Love Island fans were convinced that the 2022 series' runner-ups, Gemma Owen and Luca Bish, were on the verge of making their relationship 'official' on Thursday. Luca posted a cryptic photo on his Instagram Story that was captioned: "Something BIG happened for me and @gemowen_1 today which we can't wait to share with you all tomorrow."
With that, it had been assumed that the pair had finally become boyfriend and girlfriend. During their time in the villa, Gemma had been hesitant to make it 'official' with Luca as she had sought her mother's approval. Despite getting that in the 'family and friends' episode, the pair haven't yet cemented their relationship. As Luca posted a second Story, it became clear that his followers were about to be sorely disappointed. The second photo showed the Marks & Spencer logo with the caption, "Another clue," and a laughing face emoji.
Luca finally shared his "BIG" news on Friday morning - him and Gemma had done their first food shop together. A third post from Luca featured a TikTok link which showed the couple shopping in M&S. In the video, Luca declared: "The food shop is happening..."
He continued: "We're here and obviously, Gem's come in heels. Brilliant idea!" as he loaded up his shopping trolley. The video, which has already amassed 99.6K likes at the time of writing, has had numerous comments.
Fellow Islander, Andrew Le Page (who was partnered with Tasha Ghouri in the villa) commented: "Finally".
Elsewhere, another person wrote: "Next milestone: make it official".
A third said: "You guys should have won".
Luca and Gemma came runners-up in series eight of the popular dating programme. They lost out to Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti who were crowned this year's winners. For more showbiz and television stories, get our newsletter here.
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