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Zara Woodcock

Love Island's Gemma Owen nearly misses flight to LA as she jets off after Luca Bish split

Love Island star Gemma Owen nearly missed her flight to Los Angeles following her split from Luca Bish.

The daughter of Michael Owen and Brighton-based Luca met during this year's Love Island and quickly fell for each other.

However, after only three months of dating, the 19-year-old announced the two have parted ways.

Gemma has been focusing on her businesses and projects and recently travelled to sunny Los Angeles.

The reality star took to her Instagram Stories to share a snap of her in business class seat on the plane.

"We nearly missed this flight and went to Turkey," she captioned the post along with a laughing emoji.

She almost missed her flight to Los Angeles (gemowen_1/Instagram)
She has been focusing on her projects since the split (Instagram/ @lucabish)

It comes after Gemma attended the fast fashion brand's Christmas party in Dublin, Ireland recently and spoke out for the first time since the break-up announcement.

The TV personality said her break-up from Brighton-based Luca has been "challenging".

She said: "These last few weeks, as going through any breakup, it’s not nice. It’s not a nice time.”

"Having to deal with the press and other people’s opinions, and people thinking that they know what’s going on when they don’t, that’s been challenging," Gemma added to Goss.ie.

Gemma added that she was doing "OK" and is "getting through it" by ensuring she is busy.

However, Gemma has been supported by her Love Island co-star pals as she said her girl friends from the series have been "lovely".

Gemma and Luca dated for only three months (Matt Frost/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

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She gushed to Goss.ie: "Every single one of them has sent me a message, being there, telling me if I never need a call they’ll be there."

The reality star said the support from pals has made things "a bit easier" for her after the sudden split.

One Islander who is supporting Gemma is Paige Thorne, as she recently told the Mirror: "I texted Gem to make sure she was all good, just showing her my support and letting her know that I was always there if she ever needed to chat."

She added: "Obviously, coming out of the relationship in the public eye is difficult enough anyway, so she knows I’m there if she needs me and she’ll reach out."

Meanwhile, fellow Love Island pals Dami Hope and Andrew Le Page have been supporting fishmonger Luca.

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