Love Island 2022: Michael Owen ‘keen to meet daughter Gemma’s beau Luca Bish’ amid budding romance-Rishma Dosani-Entertainment – Metro

Love Island star Gemma Owen has been inseparable with Luca Bish ever since they first got together, shortly after the current series began.

It seems as though their budding romance has caught the eye of the teenager’s dad, famous footballer Michael Owen, who has watched a few episodes so far.

In fact, it has been claimed that the England legend wants to have a catch up with the fish salesman if things become more serious between the pair.

‘As any dad will understand Michael isn’t exactly enjoying seeing Gemma’s love life play out on screen! There’s things a dad doesn’t need to witness…,’ an insider claimed. ‘He’s seen a few of the episodes and from what he’s witnessed, he thinks Luca and the other guys on the Island seem like pretty decent fellas.

‘But if Luca ends up officially going out with Gemma he will definitely want to meet him and make up his own mind on the guy. Any father would.

‘He has been relying on Louise to keep him up to date with what’s going on.’

Love Island stars Luca Bish and Gemma Owen are totally loved up (Picture: ITV)

‘He’s proud of how well Gemma is doing and knows how level headed she is, and that she won’t do anything she’s not comfortable with,’ they added to the MailOnline.

Michael might want to hold off on making any plans until Casa Amor has been and gone, as viewers will know that even the strongest relationships have crumbled under the pressure in the past.

Gemma and Luca have become firm fan favourites since the show kicked off last month, and have faced off every challenge that has been thrown their way with complete ease.

Michael Owen reportedly wants to meet Luca if their romance continues to blossom (Picture: Instagram)

The footballer is ‘proud’ of how well Gemma has handled life in the villa (Picture: ITV)

However, after the girls were whisked away to a brand new villa with bombshells galore, could this be their biggest test yet?

Body language expert Judi James offered up her predictions on what could happen with the Casa Amor twist, suggesting heads could turn at any point.

‘Luca likes to be one of the lads and it’s clearly going to be like one huge stag do in the boys’ Casa,’ she told Metro.co.uk. 

Will Luca and Gemma come out of Casa Amor stronger? (Picture: ITV)

‘I can’t imagine any girl would trump Gemma in his eyes though unless a stunning catwalk model turns up in there with a famous footballer for a dad and a love of fish suppers.

‘He and Gemma do like a bit of brinkmanship in their relationship though so he might be caught flirting. 

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‘Gemma did create doubts when she told Luca she would only be tempted if a guy arrived who was 100% her type. The producers must have been scouring social media ever since.’

Metro.co.uk has contacted Michael’s reps for a comment.

Love Island continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2.

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