Love Island fans rip into Luca Bish as he jokes he’s ‘fuming’ he came second to Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti-Rachael O'Connor-Entertainment – Metro

The Love Island Reunion show saw Luca Bish joke he was ‘fuming’ he and Gemma Owen lost out on the wine (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)

Luca Bish has joked he’s ‘fuming’ he didn’t win Love Island… but fans aren’t entirely buying it.

The fishmonger, 23, came in second place in the 2022 series after coupling up with 19-year-old Gemma Owen.

They lost out on the prize money to Love Island main characters Ekin-Su Culculoglu and Davide Sanclimenti, but their relationship seems just as strong since leaving the villa as they have since been spotted packing on the PDA.

On Sunday’s Love Island: The Reunion, viewers were given a chance to see the couple’s reaction upon finding out they had come second, with Luca telling the Aftersun cameras: ‘I’m fuming.

‘Oh don’t start!’ Gemma said, with Luca quickly clarifying: I’m joking!’

But as anyone who has spent any time on Twitter in the last 10 weeks will know, Love Island fans take no prisoners – and doubts were cast on Luca’s ‘joke’ within seconds, each complete with a savage reaction meme.

Davide and Ekin-Su and Luca and Gemma made it to the finals of the series (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Luca joked he was ‘fuming’ to lose out though he then insisted he was ‘joking’ (Picture: ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

‘You was fuming Luca. Don’t lie,’ one person wrote, while another agreed: ‘We all know ur not joking (sic).’

‘Are you sure ur joking luca?’ another asked.

‘we all know ur not joking,’ said one, while one user wrote: ‘nah you’re not [joking] tho are ya Luca.’

And one wrote candidly: ‘Luca still looking like he want a recount.’

Despite Luca clarifying he was joking, him even using the word ‘fuming’ was always going to be called out, with Love Island fans not forgetting him being very obviously and sincerely annoyed multiple times over thecourse of the show.

One twist ahead of the finale saw the remaining islanders forced to vote for who they each saw as the least compatible couple in the villa – and Luca was not happy when he and Gemma got three votes.

He said at the time: ‘The people I voted for I don’t give a f**k’, explaining that he sounded ‘angry’ because ‘f**king all I know is how good me and Gemma are, but then three of you voted for me.’

But while they didn’t win the series outright, Luca and Gemma still seem perfectly happy together, with the 23-year-old recently publicly inviting Gemma to his hometown of Brighton to visit.

Taking to Instagram Stories, Luca tagged horse-mad Gemma in a video showing him outdoors in the countryside with two gorgeous horses.

He captioned the post: ‘Am I selling Brighton to you yet @gemmaowen_1?’

Luca’s ‘joke’ was far from the only drama on the highly-anticipated reunion, with Summer Botwe and Coco Lodge clashing in heated scenes over Josh Le Grove.

There was plenty to write home about after the 2022 series Reunion show (Picture: REX/Shutterstock)

Asked who’s been getting off with who since the finale, Billy Brown teased: ‘Where do I start? There’s been a few.’

Chiming in, Summer wasn’t holding back, as she said: ‘I know someone who wishes they would have gotten with someone, but we move,’ in reference to recent comments Coco made on a podcast.

Coco denied anything further than ‘banter’, insisting: ‘It’s just banter. If you can’t handle a big personality, don’t go on reality TV, it’s banter!’

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Summer said: ‘I want to clarify I would never fight over a boy because there is no competition,’ as Coco replied: ‘I’ve never fought over a boy, Josh is a mate!’

Fans had been awaiting the blow-up after an audience member teased on social media that things got heated between the girls.

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