Love Island 2022 episode 3 recap: Gemma Owen & Davide go on first date – but fans SLAM couple as ‘watching paint dry’

She's proven popular with Love Island viewers after she arrived later as a bombshell Islander a week ago and she's sent fans wild with her latest antics. Ekin-Su has already shaken things up in the villa by coupling-up with Manchester business owner Davide Sanclimenti before flirting with Gemma Owen's ex Jacques O'Neill.

LOVE Island's Gemma Owen has been called out over her 'problematic' behaviour after she shared a 'flirty' conversation with her ex, Jacques O' Neill. In Wednesday night's (June 15) episode of the ITV2 show, Gemma and her former flame, who entered as a bombshell last week, shared a chat about the end of their relationship.

MICHAEL Owen has been pictured at Royal Ascot after his daughter Gemma Owen was seen snogging Luca Bish in bed on Love Island. The former Liverpool and England legend looked super-smart in a three-piece suit and black top hat at Royal Ascot on Tuesday.

Davide Sanclimenti's family have slammed Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu on social media as she makes a beeline for newcomer Jay Younger. Davide and Ekin-Su have been coupled up since last week and, while things were initially going well for the pair with them sharing what Love Island viewers described as a "sloppy kiss", the Italian stallion has since appeared to have taken his foot off the gas on their romance. Ekin-Su became upset on Tuesday night's episode after Davide failed to bring her up a coffee to the balcony – a Love Island tradition – as all the other girls were met with beverages.

In a Love Island teaser for Thursday night's episode, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Jay Younger, 28, sneak off to share what appears to be a cheeky kiss together. Crawling along the villa balcony, Ekin-Su can be seen looking over to make sure no one was around as newcomer Jay soon followers her. Sitting in the corner, Jay comes over the the 27 year old Essex beauty and holds her face and leans in for a kiss.Their kiss comes after Davide Sanclimenti, also 27, looked unimpressed as he watched the pair on their romantic date on Wednesday night's episode – much to the entertainment of Love Island viewers.

Luca Bish has set his sights on Gemma Owen in the Love Island villa and it turns out he is no stranger to the limelight.The Love Island star, 23, has grown close to Michael Owen's daughter Gemma, 19, on the ITV2 dating show, with the pair even sharing a kiss in recent episodes. Gemma is yet to reveal who her famous dad is to her fellow Islanders, but it looks like Luca won't be fazed by the revelation, as the fishmonger has previously dated a Strictly Come Dancing star and a popular influencer.

Love Island viewers are calling for former flames Gemma Owen and Jacques O'Neill to get back together after they were spotted chatting once again on Wednesday night's episode. Gemma, 19, is currently coupled up with Luca Bish, but the pair were quickly faced with a challenge soon after coupling up after her ex boyfriend Jacques entered the villa. Luca, 22, has been trying to keep his cool, but lost it on Tuesday night's episode after Gemma accidentally called him by her ex's name.

Love Island fans were left cringing as Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu joined new bombshell Jay Younger for main course as Italian heartthrob Davide Sanclimenti watched on.On Wednesday's episode, Jay Younger and Remi Lambert - who stormed in the Spanish villa yesterday - were tasked with picking three girls to prepare them a starter, main course and desert for a steamy date.Self-confessed fitness fanatic and finance worker Jay, opted to pick Amber Beckford, Ekin-Su and Tasha Ghouri to join him for each course.But viewers of the programme were left covering their eyes as things heated-up between Jay and Ekin-Su as they almost locked lips on their first date.Recreating the spaghetti eating scene from the Disney classic, the pair slurped down on the same strand of pasta as their lips came close to touching.One person penned: "They did not do lady and the tramp #LoveIsland #LoveIslandUK."A second said: "Ekin sue is on another level #LoveIsland."Another chirped in: "Not the lady and the tramp style yuck don’t be playing with food #loveisland."While a fourth tweet read: "Nah nobody should be messing around with food #loveisland."As the spaghetti began to disappear, Ekin-Su quickly pulled away as she noticed her Davide watching intently from the balcony. Speaking quietly to Jay, she said: "I feel if we were alone I could, but not here."The finance expert replied: "Maybe later and not with prawn breath."This is a live TV story and is being constantly updated.

