Gemma Collins

She was one of the judges on last week’s Drag Race UK and she was adorable.

Every so often, i get little snippets of so called "news" of GC ... It was about how much weght she supposedly "lost" by being injected with a "skinny" fluid, & also a very airbrushed & doctored pic of her saying she looked stunning, hahahahaha, yeah, she looked like something that HAD been stunned... Gemma Collins, self made Diva ??? More like a self made DIVVY ...

I don't particularly like or take an interest in these people and certainly never watch the programmes but I did see this one and was interested in her character. She is recognisable at least. I'm afraid most of the others look the same to me. On reflection I have a certain amount of admiration for these women who are making a good living despite having very little talent. At least they're not relying on rich husbands which was the way to succeed in the past. I'm guessing they are all projecting 'images' which are attractive to their peers on social media and they may, in fact be quite shrewd underneath. Good luck to them. We are not forced to follow them.

I've never heard of her. If she is 40, then she is old enough to sort herself out, surely? Maybe I'm being a bit harsh, but really, from what I'd read about her on here up until seacliff said her age, I thought she was a late teens/early twenties 'wannabe '
The trailers of these "celebrity" shows leave me cold, so I've absolutely no idea who most of these people are.

In my mind, 'celebs' like Gemma Collins are too young to be on a Life Story.
I only watch that programme when Piers has been interviewing people like Joan Collins, Jimmy Tarbuck, Michael Parkinson, Captain Sir Tom. People that have had an interesting life to talk about.

Oh come on amber she is dull as ditchwater making lots of screamy noises and being argumentative and tearful isn’t a talent so we ll have to disagree on that one
Is she never on BBC then folks ?
How do you watch ITV on a normal TV without buying a license ?

I haven't seen the programme, but I am always a bit suspicious about her tears.

I did read that her Dad is now dealing with her finances, and giving her £3,000 a month pocket money. This is because she was just blowing thousands in Gucci shops and expensive hotels. She is 40 years old, he is 73 ish, what happens when he can no longer advise her. She should have grown up a bit by now and learn to look after her finances.

I think she came across well and I felt sorry for her and ended up liking her.

Yes I was about to say Towie wasnt the BBC.

BlueBelle

To be fair, TOWIE was an ITV show I think, so our licence money wasn’t wasted on Gemma coming to prominence.

Granted it is wasted on lots of other rubbish.

The thing is, it is a talent. You could follow me around with a camera doing the exact same things that Gemma Collins is doing and it would be dull as ditchwater. She’s invented a character, puts on a show - and don’t forget, these reality shows are all staged. I prefer her to the vile Piers Morgan any day.

Spot on BlueBelle

Terribull and don't forget its pronounced Horse and Hind by the upper echelons.

Calliste Gemma is a rather overweight, rather bleached blonde lady with a fairly loud opinionated and probably a bit put on Essex accent that came to prominence through one of the silly shows that we pay a license fee for ..lwas it The only way is Essex? a show I ve never watched but she seems to pop up everywhere in any kind of reality show going, be it dancing, skating, cooking She seems to feel the need to air all her dirty washing in public
I think she’s probably a nice hearted fairly damaged young lady but why are we expected to see these people as ‘stars’ or celebrities when they are just attention seekers
I don’t have a problem with attention seekers if they are talented in some way, but being famous and earning silly money for making a lot of noise and ruckus doesn’t cut it with me

I think many of us missing the hairdresser not only for being coiffed, hope that's a word!, but also for dipping our Clark's shod toes Louboutin's, into the highly informative world of those that inhabit "Hello" type magazines

That's the problem Terribull, I haven't been to the hairdresser's for 11 months and two weeks! It used to be good to catch up on all the royals and slebs in Hello etc while I was waiting to be coiffed. Then he'd come and say "could you take off your glasses please" when I was halfway though an exciting story about a famous nonentity.

I'm another who agrees with Bluebell's sentiments re. Gemma Collins, I think the whole gamut of people elevated to "stardom" for no particular reason other than putting much of their life up for public consumption is a downside of the times we are living in. I think I read somewhere that Daniel Craig, on a chat show in America, ripped into the Kardashian type culture and I imagine struggling actors, musicians, singers who have talent and are working hard to follow a chosen path in the arts, with many knockbacks along the way, must look at individuals such as Gemma Collins and just ask "why?"

Oh Callistemon, I do think you are a candidate for initiation into all aspects of low brow culture. Try and keep up [! It's no good browsing "The Lady" or "Horse and Hound" that won't learn ya anything May I recommend a stash of "Heat" magazine when next in the hairdressers, that should bring you up to date!

Whispers quietly - who is Gemma Collins?

I have heard of the other person mentioned, I'm not completely out of the loop.

I’d never heard of her until by chance I caught a random episode of Dancing On Ice when she was on.

I felt sorry for her partner, talk about trying to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, skating wise.

She was so deluded about her non existent ability.

No, I didn’t watch the PM programme.

I think if you put very young women,teenagers in these situations dont be surprised if it goes horrifically wrong. Especially if like kerry katona they are completely vulnerable and already damaged.

My thoughts too Sarnia. How sad people like this are roll models for young girls thinking these examples are inspirational.

okay, I should have read all before posting lol

well, what did you think? Lilypops

I don’t watch reality TV yet I know more about these so called celebs than I care to as they seem to pop up all over social media.

I agree BlueBelle, many have had sad/unhappy occasions in their lives and I sympathise but they don’t share it with the world. I can’t imagine how her parents must have felt to hear her tell millions of people that she had made a sex tape. Troubled minds should be sharing such things with a therapist, not Piers Morgan.

I saw the trailer for this programme a few days ago and when GC mentioned the words 'because I am famous' I decided it was not for me. She is famous for what exactly? BlueBelle refers to others in the same category as GC. and she is right, there isn't a spoonful of talent between the lot of them. The media has put them where they are. Look at the Kardashians. Cleverly marketed by their mother, they are another zero talented bunch of Botoxed and surgically enhanced females who sit around and flaunt their palatial homes and eye-watering wealth by doing nothing except appear on their 'reality' shows. How sad that these are today's role models for so many impressionable youngsters. Where have the inspirational, achieving women gone?

I couldn’t watch as I take exception with the idea of her being called a celebrity shes a damaged girl who has put herself in the limelight then cried about it, which I suppose is her talent
Millions of people have been bullied or lost a child or a loved one or had much much more heartache but it’s all constant whining in public and being called famous that irritates me enormously The same can be said for her past boyfriend arge Katie Price Kerry Katona joey Essex the Moffet lady and all the others where fame doesn’t come from a talent but a place of ‘ look at me,me, me’
I had a little respect for Katie Price after she made the documentary about Harvey for bringing autism to the viewers eyes and hearts but otherwise she sits in the same category