Gemma Owen’s family take drastic measures to try and save her career after Love Island backlash

ZESTY Gemma Owen was feeling fruity on her first Love Island date last night and declared: “I want marriage and four kids”. The 19-year-old eldest daughter of England football great Michael Owen bagged Italian stallion Davide Sanclimenti, 27, in the series’ first showdown. The pair headed out of the Majorcan villa to a fruit farm […]

ZESTY Gemma Owen was feeling fruity on her first Love Island date last night and declared: “I want marriage and four kids”.

The 19-year-old eldest daughter of England football great Michael Owen bagged Italian stallion Davide Sanclimenti, 27, in the series’ first showdown.

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Ex-England ace Michael Owen said football was the only thing taking his mind off his teenage daughter snogging older men on TV[/caption]

The pair headed out of the Majorcan villa to a fruit farm to toast their union over a glass of lemonade.

It is a change in fortunes for the lass from Chester, who earlier this week was labelled as rude by viewers after snubbing her first partner, Liam Llewellyn, 22.

Gemma said: “Me and Davide are now a couple, which I’m quite excited about.

“I’m really happy and I’m really looking forward to getting to know him a bit more and seeing where it goes.

“Hopefully on the date we can have another good chat and I can find out a bit more about him and have that good energy.”

The pair headed out of the villa and arrived in a picturesque wood for their romantic date.

Talk soon turned to marriage, with Davide asking: “Do you want to get married? Have you ever thought about it?”

Gemma said: “Yeah definitely. I’d like to get married and I want to have kids. Like four!”

Davide joked they could compromise on three.

It is news that will likely ruin her dad Michael’s day.

The 42-year-old pundit was part of the team presenting Tuesday night’s Three Lions clash against Germany.

He said football was the only thing taking his mind off his teenage daughter snogging older men on TV.

Ribbed by his Channel 4 co-host Jules Breach, 35, Michael was introduced as Love Island Gemma’s dad — despite he himself being sixth on the list of all-time top scorers on the football pitch.

Michael said: “I came all the way to Germany to try and avoid all that back home, but it has been brought up straight away. I am feeling alright. This is taking my mind off it, so don’t bring it back up.”

Gemma’s family have been working behind the scenes on her profile while she is in Majorca, signing her up to the specialist PR agency which looks after former finalist Maura Higgins, 31, to boost her image.

After her TV debut, Gemma faced a backlash from viewers who branded her “mannerless” over her “bad attitude” — which saw her odds at the bookies tumble.

But Off Limits Entertainment is now on board to look after Gemma’s image.

It already advises some of Love Island’s most successful exports including Maura, Shaughna Phillips, 28, Chris Hughes, 29, and Georgia Steel, 24, as well as former boxers Amir Khan, 35, and Carl Froch, 44, and X Factor and I’m a Celebrity… contestant Jake Quickenden, 33.

Gemma left a door open when she dumped Liam, telling him: “Me being in a couple with him hasn’t changed how I feel about you. I still want to chat to you. It’s still early days. But I can imagine it’s not a nice situation to be in.”

Liam said: “You’re still at the top of my tree! You are girlfriend material. Tomorrow is a new day — I’ve got work to do!”

The arrival of two other young women in the villa means it could be the girls under threat — with one likely to be booted out in tomorrow night’s eviction.

Newbie Afia Tonkmor, 25, from London, and hotel waitress Indiyah Polack, 23, are tipped to be in danger by bookmakers Ladbrokes.

It said: “Indiyah hasn’t gone down well with punters yet, and her place in the villa is under threat.”

Model Tasha Ghouri, 23, from Thirsk, North Yorks, and paramedic Paige Thorne, 24, from Swansea, are considered safest at only 12/1 and 10/1 to be ousted.

Luca Bish, 23, from Brighton and Gemma’s new beau Davide are least likely to be packing their bags, at 10/1 and 8/1 respectively.

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