There's a celebrity child on this year's Love Island as Gemma Owen is the daughter of football Michael Owen, with fans already speculating when she will either admit that or one of her fellow Islanders will guess.
Gemma, a regular at St James' Park when she was just a small toddler as dad Michael played for Newcastle United, was the seventh single to be confirmed for the new series of the hit ITV2 show. In a break with tradition, bosses decided that, rather than send out a list of contestants in one go, they'd drip feed them one by one across Monday, fuelling speculation from fans on who would be going into the villa.
Gemma's inclusion as one of this year's Love Island contestants is sure to raise a few eyebrows, given who her dad is and the fact she's a sporting star in her own right thanks to being a successful international dressage rider. Quizzed on why she's doing Love Island, Gemma, who is also a business owner, added: "I am open to finding love, I’m wanting to have a really fun summer. I was seeing someone and then that didn’t work out so I thought, “Why not?”
