Gemma Owen left BBC breakfast with her parents Michael and Louise on Thursday as they hit back at 'boring' claims during the TV appearance ahead of their family documentary release.The former Love Island star, 23, was joined by ex footballer Michael and Louise, both 46, as they departed the studios in Manchester.Gemma cut a typically chic figure in a grey knitted cardigan with a denim collar that she teamed with high-waisted white trousers and heels.The brunette beauty wore her long dark tresses in loose waves and opted for a glowing makeup look as she walked alongside her parents.Michael - who now runs stables and owns racehorses - looked smart in a blue shirt and chinos while Louise wore a chunky knit and white trousers. As they appeared on BBC Breakfast to promote Prime Video series Meet the Owens they hit back at claims Michael is boring. Gemma Owen left BBC breakfast with her parents Michael and Louise on Thursday as they hit back at 'boring' claims during the TV appearance ahead of their family documentary release The former Love Island star, 23, was joined by ex footballer Michael and Louise, both 46, as they departed the studios in ManchesterMichael said: 'My kids always say 'dad everyone thinks you're dead boring'.'Gemma then added: 'I like that people can see a different side to dad in the documentary. He is funny and entertaining. Everyone thinks that he is boring but I think they will see a different side to him.'On why he wanted to do the documentary he added: 'The idea for the show started as let's promote the stables but the more the cameras are around, the more you get friendly with the crew and then it all just becomes part of your life and you forget they're there. 'We didn't want it to be scripted we wanted it to be authentic. It's been a big change from football to working with horses and it's been loads of fun.'Michael recently opened up about his financial struggles after swapping his lucrative football career for the risky business of owning racehorses. At the peak of his career, Michael was paid roughly £110,000 a week when he played for Newcastle United between 2005 and 2009. Yet after hanging up his boots in 2013, Michael switched to a less stable income – taking a gamble on owning racehorses. While the former striker is said to have an impressive net worth of £54.4million, he confessed that he has to be careful with his finances now after purchasing Manor House Stables in Cheshire, where he breeds and trains racehorses. Speaking candidly about his new career on his upcoming reality series, Michael confessed: 'The biggest challenge is the financial side. 'It's a bloody hard business and I can't keep haemorrhaging money.'Discussing his retirement from football, Michael mused: 'All of a sudden you're living under your wife's feet and you're settling into a new life. Gemma cut a typically chic figure in a grey knitted cardigan with a denim collar that she teamed with high-waisted white trousers and heels Michael - who now runs stables and owns racehorses - looked smart in a blue shirt and chinos while Louise wore a chunky knit and white trousers As they appeared on BBC Breakfast to promote Prime Video series Meet the Owens they hit back at claims Michael is boring Michael recently opened up about his financial struggles after swapping his lucrative football career for the risky business of owning racehorses Gemma and her mum chatted away as they walked down the streets after leaving the BBC Breakfast studios Meet The Owens follows a year in the life of Michael, wife Louise, and their children Gemma, James, Emily and Jessica, as they juggle a horse racing business and chaotic home life'Retiring from football you no longer feel so valued, loved. There were feelings of adulation constantly, like a drug and you want to make people happy.'When you're winning trophies all the time and scaring the s**t out of defenders that's what gave me my buzz. 'Injuries made me 50 percent of the player that I was, I was almost embarrassed to walk out with my name on my back so I was desperate to retire.'And that's pretty sad, when you just don't enjoy your job. I've come to realise I need a purpose in life.' Michael, who bought his first racehorse at age 18 after returning from the 1998 World Cup, decided then to make horseracing his full-time career. Yet he confessed that the business is a struggle, given the unpredictability, and the fact that he's going against people 'who have much bigger pockets than me'. One episode of the upcoming series showed Michael going to auction to buy horses, where he explained that he would often be outbid by members of foreign royal families and dignitaries. 'My sweet spot with horses is anything between £30,000 and £100,000,' he explained, before telling wife Louise he spent £273,000 buying three horses that day. Louise, 46, expressed her frustration at her husband's business, confessing: 'Michael doesn't tell me anything so I have to trust he's in control.'She later added: 'Michael is very odd about spending money. 'He won't think twice about spending money on a horse, but if the kids leave a light on in the house he will hit the roof!'Or if I want to redecorate the bathroom because the paint is falling off the wall he'll be like, 'is that really necessary?''Michael went on to reflect on his 2022 appearance on The Masked Singer, where he reached episode six while performing as 'Doughnuts'. As daughter Emily, 18, cringed at his 'embarrassing' performance, Michael confessed: 'What made me do it? I guess the money! Now I've done it I'm actually quite proud of it.' Yet looking back at a clip of his performance he scoffed: 'Wow I've got a fat head - I look like a doughnut there! I've lost about three stone since then.' Daughter Jessica, 16, then chipped in: 'He did decent. He was definitely the entertainment... He did lots of questionable singing, I was quite glad he was voted out!' Prime Video's Meet The Owens is a six-part docuseries, which is being produced by Whisper. The series follows a year in the life of Michael, his wife Louise, and their four children Gemma, James, Emily and Jessica, as they juggle a horse racing business while contending with a chaotic home life.At home, he and wife Louise are preparing for life as empty nesters: youngest Jessica dreams of becoming a showjumping Olympic champion, while Emily, 18, is trying to become the first Owen to go to university, and James is considering joining the family business. All six episodes of Meet the Owens will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video from August 28, 2026.