Michael Owen laughs off jokes about his daughter Gemma’s starring role on Love Island
‘I came all the way to Germany to avoid it!’ Michael Owen laughs off jokes about daughter Gemma’s Love Island antics as he’s trolled by fans during Channel 4 coverage of England match
Channel 4’s host for the Live UEFA Nations League clash on Tuesday Jules Breach couldn’t help a reference to Gemma, 19Just two hours before the show, ITV2 viewers saw Gemma couple up with Italian Stallion Davide Sanclimenti, 27, in the Love Island villaGemma is the eldest of four children former England and Liverpool star Michael shares with wife Louise Michael has previously said that while he supports his daughter, her appearance on the show is a ‘father’s worst nightmare’The eighth series of Love Island began on Monday June 6 Latest news and updates on all of your favourite Love Island contestants
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Michael Owen can’t avoid his daughter Gemma’s Love Island antics.
The former footballer turned pundit was confronted with jokes about his 19-year-old daughter’s TV role live on air on Tuesday night during Channel 4’s coverage of Germany v England in Berlin.
Just two hours before ITV2 viewers saw Gemma couple up with Italian Stallion Davide Sanclimenti, 27, in the Love Island villa, Michael was deflecting jokes from his colleagues about the raunchy dating show.
Dad jokes: Michael Owen was confronted with jokes about his 19-year-old daughter’s Love Island antic during Channel 4’s coverage of Germany v England in Berlin on Tuesday
Channel 4’s host for the Live UEFA Nations League clash on Tuesday Jules Breach couldn’t help a reference to Gemma as she introduced the panel of pundits at the start of the coverage.
After introducing ‘England and Arsenal midfielder Jordan Nobbs, former England, Chelsea and West Ham midfielder Joe Cole,’ Jules turned to the highly decorated Michael, saying:
‘And the father of Love Island’s Gemma Owen, Michael Owen here with us, a big night for the Owens last night Michael, how are you feeling today?’
Good sport Michael laughed off his intro, telling Jules: ‘I came all the way to Germany to try to avoid all that back at home, and you’ve brought it up straight away.’
Raunchy: Just two hours before ITV2 viewers saw Gemma kiss Liam and couple up with Italian Stallion Davide in the Love Island villa, Michael was deflecting jokes from his colleagues
Good sport: Channel 4’s host for the Live UEFA Nations League clash on Tuesday Jules Breach couldn’t help a reference to Gemma as she introduced the panel of pundits
‘I’m feeling alright thank you. Yeah. This is taking my mind off it, so don’t bring it back up.’
Viewers laughed along with Michael, who only tweeted about the England match on Tuesday night and didn’t mention Love Island. One footballed fan quipped on Twitter that the star was working to avoid watching Gemma: ‘Michael Owen being a pundit to avoid watching Gemma on love island lmao.’
During Tuesday night’s Love Island, viewers saw bombshell Davide pick Gemma to couple up with in the first recoupling of the series.
Watching the scenes unfold, fans slammed the Italian hunk, 27, for picking the wrong girl and claimed he made a ‘mistake’ after stealing the beauty, 19, away from her partner Liam Llewellyn.
Meanwhile, despite them both being consenting adults, fans also shared their discomfort over the pair’s eight-year age gap, with some wondering why Davide would pick someone so young.
All jokes: Good sport Michael laughed off his intro, telling Jules: ‘I came all the way to Germany to try to avoid all that back at home, and you’ve brought it up straight away’
Banter: Viewers laughed along with Michael, who only tweeted about the England match on Tuesday night and didn’t mention Love Island
Gemma so far has failed to win over viewers in the villa. According to Ladbrokes, the dressage rider has ‘tumbled to third-favourite’ despite heading the pack before the series premier on Monday.
Speaking on behalf of the betting company, Alex Apati told The Sun: ‘Punters may have scored an own goal in backing Gemma Owen for success in the villa.
‘Having headed the betting before Monday’s series opener, she’s tumbled to third-favourite, behind the popular Paige and Tasha.
During Monday’s opening episode of Love Island, viewers were left imagining Michael’s reaction as he watched his daughter’s debut, digging up a 2014 tweet from the pundit.
Reaction: As fans watched Gemma plant a kiss on Davide within hours of entering the villa alongside her attempts to name drop her father, they dug up a 2014 tweet from Michael
While the ex footballer’s original tweet about not being able to ‘take the pain’ referred to an England team defeat in the 2014 World Cup, many Love Island fans pointed out the sentiment also fitted with his daughter’s TV antics.
Back in June 2014 Michael tweeted ‘Going to bed. Can’t take the pain any longer’ after Uruguay beat England in a tense World Cup match.
But the emotional tweet resurfaced on Monday, with one fan quipping as they reposted the message: ‘Michael Owen at 9pm every night for the next 8 weeks,’
Drama: Tuesday’s episode saw Liam Llewellyn dumped by Gemma and left on his own when Monday’s bombshell contestant Davide coupled up with her
Gemma is the eldest of four children former England and Liverpool star Michael shares with wife Louise.
Last week Michael broke his silence over daughter Gemma’s appearance in the hit ITV2 show.
Speaking to ITV News, Michael, 42, said: ‘I have no doubts that she will make us all proud.
‘It’s probably a father’s worst nightmare, but whatever she wants to do you’ve got to be supportive.
‘I’ve heard a lot about it. I think old, grumpy men like me will always have an opinion on it because I don’t watch it and you just hear snippets, but she assures me it’s not as bad as I think.’
He described Gemma as a ‘sensible girl’, explaining: ‘It’s quite a big thing and whatever she wants to do, you have to be supportive and I think I’ve given her a decent enough grounding to be respectful’.
