during the 2011 Miss Asia Pacific World pageant.
Explaining how it came about, having never set foot in Ireland, she said: "When I was 17 I did Miss Asia Pacific and it was my first beauty contest. I was very young and very confident, I just went away. And my manager at the time said, 'Could you represent Northern Ireland?' "And I said 'Sure' and it was like the whole of the island - the country. Yeah. Why not?
“And I had to research about Ireland itself, the Bailey's, the Guinness - the Guinness I tried, by the way, amazing!
"I'd two weeks in South Korea" she added, noting that she represented the whole of Ireland.
"I was proud. I'd never been to Ireland before, but I was very proud."
Ryan then caused the audience to erupt in laughter as he asked: “So you ended up representing the Republic of Ireland, having never set foot on the island at all.
“I’d love to hear the questions and answers session there!”
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