Love Island’s Gemma Owen has given an update on the status of her relationship with Luca Bish following the end of the hit ITV dating show.
Speaking during a YouTube video, 23-year-old Gemma revealed she and Luca are yet to make things official but insists things are going “really well.” The couple were runners up in the latest series of the reality show, coming second behind Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and partner Davide Sanclimenti.
Since leaving the villa, 19-year-old Gemma said Luca feels "pressure" to make a big gesture to his island partner. Discussing ther relationship, she said: "Things are going really, really well.
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"Since being out of the villa things have changed for the better – feelings have grown so much more, which is kind of obvious. But I wasn't expecting it to be going how it is.
"There's a lot of questions on: 'Oh are you two official yet?'. Whenever we do an interview that seems to be the most talked about topic."
She then revealed the couple are not yet exclusive despite the series ending more than three weeks ago. She added: "I feel like there's been a bit of a buildup now, people are like: 'When is it gonna be?'
“I feel like he's got a bit of pressure on him like: 'S**t I need to make something good out of this'. But, it's definitely on the cards and I think it will be really soon so really excited for that."
Dressage rider Gemma then revealed details of Luca’s “intense” first meeting with her footballer dad Michael Owen. She said: "We went to Portugal for four days and he met my dad and family friends and that was amazing.
"That was honestly so nice. For the first meeting it was a quite intense environment... 'You're meeting my dad, let's do it on holiday'.
“But it couldn't have gone better. They seem to get on really well."
Speaking to OK! regarding his daughter entering the Love Island villa, former Liverpool and England striker Michael said: "It wasn't the best of conversations when she first asked me about going on Love Island. She's pretty sensible and she's a good kid and I had no worries.
"I just didn't bring myself to watch some of the challenges and things like that. I don't like seeing my daughter kiss people, but I probably watched 30 to 40% of the show.
“On the days that I didn't watch, I was on the phone to the wife at five past 10 asking, 'how did she do?'"
Since leaving the Love Island villa, Gemma has signed a six-figure deal with fashion retailer Pretty Little Thing. Announcing the news on Instagram on Monday, the company said: "IT’S OFFICIAL.
"Welcome to the PLT family @gemowen_1. We can’t wait to show everyone what we’re working on…"
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