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Luca reveals how Love Islander ‘worked out’ Michael Owen was Gemma’s dad and explains why they never talked about him
LOVE Island's Luca Bish has revealed how the Love Islander ‘worked out’ Michael Owen was Gemma’s dad.
The fishmonger, 23, has also lifted the lid on why they never talked about the professional equestrian's famous relative during their time in the ITV2 villa.
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Luca and Gemma, 19, coupled with each other on day five and stayed with each other all the way to the final.
The pair placed second on the show and since returning to the UK, they've made things official.
But one thing that fans have always wanted to know is HOW Gemma's famous dad was brought up into conversation with the other Islanders.
Luca revealed on the most recent episode of the podcast.
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Host Jamie Laing asked: "How quickly did you find out that her dad was Michael Owen?"
Luca replied: "I think Andrew told us. I don't know how he worked it out."
The reality star also explained that Gemma wasn't a huge fan of talking about her claim to fame in the villa.
He added: "I tell you what if anyone brought her dad up in that villa she did not like it.
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"She's her own person and she doesn't want to be 'oh are you Michael Owen's daughter?' She wanted it to be 'oh that's Gemma's dad'."
Luca met Gemma's mum when she visited the villa, but fans were keen to know when he would meet her other parent.
The tatted hunk finally met the footie star during their family holiday to Portugal last month.
Gemma kept very quiet about who her famous dad until nearly a month into the show.
She is the eldest of England football legend Michael Owen's four children with wife Louise Bonsall.
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?"
Gemma told her offhandedly: "Well, I went to nursery with his sons."
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Former Islander Ikenna Ekwonna revealed during an episode of 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."
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