With Love Island ’s Gemma Owen currently dominating the villa in the hopes of finding true love, many fans at home have been left wondering how long it will be before she drops the ultimate bombshell and reveals she is the daughter of footballing legend Michael Owen. While many may be content to ride on the coat tails of their famous parents, 19 year old Gemma has made the decision to be known only as her own person, instead declaring herself to be an international dressage champion in her own right, rather than the daughter of a celebrity athlete.

Love Island's Gemma Owen "still has feelings" for her ex-boyfriend Jacques O'Neil says body language expert Darren Stanton who is working on behalf of Slingo.On Tuesday's episode fans of the ITV dating show tuned in as things turned tense for Michael Owen's eldest daughter and Luca Bish - who are currently coupled up together.The twosome were being playful in the outdoor kitchen when Gemma made a red faced slip of the tongue.When standing next to Gemma's hunky rugby player ex, the 19-year-old horse lover accidentally called Luca, "Jacques".Luca stormed off to collect his thoughts on the matter and grumbled to some of the other lads in the villa about the situation.During this time, Jacques was on-hand to offer his former girlfriend some friendly advise as the pair gathered for a private chat.When Gemma surfaced with the Castle Tigers hooker wanting to apologise, things reached boiling point but tempers were cooled as the pair later decided to move forward.The heated-stint ha since raised harsh questioning over whether Gemma's feelings for Luca are true or not and body language expert Darren Stanton is convinced either.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star on behalf of Slingo, he told us: "Gemma is still not really showing any signs that she is totally into Luca and we know this because there is no visible reciprocal liking present on both sides - for instance, when Luca makes a gesture to try and touch Gemma or hold her eye contact, it’s not reciprocated by her.

Love Island viewers took a brutal swipe at Luca Bish as they compared him to Joe Goldberg from the Netflix series, You. Luca, 23, entered the villa on day one (June 6), of season eight of the hit ITV2 show and was quick to show an interest in Gemma Owen.The pair have been coupled up for a few days now, however, viewers have noticed Luca's "obsessive" behaviour towards the 19-year-old, prompting the link between him and the serial killer character.One viewer wrote: "Luca gives me joe from you vibes.

Gemma Owen was left shocked when her ex-boyfriend Jacques O'Neill entered the Love Island villa recently, and many viewers have been wondering whether the pair will reunite during their time on the show. Gemma, 19, was taken by surprise when rugby player Jacques, 23, appeared in the garden at the villa as he got set to enjoy dates with Afia Tonkmor and Paige Thorne.

Michael Owen has been pictured at Royal Ascot after his daughter Gemma Owen caused a stir with a crude comment on Love Island. The former Liverpool, Manchester United and England striker looked super-smart in a three-piece suit and black top hat at the famous horse-racing event.

Love Island fans were left astonished when they discovered that football legend Michael Owen had a 19 year old daughter who was making her way into the villa of love.And since her arrival, Gemma Owen has caused quite a stir and has been the centre of attention on and off the show.Despite her famous connection, she has yet to discuss her father and hasn't told any of her fellow islanders who her dad is. But although Gemma has a major celebrity link, she isn't the only person in the show's history to have the same.Daily Star has taken a look back at some of the most captivating Love Island contestants who also have a celebrity link.

Love Island bombshell Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has been compared to previous contestant Toby Aromolaran, 23, by fans.

Love Island is back for summer and this year, eBay UK is sponsoring the ITV2 dating competition in a major move towards promoting sustainability. Instead of wearing clothes by fast fashion brands, this time, the cast have been sporting second-hand looks, from vintage gems to big-name designer brands.

