Gemma tells Arg:
As Gemma Collins dreams of a family with on/off boyfriend Arg, she struggles to see him play dad to Ferne McCann’s daughter
“It’s hard seeing you play happy families with Ferne”
SHE WANTS HIM TO FOCUS ON HER AND THEIR PLANS
FOR THE FUTURE
She recently vowed she’d be pregnant by next year and would fly the flag for new mums in their forties, after her on/off boyfriend revealed that he’s ready for “marriage and babies” following his latest stint in rehab.
But insiders say Gemma Collins, 39, is struggling to watch James ‘Arg’ Argent, 32, play ‘happy families’ with his close friend and her former pal, Ferne McCann, and her two-year-old daughter Sunday, whose dad Arthur Collins was jailed, just weeks after she was born, for a nightclub acid attack.
Gemma and Arg have only recently been reunited, after his long-term stint in rehab in Thailand as well as lockdown. But although they are both keen to start a family, insiders say his devotion to Ferne’s daughter is causing some tension.
Former TOWIE stars Gemma and Ferne have a notoriously fiery past, with four-letter tirades and regular on-screen bust-ups.
And it appeared that all is still not well, after Gemma was seen on her Diva In Lockdown show last month complaining about being asked to record a voiceover to promote Ferne’s reality show First Time Mum, with Gemma saying it was “embarrassing” as she’s a “star, not a presenter”.
A source says, “Now Gem and Arg have put their baby plans into first gear, she would like his attention to be focused on starting their own family.
“She’d never want to come across as the jealous girlfriend and she applauds Arg for being such a loyal friend, but it is hard for her to see him with another woman’s baby and watch him play happy families while she’s so desperate to have that herself – especially when it’s with someone she hasn’t always seen eye to eye with.
LEFT OUT
“She would never come in the way of his relationship with Sunday, but she’s asked Arg to be conscious of her feelings and understand how hard it is for her to have to watch him almost play a father figure.”
Arg – who recently posted a snap of himself FaceTiming Sunday with the caption, “You are the sunshine of my life” – stepped in to support his then-pregnant pal Ferne after Collins was jailed for 20 years for his horrifying
April 2017 acid attack in a London club, which left 16 people seriously injured.