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Love Island's Gemma Owen causes a stir after ITV2 viewers spot 'phone blunder'

Several Love Island fans have questioned the ITV2 show, after noticing a bizarre 'issue' with an Islander's phone.

An eagle-eyed watcher of the hit national show shared a screenshot of 19-year-old Gemma Owen waking up in bed clutching her locked phone - with the home screen reading 5.33pm.

Sharing the image on Facebook's Love Island Memes the viewer said: "Why were they all saying morning and acting like they just woke up when Gemma’s phone clearly said 17:33?"

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The Liverpool Echo reports that several viewers shared their confusion following the episode, but fortunately, some Love Island mega-fans were on hand to address the controversy. Rachael Loy said: "All their phones are set to a different time so they never know what the time actually is."

Jordan Clarke added: "Every phone displays a different time as they have no concept of time."

Former Islanders have confirmed that contestants aren't allowed to know what time it is while staying in the villa. Michael Griffiths from Liverpool told British GQ: "You get woken up early. We tried to make a sundial, but we still couldn’t figure out when."

Montana Brown added: "You never know what the time is. They'll wake you up by putting the lights on or a voiceover will say 'Islanders, it's time to get up'."

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