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Abbie Meehan

Love Island viewers fuming after 'figuring out' age difference in couple

Love Island viewers have been sharing their anger far and wide after the age difference between two exes on the show were revealed recently.

Gemma Owen, 19, has been quite the popular topic of conversation since she arrived on the scene last week, being accused of having a 'bad attitude' and being desperate to reveal her famous dad's former occupation.

However, the daughter of ex-footballer Michael Owen has been receiving sympathy from fans this week, as her ex Jacques O'Neill rocked up to the villa to cause some trouble between the couples.

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And tension wasn't the only thing he caused on the show, as fans worked out the age difference between the couple when they were a thing.

Gemma has stated she has been single for almost two years, which takes her to 17 when she broke up with then 21-year-old Jacques - and after an eight month relationship, that would mean he was turning 21 and she was 16 when they first got together.

After working out the simple maths on this age difference, Love Island viewers flocked to social media to share their disgust in this revelation.

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One Twitter user wrote: "OMG it gets worse! She was still in school and he was like 21?!?! Nah sorry mate but that’s all kinds of wrong."

Another said: "Gemma just turned 19 and broke up with this man 1.5 years ago when she was 17 and a half. She dated him for 8 months which mean she started dating this man at 16 when he was 20??????"

And third wrote: "So confirmed they broke up a year and a half ago (when she was 17) and dated for like 8 months", alongside a vomiting emoji.

Further comments read: "Has no one realised that Gemma would of only been 16 dating a 20yr old ..Michael Owen must be a softy.."

And a final comment was still confused: "She just turned 19 a month ago, their relationship ended 1 year and half ago which lasted only 8 months. How old was Gemma Owen when she was with Jacques?"

Love Island resumes tonight at 9pm on ITV2.

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