Love Island 2022: Michael Owen’s old tweet resurfaces as his daughter Gemma causes a stir

Love Island viewers had been left imagining footballer Michael Owen’s response as he watched his daughter Gemma’s debut on Love Island on Monday.

As followers watched Gemma plant a kiss on hunk Davide Saclimenti inside hours of getting into the Mallorca villa alongside her makes an attempt to call drop her well-known father, they dug up a 2014 tweet from Michael.

While the ex footballer’s unique tweet about not with the ability to ‘take the ache’ referred to an England workforce defeat within the 2014 World Cup, many Love Island followers identified the sentiment additionally fitted with his daughter’s TV antics. 

Back in June 2014 Michael tweeted ‘Going to mattress. Can’t take the ache any longer’ after Uruguay beat England in a tense World Cup match.

But the emotional tweet resurfaced on Monday as followers predicted how Michael was reacting to his daughter’s Love Island debut.

‘Michael Owen at 9pm each night time for the following 8 weeks,’ quipped one fan as they reposted the old tweet.  

Gemma is the eldest of 4 youngsters former England and Liverpool star Michael shares with spouse Louise. 

Last week Michael broke his silence over daughter Gemma’s look within the hit ITV2 present.

Speaking to ITV News, Michael, 42, stated: ‘I’ve no doubts that she’s going to make us all proud.

‘It’s in all probability a father’s worst nightmare, however no matter she desires to do you’ve bought to be supportive.

‘I’ve heard a lot about it. I feel old, grumpy males like me will at all times have an opinion on it as a result of I don’t watch it and also you simply hear snippets, however she assures me it’s not as unhealthy as I feel.’

He described Gemma as a ‘wise woman’, explaining: ‘It’s fairly a massive factor and no matter she desires to do, it’s a must to be supportive and I feel I’ve given her a first rate sufficient grounding to be respectful’.

His phrases come after Gemma admitted her England legend dad Michael ‘is not blissful’ however he trusts her to not ’embarrass’ him.

The swimwear model proprietor, 19, advised MailOnline that Michael, 42, resisted having a ‘tantrum’ after studying she shall be on the relationship present this summer time, finally giving his blessing, saying: ‘I’m not going to inform you what to do.’

Speaking from Mallorca forward of the sequence launch, Gemma revealed that she hopes to dispel misconceptions about being a footballer’s daughter, after receiving nasty feedback from trolls about her privileged upcoming.

She stated: ‘I nonetheless would not say that my dad is buzzing about me doing Love Island. 

‘He’s very supportive in no matter I resolve to do. He did not have a large tantrum or something like that. He was fairly chilled, he trusts me to not do something to embarrass him. He took it fairly effectively.

‘He did not say I could not do that or give me any dos or don’ts. He stated I’m not going to inform you what to do, I belief you, you will have by no means given us a motive to not belief you, go for it however I’ll at all times have my household’s ideas and opinions within the forefront of my thoughts as a result of we’re all tremendous shut and they’re an important individuals to me.’

Gemma added that she would in all probability keep away from having intercourse within the villa.

She stated: ‘What my household suppose is at all times going to be within the forefront of my thoughts as they’re an important factor to me.’ 

Gemma has already obtained backlash from followers –  who poked enjoyable about her not being recognised as Michael’s daughter – regardless of her making a couple of refined hints.

During a dialogue about names, Gemma talked about her surname a number of instances however none of her fellow Islanders observed the connection.

Viewers had been satisfied Gemma was determined to disclose her father’s id together with her title drop, whereas earlier within the episode she additionally dropped hints about her hyperlinks to soccer.

During her first chat with Liam after they had been matched by the general public vote, worldwide dressage rider Gemma mentioned latest graduate Liam’s career aspirations, with the hunk saying he needed to enter sport efficiency, earlier than expressing his curiosity in working with soccer groups.

After a curious Gemma, who once more remained tight-lipped about her well-known father, requested if he performed at a  ‘first rate stage’, Liam them questioned: ‘I really feel such as you’ve been with an ex-footballer or one thing.’

The magnificence denied having an curiosity in soccer, merely said that she was ” in listening to about his aspirations.

She additionally did not waste any time in mentioning her well-known father in her video intro. Although she did not use his title she stated competitiveness ‘is in my blood’ earlier than telling the digital camera her father ‘has an opinion’ on the lads she dates.

The dressage champion stated she’s hoping to attain within the villa, that may be the aim’ cheekily including of her puns: ‘see what I did there’.

Posting a slew of memes to Twitter, viewers implied that Gemma hoped for some extra consideration as she revealed her final title to the islanders, and was met with silence.

Posting a image of a confused Maura Higgins, one tweeted: ‘Gemma after the boys did not recognise her final title’.

And they even predicted her dad Michael’s response, joking that he cannot take the ache any longer’. 

While others thought her well-known roots did not serve her effectively, branding her ‘caught up’ and ‘impolite’. 

One wrote: ‘Gemma Owen is both means too younger to be on Love Island or is simply extraordinarily caught up. She wants to depart.’

Last year’s contestant Chloe Burrows even joined in on the motion, writing: ‘Gemma ur perspective STINKS mate’ 

Gemma’s dad Michael retired from the pitch in 2013 after a 17-year career which noticed him play for England as effectively as at membership stage for the likes of Liverpool, Real Madid and Manchester United.

Despite his illustrious career, most of the Love Islanders is probably not too accustomed to the ex footballer as most are within the early twenties and would have been youngsters when he was on the peak of his career within the early noughties.