Love Island star has revealed the advice that he gave Gemma Owen after she announced she was entering the villa.Chris became firm friends with the Owen family after he appeared on Crystal Maze with Gemma's dad Michael Owen.He appeared on Love Island in 2017 and was coupled up with Olivia Attwood for the majority of the series.READ MORE: Love Island's Sharon Gaffka strips to teeny lingerie as she makes savage swipe at showMichael and Chris also regularly cross paths horse racing since Chris began working as a pundit for ITV.Michael is an huge fan of horse racing and is also a part owner of four race horses whilst his daughter Gemma is a dressage rider.Chris revealed he told Gemma: "They're a lovely, down-to-earth family."I just said to her you've got to be yourself.
You can't be anyone else because you're in there for such a long time. Just stay true to yourself, that's the reason you're on the show.
And enjoy it, that's what life's about." He went onto explain to The Sun how the show has changed since he was in the villa, he said: "I feel like people's perceptions when they go on have changed, possibly, from when I went on there."We genuinely didn't think hardly anyone was watching Love Island.
It was actually blowing up while we were in there, and we didn't know that." Gemma is currently coupled up with Luca Bish and this week has taken part in a raunchy lap dance challenge where she let her sexy side out and sucked her mans finger.
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