Sex, body odour and sun cream, Love Island is one programme to mash together all kinds of weird mixes.Host Laura Whitmore revealed the villa smells badly of BO thanks to the number of contestants lathering themselves up with fake tan and suncream.She told Alan Carr's Life's A Beach podcast: "If you think about it that amount of people - like about 40 or 50 Islanders go through it throughout the whole summer - it starts off at about 10 or 12 or whatever and then more keep going in..."And they're like 18-year-olds - the carpet, the fake tan, the makeup, the BO - it stinks!"Fans of the show last night also claimed the show was staged following a fight between Gemma and Luca.The show has run into problems, with some contestants suffering after appearing on the programme.Producers of Love Island claim it is "absolutely untrue" to say that things in the villa are deliberately staged or scripted.They said: "As anyone who watches the show regularly would know, Love Island is a combination of reality and produced elements that are reflective of what’s happening in the villa, and is a fair and accurate representation of villa life."It is absolutely untrue to suggest that Love Island is fake, staged or scripted. The opinions they have and the relationships formed are completely within the control of the Islanders themselves.”Love Island viewers claim to have rumbled a 'staged' fight between Gemma Owen and Luca Bish when she called him by her ex's name, Jacques, who is also in the villa.It lead to some drama and an argument between the two.

Love Island fans are struggling to focus on the show because of a striking feature about one of the contestants. Viewers of the hit ITV2 reality dating series have found themselves struggling to focus on what fishmonger Luca Bish is saying because they can't draw their eyes away from his teeth.

Following Jay Younger and Remi Lambert's explosive entrance on Tuesday night’s episode of Love Island, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu was quick to voice her interest in the two men. As the pair gate-crashed the Islanders Shimmer and Shine party Ekin-Su, 27, said of Jay: “I think I am going to pass out… he’s so cute, I am going to pass out, I really like him, I am getting to know him.” Ekin-Su’s prayers appear to have been answered in Wednesday night’s episode and will get two for the price of one as both Remi, 22, and Jay, 28, ask her out on a date. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Chloe Burrows has said that Love Island contestants Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu and Davide Sanclimenti are this series' biggest 'game players'.The former Love Islander, 26, appeared on Capital Xtra to give her opinions on the new islanders in the villa. Speaking about who she thought was the biggest troublemaker, Chloe said: "I think the biggest troublemaker, I feel like we all know it's going to be Ekin-Su, she's got an agenda! "That's a game player, but a good one. So I feel like she's gonna be the troublemaker.

Love Island's Gemma Owen has been branded 'stone cold' by comedian and Celebrity Gogglebox star Babatunde Aléshé.The star appeared as a guest on the Love Island: The Morning After podcast as he spoke to hosts Kem Cetinay and Arielle Free.The trio got onto the topic of Michael Owen's daughter by first speaking about the drama between Andrew and Tasha.In one episode, he had admitted to some of the other islanders he wasn't bothered she was speaking to another guy.Although people misunderstood what Andrew was saying as they believed he meant he didn't care about her in general.Kem called the situation childish before Babatunde said it had only happened because things were lost in translation.Want all the last villa gossip straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily Love Island newsletter HERE Bringing in Gemma and Luca, podcast host Ari said: "I don't want to point fingers or anything but I feel like this all boiled down to Luca and his own insecurity about him losing his head when someone's speaking to Gemma.Ari said that the boys are losing their heads in the villa very quickly.Kem said: "You know what it is, I like Luca a lot but he doesn't really need to be getting involved you know what I mean? Why is he getting involved?"Do you have a story about one of this year's Love Island stars? Contact us at staronlineshowbiz@reachplc.comAri admitted she thought Luca butted in to make himself feel better after getting angry seeing Gemma and Jacques speak to each otherShe said: "What we've seen from last night's episode is there is nothing there between Gemma and Jacques now is there?"The conversation quickly turned to Gemma as Kem admitted you're unable to tell when she likes someone.Babatunde said: "She's got a stone cold