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Love Island's Gemma explodes at bombshell Ekin-Su over 'patronising' remark

Love Island star Gemma Owen struggled to keep it together after newcomer Ekin-Su made a 'patronising' comment to her.

The 19-year-old dressage rider from Chester was ready to explode in last night's episode as the Turkish actress, 27, described her as 'like a little sister'.

Ekin-Su turned everyone's head with her bombshell entrance on Thursday - which left the original group of girls feeling threatened.

Gemma in particular was feeling riled up as Ekin-Su had her eyes on 'Italian snack' Davide - who the daughter of Michael Owen is currently coupled up with.

And she was left ready to explode when Ekin-Su told her she 'was like a little sister she could look after' after finding out her age.

Gemma Owen was furious at Ekin-Su's remark (ITV)

Speaking about her first impression of Ekin-Su in the beach hut, Gemma said: "She seems like a lovely girl, but yeah, very forward, going to go for what she wants... yeah that's annoyed me a bit."

Gemma was still clearly bothered about her remark the following day, as she chatted to the girls about it on the day beds.

She said: "I feel like if it was the other girl (Afia) and she was getting to know him, because she's like a genuine... she'd done it in a nice way.

The Turkish actress turned everyone's head with her entrance last night (ITV)

"She's made it very clear she's like 'I'm fiery, I'm this, I'm that,' she made a comment yesterday like 'oh you can come to me for advice and I can be your big sister.' Who the f**k are you talking to? You might be trying to be nice but I don't appreciate patronising s**t like that."

It comes after Gemma and partner Davide finally discussed their age gap last night - which has had fans expressing their concern over the eight years between the pair.

"How are you feeling about the fact I'm much older than you?" Davide asked, "I mean you are not bothered by that?"

Gemma was left feeling threatened by the newbie (ITV)

Gemma said she was fine about it, adding: "It's not an issue for me at all. I feel like if it was, I wouldn't have wanted to get to know you in the first place. And as I've said, I've been speaking to guys and seeing guys who are much older than me.

"It's not something that I'm not used to or you're the only one or anything like that. It's very normal for me, so for me it's not an issue but I feel like for you, is it an issue?"

Davide then said: "No for me it's not an issue. I actually say sometimes you are much older than me."

*Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2.

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