{"id":2366470,"date":"2026-04-10T04:14:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2366470"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:14:18","slug":"im-a-celebritys-gemma-collins-forced-to-hit-back-after-career-misconception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/im-a-celebritys-gemma-collins-forced-to-hit-back-after-career-misconception\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m A Celebrity’s Gemma Collins forced to hit back after career misconception"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The reality TV star made a tearful admission before being confronted by an I’m A Celebrity… South Africa star.<\/h2>\n
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Meghna Amin<\/strong> Screen Time Reporter<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Gemma is forced to hit back(Image: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Gemma Collins <\/a>becomes emotional during the latest instalment of I’m A Celebrity… South Africa<\/a> before receiving a pointed remark from Sinitta.<\/p>\n

The Towie star<\/a>, 45, has made her comeback to tackle more of Ant and Dec’s bushtucker trials<\/a> following her iconic first appearance in 2019.<\/p>\n

The GC is reuniting with the likes of Scarlett Moffatt, Seann Walsh, Adam Thomas, Harry Redknapp, Ashley Roberts, Beverley Callard and Sir Mo Farah in the jungle.<\/p>\n

David Haye, Sinitta, Craig Charles, Jimmy Bullard and Adam Thomas round out the cast for the eagerly awaited All Stars series, which launched earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Viewers have been assured this series promises to be more dramatic than ever, with tensions seemingly starting to simmer in tonight’s instalment, reports Wales Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Gemma is determined to win I’m A Celebrity this time(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

READ MORE: I’m a Celebrity’s Gemma Collins regrets jungle return as she moans about camp ‘hell’<\/a><\/span><\/span>READ MORE: Essex life of TOWIE’s Gemma Collins as she returns to I’m A Celeb jungle<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Following her separation at Savannah Scrub, Gemma eventually arrives with several of her fellow campmates at Main Camp, where she takes Craig to one side for an emotional confession.<\/p>\n

She admits: “No one else knows me here and I don’t want them to think I’m weak.”<\/p>\n

Craig offers comfort, saying: “You’re going to fit right in, just be yourself.”<\/p>\n

However, shortly after the initial gathering in camp, Sinitta challenges Gemma directly.<\/p>\n

She questions her: “But what happened with Chicago? You were supposed to follow me as Mama Morton, it was announced and everything.”<\/p>\n

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Sinitta confronts Gemma in tonight’s episode(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Gemma responds, “I had a terrible injury… it was something to do with the insurance.”<\/p>\n

Sinitta says: “We were like, is this sort of a joke announcement?” to which Gemma hits back: “Not a joke, Sinitta, I auditioned for it and got it fair and swear! Did all the training and everything, and had the voice coach.”<\/p>\n

Sinitta then says: “I’m sorry, but I’m going to admit it, when I heard you were going to do it, I thought it was a joke announcement.”<\/p>\n

“I think you’d just presented something at an awards show and fell off the stage. It was like you were more of a comedian,” she adds, before saying she thought Gemma was a “glamorous” type of girl who “doesn’t really do anything but makes a great entrance and makes everybody laugh”.<\/p>\n

Wide-eyed and hiding in her hammock, Scarlett mouths to Seann, “What is happening?” as Sinitta goes on to Gemma: “I didn’t know you could actually sing, dance and all of that jazz.”<\/p>\n

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The celebrities are returning to I’m A Celebrity to take on even more bushtucker trials(Image: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Gemma hits back: “I don’t think you’d get cast as Mama Morton in Chicago if you didn’t pass the audition.”<\/p>\n

This comes after Gemma insisted she was going back on I’m A Celebrity determined to win.<\/p>\n

Gemma said: “There is no way I am going to be leaving after 72 hours. I am in it to win it. I am going through to the end. Last time, there were no highlights for me. But I wasn’t the strong, assertive woman I am today and I’ve got a totally different mindset.”<\/p>\n

She went on: “If I could get crowned the ‘Legend’, I would just feel complete in my life. Me quitting has been a shadow hanging over me. It would be my real redemption moment of my career that I had done this and nobody could take it away from me.”<\/p>\n

I’m A Celebrity… South Africa airs weeknights at 9pm on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.essexlive.news \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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