Love Island star Gemma Owen has explained how her boyfriend Luca Bish and footballing father Michael Owen got on when the family enjoyed a family holiday in Portugal last week.
Fresh from a stint on the hit ITV show, the dressage rider, 19, and her fishmonger beau, 23' joined the Owen family for fun in the Algarve sun.
Appearing on Capital Breakfast this morning with Rob Howard and Lauren Layfield, Gemma spoke out about how her boyfriend and father gelled during the trip - as well as plans of moving in with Luca in the near future.
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The Mirror reports that of their meeting, the swimwear designer, said: "It couldn't have gone better, it was so nice. We got away for four days, it was a bit of like, got a bit of content, bit of chill time but yeah it was a really nice environment for him to meet everyone.
"They all get on really well and how he was with my brothers and sisters as well, like, so cute."
Later on in the interview, Gemma also revealed that she still hasn't made it entirely official with Luca, insisting that this was simply the first step before moving in together. When asked about Love Island winners Ekin-Su and Davide cosying up together in their own place, she added: "I mean I can’t blame them, it’s like, it’s so weird after being in an environment with them 24 hours a day to not seeing them all the time.
"It’s hard, and I’m struggling with it trying to balance different parts of my life so I totally get it, and totally support it. Let’s be girlfriend and then we can talk about moving in together."
And Gemma has said that she is still allegedly waiting for Luca to ask to her to be his girlfriend. She said: "I mean I know I said in the villa let’s wait till we get out, want you to meet the family, let’s not rush it, but now I’m like, okay."
Elsewhere, Luca confirmed the status of their relationship on Instagram when a fan asked: "Are you and Gemma still together". The reality star, replied: "Yeah we're still together, nearly official."
This news comes after Luca appeared confident in his approach at family bonding with his potential in-laws, jokingly calling Michael out for leaving him out of a family snap. The Love Island star commented on the ex-footballers post - which showed Michael posted up with wife Louise, and children Jessica, 12, Emily, 14, and James, 16.
Michael had initially captioned the shot: "Family -1" in reference to Gemma, 19, being absent from the snap - with Luca adding: "-2." in the comments. Gemma also penned: "I was there for 4 days and you wait til I leave to get a family picture" (sic).
And Love Island fans loved Luca's cheeky jibe, with one writing: "@lucabish ain’t family till @gemowen_1 has a ring on it!". Another added: "if only we all had your confidence in life", while a third chimed: "Calm down. You're not even her boyfriend".
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