Gemma Owen is getting dragged for debuting a new posh accent at the races

How do you describe a Chester accent? To be honest, it’s a bit of a hard one to place. Because Chester and its surrounding areas border places like North Wales and the Wirral – it’s a soft mix between words that occasionally sound a bit Scouse (ish) and then also have a Cheshire northern twang too. Gemma Owen has, or shall I say, HAD, quite a classic Chester accent when we awoke her on Love Island in 2022. Well, she debuted a brand new accent at the races over the weekend and now Gemma Owen is getting dragged in the comments for a completely different vibe of posh.

Worse still, she slips up at one point – which doesn’t really help the proceedings very much.

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Gemma Owen hasn’t really been at the forefront of the reality TV circuit since her time on the show and her split from Luca Bish – so we haven’t really clocked her speaking that much. That’s why when she did a video with the Mirror at Cheltenham dressed up to the nines the posh accent really jumped OUT.

“I’m really excited for today,” She says. “The weather is so beautiful. I was here on Wednesday so second time this week. Fingers crossed for a beautiful day. I’ve not got any tips right now, my dad gave me a few tips on Wednesday but none of them came in so I’m going to stick with the names and the colours of the horses.”

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She then makes a minor blunder with the accent when talking through her outfit, saying “head to too” instead of “head to toe.”

I actually kind of stan Gemma Owen and liked her on Love Island and I support her right to use a silly little posh accent at the races – one comment calls it “her phone voice”. Others are more ruthless. A lot of people call her slip up on head to toe a fall out of the accent she’s faking.

The main theme people are clocking her for though is how different her accent is from Love Island. A lot can happen in three years guys! Should have heard my Stockport accent evolve into Scouse after three years at uni in Liverpool.

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