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Gemma Owen and Luca Bish have split – three months after missing out on being crowned Love Island winners, MailOnline can reveal.
The runners-up called time on their romance last week – and failed to join their ITV co-stars at the channel's glitzy Palozza on Tuesday evening.
They were last pictured together on November 5 celebrating firework night, with Luca, 23, marking 'another first' with Gemma, 19, who's the daughter of footballer Michael Owen.
It's over: Gemma Owen and Luca Bish have split – three months after missing out on being crowned Love Island winners, MailOnline can reveal (pictured in October)
On Monday, Luca also attended the TV Choice Awards 2022 in London without Gemma as she appeared to have skipped the event.
A source close to the couple told MailOnline on Wednesday: 'Gemma and Luca have decided to part ways.
'Their relationship hasn't worked for the last few weeks, and they have come to the conclusion that it's better for them both to end things now.
'They hope to remain friends and will continue to support each other in everything they do going forward.
They were last pictured together on November 5 celebrating firework night, with Luca marking 'another first' with Gemma, who's the daughter of footballer Michael Owen
'Love Island was a special time in their lives but sadly their romance hasn't felt the same outside of the villa.'
Luca asked Gemma to be his girlfriend at the end of August, spoiling the PrettyLittleThing ambassador with a £6,000 Cartier bracelet, display of red roses, and a romantic candlelit scene that many fans likened to a marriage proposal.
Unlike their co-stars, Gemma and Luca waited until they made their relationship official until after the series had finished.
Gemma told Luca it was important for him to have the approval of her parents, including mum Louise – with the fishmonger later joining them on a family holiday in Portugal.
Solo: On Monday, Luca attended the TV Choice Awards 2022 in London without Gemma as she appeared to have skipped the event
Luca had flown to The Algarve to meet Michael Owen, saying he would ask Gemma to be his girlfriend after meeting her former footballer father.
The couple met during the summer 2022 series of Love Island and struck up a romance, staying loyal to each other during Casa Amor and making it all the way to the final.
But they missed out on winning the £50,000 prize pot after coming in second place to Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti, who won Love Island this summer by a landslide.
Viewers questioned Luca's behaviour during the ITV2 series and accused him of gas lighting following his possessive treatment of Gemma.
Lavish: Luca asked Gemma to be his girlfriend in August, spoiling her with a £6,000 Cartier bracelet, display of red roses, and a romantic candlelit scene that fans likened to a proposal
He was also branded a 'bully' for being unkind towards his deaf co-star Tasha Ghouri, who was left in tears after he claimed she was faking her feelings towards boyfriend Andrew Le Page.
Gemma and Luca were not initially paired up together by the public upon their arrival on the ITV2 dating show but quickly struck up a romance, with the pair deciding to pursue things in the second recoupling.
Despite Gemma's ex-boyfriend Jacques O'Neill entering the villa and causing a row between the pair, their relationship remained strong and Luca went on to befriend the rugby player.
Romance: Luca escorted her out to a swimming pool with red balloons floating in the water which read 'be my girlfriend'
During the show's second week, Danica Taylor stole Luca from Gemma but the pair quickly recoupled and then stayed loyal to one another in Casa Amor.
After the bombshell second villa, the pair said they loved each other for the first time, with Luca gushing: 'I've never been so sure in saying something, because I've not seen a future with someone like I have with you, and I, uh, I think I'm in love you with you. Nah, I am in love with you.'
To which Gemma quickly responded: 'I love you too!'
Romantic: The international dressage rider, 19, shared a slew of loved-up snaps from the evening and captioned it: 'Finally official. Thank you Luca Bish for a special night'
The pair's romance hit the rocks during movie night, with Luca accusing Gemma of flirting with Billy and the pair then had an explosive row before patching things up.
He raged at the time: 'If you wanna flirt then I'll flirt, get me a bombshell in here now!' before adding, 'I can't be with someone like that, I'm sorry.'
His reaction led his family to take to Instagram Stories on his account to say they didn't condone his behaviour towards partner Gemma, but the pair quickly made up.
Fans at the time also called for Gemma to break off her relationship after Luca raged at her for 'flirting' with bombshell Billy.
Family: Gemma told Luca it was important for him to have the approval of her parents, including mum Louise – with the fishmonger later joining them on a family holiday in Portugal
