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Love Island’s Gemma finally tells the villa about dad Michael Owen and reveals she knows the Beckhams
LOVE Island's Gemma Owen has kept very quiet about who her famous dad is - until now.
The 19-year-old is the eldest of England football legend Michael Owen's four children with wife Louise.
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Gemma opened up after being pressed on the subject by Antigoni Buxton, who also has a famous parent in chef Tonia.
Not beating around the bush she asked: "Sorry, excuse me if I'm being ignorant. But is your dad very, very well known, he played for England right?"
Gemma, doing her make-up in a nearby mirror, replied simply: "Yeah."
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu - perhaps not keen to get drawn into the merits of the Owen-era England team - then asked: "Do you like David Beckham's son?"
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Gemma told her offhandedly: "Well, I went to nursery with his sons."
Looking shocked, they both replied: "Did you?"
Gemma is exactly the same age as Romeo - the middle son of David and Victoria Beckham - with the other child she referred to likely to be Cruz, who is two years younger.
The moment appeared in a very brief scene while the girls were getting ready for the evening portion of Thursday night's show.
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It comes after Ikenna Ekwonna revealed on Sunday night's Aftersun that the original Islanders were told about Michael Owen at a very early stage.
He said: ";We didn’t really know until like the second or third day. I don’t think the girls knew, like the guys knew."
Luca Bish was originally paired with Paige Thorne but had a change of heart in the first week, becoming suddenly enamoured with Gemma.
Some fans believe it was because of who her famous dad, with many pointing out that he is known to be sports-mad.
One tweeted: "So it’s confirmed they all know about Gemma’s dad from the beginning they just haven’t aired it..knew it.
"Makes you question how and why Luca got so intense."
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