Love Island's Gemma Owen finally spoke about her famous footballing father Michael Owen on Thursday's episode after weeks of keeping his identity under wraps and sent fans into a frenzy as she did.
Fans went wild when she finally made the admission as the hiding of his identity caused many grumblings on social media, despite dumped Islander Ikenna Ekwonna saying contestants were aware of her dad from the "second or third day".
During a conversation with fellow Islanders Antigoni Buxton and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu the international dressage star, 19, revealed that she also has a close connection to the Beckham family.
During the episode, Antigoni asked: "Sorry, excuse me if I'm being ignorant, but is your dad like very very well-known? He played for England, right?" to which Gemma replied: "Yeah." Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu later asked: "Do you like David Beckham's sons?" to which Gemma responded: "Well, I went to nursery with his sons, yeah." The villa were left stunned at the discovery as they asked: "Did you?" with Gemma adding: "Yeah!" It's likely that Gemma and the Beckham children crossed paths at nursery when her father played for Real Madrid between 2004 to 2005.
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