Furious Charlotte slams Gemma for being ‘vile’ and ‘rude’
● Celeb spat erupts as reality star Charlotte Crosby sensationally lashes out at Gemma Collins ● Gemma seems not to care that her diva character infuriates people ● But she vows to kill off The GC in order to be taken seriously after turning 40
❛ HER ALTER EGO IS A WAY OF PROTECTING HERSELF FROM GETTING HURT ❜
Since finding fame on TOWIE ten years ago, Gemma Collins – or The GC, as she commonly refers to herself – has become famous for telling it like it is. But the reality star found herself on the receiving end of some harsh words last week, when Geordie Shore’s Charlotte Crosby dubbed her “vile and rude” in a furious online rant over her interview on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.
In a nowdeleted Instagram post, Charlotte wrote, “This woman is the most rudest, vilest woman I’ve been in the same airspace of. What had this girl done on TV but degrade everyone and act like she’s the dogs b***ocks.
I have first hand witnessed her ABSOLUTE RUDENESS.”
UNTOUCHABLE
Hours later, former friend and TOWIE co-star Saffron Lempriere also lashed out, claiming Gemma,
40, had treated her like a “dogsbody”. Saffron also told fans, “She thinks she’s in an untouchable bubble.”
Gemma – who has been in an on/off relationship with her former TOWIE co-star James “Arg” Argent since 2012 – ignored the comments, instead posing in a T-shirt emblazoned with the words, “You’re obsessed with me and I love it!”
She also riled fans when she admitted to lying on Life Stories by claiming she had a sex tape of herself that she was contemplating releasing – later confessing it was “just one big fat lie.”
After the backlash, Gemma seemed subdued during an appearance on RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, with fans speculating she felt “intimidated” and “out of her depth” on a show with “bigger divas than the GC.”
The former car saleswoman has built an incredible brand around her alter ego, The GC – raking in an estimated £3m fortune, boasting 2.1million Instagram followers and even banking a whopping £75,000 in one day through sponsored posts.
But a self-confessed Marmite character, the Diva Forever star has proved divisive. She’s had famous fallouts with Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner, who called her a “brat”, while actor John Partridge called her a “game player” in the 2016 Celebrity Big Brother house.
In 2018, Celebs Go Dating viewers blasted her “outrageous” behaviour for demanding her date, Laurence, take off her shoes and fill up her Champagne glass.
OUTRAGEOUS
She also left Diva Forever fans disgusted when she complained about her “stinky” vagina before putting her hands down her pants and asking her stylist to sniff her fingers.
However, Gemma insists The GC is a far cry from how she is behind closed doors, telling
Piers, “The GC has kind of become a caricature....
She’s a lot harder than me.”
Gemma has also vowed to
“kill off” her alter ego now that she’s 40, adding, “I want people to think more of Gemma and humanitarian work and things I am passionate about in life.”
Closer’s psychological therapist Emma Kenny agrees that’s a wise move – and thinks Gemma can learn from her feud with Charlotte.
Emma explains, “If people are saying there’s an issue, the best thing to do is to learn from it and evolve. With Gemma, The GC alter ego is partly down to her insecurities, it’s a way of protecting herself from getting hurt. It has worked for her so far, but it can come back to bite her, as this feud with Charlotte has shown. If she wants to be taken more seriously, Gemma needs to learn how to be authentic and to like herself without being any of those things she’s decided she needs to be. I think this has been a massive wake-up call for her to be a bit more introspective.”