She was only in the I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! jungle for a few days but there’s no doubt she found the experience traumatising.
It seems taking part in the show has had such an effect on Gemma Collins she’s vowed to quit television for good. Sigh.
The Only Way Is Essex star shut herself away in her luxury hotel room immediately after leaving the jungle and refused to speak to anyone.
According to The Sun, she later told a friend: “This has been such a massive wake-up call. I had no idea this was going to be so hard.
“I’ve been on a rollercoaster ride for the last three years and it might be time to get off.
“The jungle was torture, but it gave me time to think. I have to completely re-evaluate my life.”
Gemma had a tough time before she jetted off to Australia after she was allegedly beaten up by her boyfriend Alex Moss and she was devastated when her mum’s arthritis became so crippling she had to use a wheelchair.
In the jungle we saw her have a series of meltdowns from when she sat in a helicopter that hadn't even left the ground, to when she felt unwell and self-diagnosed malaria.
The reality star is expected to head straight home to her family after departing for the UK last night.
A friend said: “She will head to her mum Joan’s house in Romford. Joan’s been very ill and Gemma has been hugely concerned...
“She’s realised what’s important – friends and family, not the glitzy fake world of reality TV.”
Please say you’re just taking a break, Gemma! We’ll miss your entertaining antics...
GALLERY: I'm A Celebrity 2014 - Gemma Collins' most iconic statements
I'm A Celebrity 2014: Gemma Collins most iconic statements
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"People are going to see the real bare, stripped-back me. I might just become Bear Grylls, you never know."We never did get to see Gemma chowing down on a raw snake, drinking her own urine or sleeping inside a rancid camel (yep, Bear Grylls has seriously done all of those things).
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"Yeah alright, I've cracked at the first hurdle. It's like the turtle and the slug or the horse and the rabbit or something, I can't remember what it is."Who could forget the age-old story of the turtle and the slug?
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"If they don’t give us a treat I’m going to kill myself.”Well, the suicide threats didn’t work, but outside of the jungle is a plentiful world of treats just waiting for Gem.
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"I've never been in a shower which takes so much hard work but you've just got to roll with it, like Oasis said."
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"I feel like I’ve got malaria. My poo is bright fluorescent yellow, we’ve got to get out of here today.”Symptoms of malaria do not include yellow poo, constant whinging or an Essex accent, sorry Gem.
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"Seriously, I'd give anything for a bit of dried fruit. Dried fruit! I'm not even asking for a ham sandwich. You know what I mean? With a packet of Quavers on the side."We’re not sure dried fruit is the best remedy for fluorescent yellow diarrhea Gem, maybe just stick to dry bread and water until the ‘malaria’ clears up.
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"People that murder get treated better than this, and that's the truth. Even a murderer gets fed three times a day."Murderers also don’t get paid at least £25,000 to go on a jolly holiday to Australia either. They also tend not to have strops and quit their sentences, but who cares about the details….
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"If I'm not in that camp in three minutes, I'm quitting."That’s what the helicopter was for, Gem.