Love Island star Luca Bish's family apologise to fans over his treatment of Gemma Owen

ITV Love Island 's Luca Bish put paid to any split rumours between him and partner Gemma Owen ahead of the reality show's reunion special this weekend. The fishmonger, from Brighton, has fought off speculation that he and dressage rider Gemma split after the pair were seen enduring a frosty taxi ride home.

He's not long landed back in the UK after more than two months in Spain but Luca Bish is already getting up to speed on his Love Island journey from the eyes of those who have been on the outside.

The Love Island 2022 finalists have only just touched down back in the UK, but runners-up Luca Bish and Gemma Owen are already chatting about their future together. Luca, 23, has already started to plan his future with Gemma, 19, including how he will finally ask her to be his girlfriend and make their romance official in the outside world.

Luca Bish has addressed his "protective" behaviour of Gemma Owen on this year's Love Island in an Instagram live video shortly after leaving the villa.The 23 year old was subject to tweets accusing him of being protective of 19 year old Gemma during their time on the hit ITV2 dating show, where they finished in second place.They were beaten only by Davide Sanclimenti and Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, both 27, who won with a landslide 63.7% of the vote. After leaving the villa, Luca and fellow finalists Andrew Le Page and Dami Hope hosted an Instagram live, showing the finalists getting ready to jet back to the UK.

After eight weeks of fire pit chats, flirtatious one-liners and head turning bombshells bringing the drama, Love Island draws to a close tonight with one couple set to be crowned the overall winners. One couple still in contention for the coveted cash prize is Luca Bish and Gemma Owen, who have polarised the nation with their patented brand of marmite romance.

Viewers have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Gemma Owen's football legend dad Michael Owen, but sadly he didn't appear. Instead, Gemma's mum Louise, and friend Sarah came to see the 19-year-old. Louise did tell Gemma: "Honestly, he is really proud of you, really proud".

Luca Bish's family have released statement after fans accused him of pushing Gemma Owen in last night's episode, Tuesday 26 July, of Love Island.The ladies in the villa were competing in the dancing challenge and had to pretend to be air hostesses while making sure the boys were strapped up in their seats. However when it was Gemma's turn, the fishmonger wasn't too pleased to see her lick Adam Collard.This resulted in Luca moving her away from him when it was his turn to be strapped.Taking to his Instagram page, Luca's family came to Luca's defence to say that the villa causes heightened emotions and that they're proud Luca expressed how he felt.They wrote: "9/10 weeks of no contact with any family and friends.

Love Island contestant Luca Bish appears to storm off after a stern conversation with Gemma Owen in tonight's Love Island preview (Tuesday 26 July). The pair are seen exchanging some heated words by the campfire, along with the caption 'Luca and Gemma hit turbulence."

The final week of Love Island is now in full swing as one loved-up couple will soon be crowned the winner of series eight. After eight long weeks of romance, fallouts, friendships and bombshells, only six couples now remain in the running to bag the £50,000 cash prize.

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Love Island star Luca Bish’s family have shared that they’ve been left feeling “broken” after the backlash received for his behaviour on the show. Luca, 23, has been blasted by viewers these past few days for his attitude towards Gemma Owen on Movie Night and Tasha Ghouri during the Snog, Pie, Challenge, of which he was accused of “bullying” the contestant.