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James Brinsford

Love Island's Gemma finally name drops dad Michael Owen and viewers love it

Gemma Owen hit headlines thanks to her famous dad after she was announced as a contestant in this year's Love Island series.

But despite being the offspring of footballer Michael Owen, the popular islander has so far kept her mouth shut on the matter.

Fans of the dating show have desperate for the 19-year-old to give the game away and name drop her famous father and were not disappointed when she finally mentioned him on camera - but it was still not to the ears of those in the villa or her partner Luca Bish.

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Gemma finally brings her dad up in a segment that was shown on Love Island's Unseen Bits show on Saturday night, with the teenager doing an impression of Michael.In the previously unseen clip, producers ask Gemma to do her "best impression" while she is sat alone for the Beach Hut Bonanza, reports the Mirror.

She started by contemplating: "Who can I do?”

The Mirror reports how Gemma then said: "There's no way I'm going to do my dad, but people always do the classic, 'If they don't score, they don't win.'”She went on: "It's something like that. It's some bulls**t or whatever."

Viewers were celebrating more wildly than Michael did when he scored a goal as they took to Twitter in their droves to share their delight.

Fans were quick to rush to Twitter as the star finally referenced her famous dad.

One viewer tweeted: "Gemma finally brought up her dad!"

Another added: "Gemma finally referencing her celebrity dad in Unseen Bits!"

A third wrote: “Some of these “Best Celebrities Impressions” was good especially where Gemma Owen didn’t know how to do her dad, so she did someone else in “Beach Hut Bonanza”.

A third added: "Gemma finally brought up her dad!"

While this is the first time that Gemma has mentioned her dad, fans of the show have speculated that there is no way her fellow Islander don't know.

Gemma has been in the villa for a few weeks and then her ex-boyfriend Jacques O'Neill joined them as a bombshell.

With his arrival, fans can't believe who hasn't spilled the beans especially as he dated Gemma for eight months.

One fan tweeted: “It's not credible that Jacques’ has been in for few days and the 'famous dad' hasn't been outed yet.”

While a second added: “There’s a reason why no one knows who Gemma is because there’s no way Jacques comes in and doesn’t go “oh yeah lads you know she’s Michael Owen’s daughter”.

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