FOOTBALL legend Michael Owen has warned that his daughter Gemma is a “horror” when competing and that her colleagues from Love Islanders should watch out.
Gemma, 19, seems to have followed suit star Three Lions dad and puts on his “toy face” when he wants to win.
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Michael said people – including Love Islanders – had to ‘get out of her way’ when she looked at the award.
“The day of the match or if it’s a big competition, entering that ring, it turns into horror. It’s like that’s it – you get on your face and you can’t control it,” he said.
“I didn’t want anyone to talk to me on the day of the game. Actually, or the day before. Just stay out of my way and let me do my job.”
Michael added: “She is the same, she is terrible. Get out of her way when a big competition is coming up.
“It means so much to you. Start focusing on the job you have.”
Gemma is herself a professional athlete who competes as Team GB dressage rider.
She had it before opened about wanting to be a billionaire and business woman like Kylie Jenner after starting her own swimming company called OG Beachwear.
Michael’s competitiveness was not limited to the football field and she revealed that it was forced to counsel to save his marriage out of jealousy around his daughter.
He admitted that his mental state after retiring from the game was so precarious that he became angry about everything – including wife Louise a close relationship with his eldest.
Writing in his autobiography Reboot from 2020, the father of four said: “To my surprise, I found myself standing on the figurative edge of the 2014 cliff.
“The whole life of that certain type of mentality, behavior, brought me to the point where I had to seek professional help. . .
“For years, because of my own inner demons, I was deliberately very strict with Louise on topics I knew would push her the most – not just her close relationship with our daughter Gem.”
Michael continued: “Let me be very clear and say that none of this in any way reflected what I felt towards Gemi or Louise. I love them both with me.
“I would take it all off Louise, though. I would accuse her of spending all her time with her eldest and ignoring other children.
“That wasn’t even true.”
Finally, with the help of a doctor from Michael’s Manchester United days, he and Louise went to the counselor together, and then he continued on his own.
He added: “In a panic, I stared at the abyss called divorce. . .
“The whole process was a revelation.”
Returning to the villa, Gemma is separated from Luca after a bomb Danica stole from him in the last reunion.
Cheeky Luca was devastated by the change, especially as she led Gemma to reunite with former Davide.
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