Michael Owen has shared his reaction to his daughter Gemma Owen finishing Love Island 2022 in second place. The former footballer's daughter entered the Mallorcan villa back in June as one of the original contestants in the ITV2 dating show this year. After a couple of partner swaps, she found herself with Luca Bish.
And over the weeks the pair have been inseparable with the pair declaring their love for each other weeks before the final. And despite prompting a strong opinion from viewers over their recent rows, Gemma, 19, and Luca, 23, finished in second place on the programme, losing out to Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti, on Monday night (August 1).
Posting a photo of himself and his daughter in a restaurant, former Manchester United and Liverpool star Michael wrote on Twitter: "She’s done us proud."
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Ahead of Gemma’s appearance on the show, the 42-year-old described the experience as “a father’s worst nightmare”. Speaking to ITV he said: "I have no doubts that she will make us all proud. It’s probably a father’s worst nightmare, but whatever she wants to do. You’ve got to be supportive."
Michael has been reluctant to comment on his daughter's TV exploits over the weeks. At the start of the series back in June he joked that he’d gone “all the way to Germany” to “avoid” watching his daughter on the show when he was quizzed on Gemma's Love Island entrance while commentating on an England’s Nations League match.
He also missed the 'Meet the Parents' episode on Sunday (July 30) with Gemma's mum Louise and friend Sarah paying her a visit instead while Luca's mum and dad made the trip to the famous villa. But following last night's results, Love Island fans think they know why Michael was too busy to fly out to Spain for the show's annual tradition.
@LIReactions joked: "The real reason Michael Owen didn’t have time to make it to the villa for family day #loveisland," alongside a picture of multiple phones displaying the Love Island app. Phone provider 02 even got in on the joke, replying to the tweet: "Can confirm @themichaelowen did take out 9,672 phone contracts in the past week #LoveIsland."
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