LUCA Bish’s family have insisted he isn’t faking his feelings for Gemma Owen just to get a ticket to the World Cup.

The fishmonger is currently coupled up with the dressage rider in the Isola dell'amore villa, but fans are convinced he’s only with her because her dad is Michael Owen.

His nearest and dearest aren’t impressed by the assumption though – pointing out he knows other famous people.

They shared: “Luca can’t fake feelings. You can tell how much he into Gemma. Luca has grown up with people in the limelight – best believe he won’t be phased.”

Re-sharing the comment, hanno aggiunto: “Just going to leave this here. Luca wouldn’t be saying Elephant Juice for a World Cup ticket.”

It was previously revealed that Luca’s parents are very close friends with former EastEnders actress Patsy Palmer, who has thrown her support behind him on the show.

Luca revealed: “She’s just a really close family friend. Ovviamente, she’s in Malibu now so not as close but she’s a very close family friend. My parents are always calling her back and forth.”

Luca was originally paired with Paige Thorne but had a change of heart in the first week, becoming suddenly enamoured with Gemma.

Adesso Ikenna Ekwonna has revealed that was around the same time the villa learnt her dad is millionaire football legend Michael Owen, 42.

And fans think that may have swayed his opinion, with one fan tweeting: “So it’s confirmed they all know about Gemma’s dad from the beginning they just haven’t aired it..knew it.

“Makes you question how and why Luca got so intense.”

Un altro ha aggiunto: “His obsession and interest in her happened AFTER the boys found out who her dad was on day 3.”

The revelation explained why sport-mad Luca was asking about her dad early on as they sat up on the terrace.

She replied that she had no doubt he would “get on well” con suo padre, who she said also liked sports – though she didn’t name him on air.

Ikenna explained when asked on Aftersun if it was common knowledge who Gemma’s dad was: “We didn’t really know until like the second or third day.

“I don’t think the girls knew, like the guys knew.”