{"id":2366971,"date":"2026-04-10T11:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2366971"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:50:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T11:50:24","slug":"im-a-celebritys-gemma-collins-hits-back-at-sinitta-calling-her-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/im-a-celebritys-gemma-collins-hits-back-at-sinitta-calling-her-a-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m A Celebrity’s Gemma Collins hits back at Sinitta calling her a “joke”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gemma Collins has publicly responded after Sinitta called her a “joke” on I’m A Celebrity South Africa.<\/p>\n

Oh no, the girls are fighting! <\/em>I’m A Celebrity South Africa<\/em><\/a> stars Sinitta and Gemma Collins<\/a> have found themselves in an unexpected feud.<\/p>\n

While Sinitta has made it clear<\/a> that their feud is very much still ongoing outside of the show, so far viewers have only seen the pair butt heads over the musical Chicago<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Sinitta had questioned how Gemma was set to take over her role as Mama Morton in Chicago<\/em> on tour. “I\u2019m sorry, but I\u2019m going to admit it, when I heard you were going to do it, I thought it was a joke announcement,” Sinitta told her.<\/p>\n

Now that the moment has been aired on TV, Gemma has openly responded to the comments made by the singer and actress.<\/p>\n

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After the exchange aired, Gemma took to Instagram and said: “Never let people tell your a JOKE \u270c\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udcab I\u2019ve been through thousands of trials and tribulations to get where I am today \u270c\ud83c\udffb\ud83d\udcab”<\/p>\n

She shared a clip from the Channel 5 show In Therapy<\/em> she did. in the clip, she says: “Everyone who ever doubted me, said I’m never going to be anything, f— you.”<\/p>\n

Gemma has been flood with support following the post. Jedward commented: “What Sinitta said was unkind and hurtful! Love you Gemma don’t ever let anyone put you down \u2764\ufe0f”<\/p>\n

Fellow TOWIE<\/em> star Ella Rae said: “Gemma \u2764\ufe0f love ya xx”<\/p>\n

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Sinitta has faced a lot of backlash over how she spoke to Gemma, with viewers saying it gave “mean girl energy”.<\/p>\n

On the clip of the conversation shared by ITV, one viewer said: “gemma didn\u2019t deserve this. how rude coming from @thesinittaofficial<\/a> this was just so wrong.”<\/p>\n

Another commented: “That\u2019s hurtful. Gemma tried to shrug it off but you could see it had upset her.”<\/p>\n

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