Love Island's Gemma Owen is no stranger to the spotlight as the daughter of former Manchester United and Liverpool footballer Michael Owen. But despite fans of the ITV2 show knowing who Gemma's famous dad is, the international dressage rider seems to have kept the news pretty quiet amongst her fellow Islanders.
Michael Owen speaks out on 'difficult' parenting decisions amid Gemma's Love Island stint
10.06.2022 - 12:19 / ok.co.uk
The new Love Island contestants are slowly settling into a life of chats, texts and dates during this year’s ITV series.The youngest of this year's lot, Gemma Owen, 19, is dominating headlines and rising to reality TV fame, but her family are not strangers to the spotlight. Her dad, footballing legend Michael Owen, has opened up about how he navigates parenting as a famous sports star.The Owen family live in a £4 million mansion in Chester, which has enough grounds for all 12 of Gemma’s horses.
Former England footballer Michael, 44, met his wife Louise Bonsall while at school and the childhood sweethearts wed in 2005. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.
Gemma was born two years prior in 2003, and the couple went on to have three more children, James, 15, Emily May, 14, and Jessica, 12. He spoke to Emily Dean on her podcast Walking The Dog about his relationship with his four children and how he chose to parent Gemma, including rules about pocket money.
“It’s really difficult from a parent’s point of view,” he explained. "You want to give your children the best start and best chance.
“But you're always wrestling with the fact that if I just make it so easy, and I can do this and do that, is she going to learn from any mistakes? "So you're always wrestling in life with everything like that and not making them spoilt.” He added: "You want money that much? There's a pub down the road, go and work behind the bar or something.That's my view." International dressage rider Gemma also joined her dad on the podcast, and expressed her disdain about the family’s pocket money rule. She complained about it being ‘not fair’ that her allowance got cut off at 18
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