Gemma Owen has kept quiet about her famous dad Michael Owen on Love Island, but it seems that her co-stars already know about her secret celebrity connection.
After being voted out from the villa, Ikenna Ekwonna and Amber Beckford appeared on Love Island: Aftersun to spill some secrets about their time on the show.
Ikenna revealed that all the contestants know that Gemma is Michael Owen's daughter, even though she has never name-dropped the former England footballer on air.
He told host Laura Whitmore: "We didn't really know until the second or third day but I don’t think the girls knew the guys knew."
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Gemma is currently coupled with Luca Bish, but the pair clashed in last night's episode (June 27) when a frustrated Gemma confronted Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu for gossiping with fellow contestants.
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Earlier this month, Michael Owen admitted that he was finding it "hard" reading comments trolling Gemma.
"[My wife] has been very upset about it," he shared. "You can say, 'Don't read it', but that's very difficult.
"I know she's been used to that sort of thing with me – I've had it all my life. To look at my social media feeds you'd think 70% of the world hates me, but it's different when it's your daughter."
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Elsewhere, eliminated contestant Remi Lambert recently said he nearly came to blows with Jacques O'Neill in the villa, and claimed that some of the arguments they got into didn't air.
"So basically, me and Jaques got into quite a lot of arguments and it just made my experience shit. It ruined it for me," he said.
Love Island airs on ITV2 and is available via catch up on ITV Hub and Britbox.
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