Gemma Collins and Arg CONFIRMED for the new celebrity series of The Crystal Maze

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Gemma Collins

by Emma Dodds |
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TOWIE legends Gemma Collins and James 'Arg' Argent have been CONFIRMED to appear in the upcoming series of The Crystal Maze. The celebrity reboot of the show, which is hosted by The IT Crowd actor Richard Ayoade, has been incredibly popular since its return to the small screen in 2017, with various famous faces taking on the challenge.

But the newest series, which kicks off on Friday 21st June at 8pm, will be starring the GC and her on-off beau Arg, as confirmed by Channel 4 and Gemma herself.

Sharing a snap of Gemma and Arg along with team members Rick Edwards, Carol Vorderman and Ellie Taylor, they wrote, 'Society has deemed these people celebrities. We call them our first team to kick off this series of The #CrystalMaze. What could go wrong?! Find out Friday 21st June. 8pm.'

Gemma has also shared the snap on Instagram, sharing it with the hilarious caption, 'TEAM CAPTAIN GC and @carolvorders as my wing woman @thecrystalmazetv this is definitely one to watch .....

'@channel4 you defo got more then you bargained for ! Put this in your diary’s it’s going to be EPIC ✌🏻love GC as you know I don’t play games ... IM ALL GAMED OUT 😝 but being my childhood favourite show I gave it my all fantastic outcome and defo a few concerns when I said I was going to be team captain but I came and I CONQUERED to everyone’s surprise 😜😜😜😜

'The Chanel even called the next day to thank me 😝 I actually loved loved loved this game 👍🏻.' [sic]

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Gemma Collins' complete relationship history...1 of 13
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Rami Hawash, 2011 - 20142 of 13
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Rami Hawash, 2011 - 2014 & 2017

Gemma dated Rami Hawash on and off for three years between 2011 and 2014. The owner of a mechanical repairs company in Essex briefly appeared in TOWIE, and the couple were even rumoured to be engaged at one point before they called it off for good in 2014. Gemma sparked rumours that she'd got back together with Rami in March 2017 when she was spotted wearing the engagement ring he'd bought her, but they split for good later in 2017.

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Charlie King, c. 2012

Gemma was romantically linked to her TOWIE co-star Charlie King, and was pictured holding hands with him in London in April 2012. Although nothing was ever confirmed, Gemma did admitted that they kissed on an episode of TOWIE in March 2017, telling him, "Unbelievable... I'm so glad I shared a kiss with you once." Charlie came out as gay live on This Morning in 2014.

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James 'Arg' Argent, 2012

Gemma's on/off relationship with TOWIE co-star James 'Arg' Argent is thought to have began back in 2012, just months after he split up with long-term girlfriend Lydia Bright. They were pictured here in London in 2012.

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Summer 2012

Sadly, Gemma caught wind that Arg had been bad-mouthing her weight behind her back, and confronted him in Marbella in the summer of 2012, "You've been going around discussing what happened between us. Well let me tell you something now, you don't ever disrespect a girl like that again. Take a good look at this, you ain't ever gonna get this candy!"

Alexander Moss, 20146 of 13
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Alexander Moss, 2014

Gemma dated Alexander Moss in May 2014, but he reportedly assaulted her in her home and handed himself into the police just days before she flew out to Australia to star in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.

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Sebastian Marc Graham, 2015

Gemma was set up with Sebastian Marc Graham by her friend Jake Hall whilst on holiday in Marbella, but things seemed to fizzle out quite quickly.

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Stephen Mortimer, 2015

Gem dated jailbird Stephen Mortimer in 2015, but split in October 2016 shortly before he was jailed for stealing jewellery in a home raid, having previously spent two years inside for GBH.

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Summer 2016

Although Arg got back together with Lydia Bright, they split up yet again in summer 2016 - but slept with both her and Gemma on the same day, leaving the GC understandably livid.

JJ Goodman, 201610 of 13
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JJ Goodman, 2016

Gemma met bartender JJ Goodman at the Cannes Lions festival in July 2016 and the pair hit it off, with Gem revealing that she thought he could even be The One, "He's a proper gentleman. Any man who can take treat me like a princess and then share a Club Sandwich with me is definitely "The One" in my books." However, nothing seemed to come of it.

December 201711 of 13
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December 2017

At Arg's 30th birthday party, he stood up and practically declared his love for Gemma, telling the congregation, "Gemma you're so lovely to me, you're always there whenever I need you. You treat me with such respect, you're kind to me and you make me laugh so much." They then had a lovely kiss.

Laurence Hearn, January 201812 of 13
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Laurence Hearn, January 2018

Although things seemed to be going well for the pair, fans were left confused when the GC met Laurence whilst taking part in the January 2018 series of Celebs Go Dating, and it seemed to be successful for her as she got on well with car expert Laurence Hearn, but things fizzled out in March when she dumped him LIVE on Loose Women, and she got back with Arg.

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James Argent, April 2018

Arg officially asked Gemma to be his girlfriend on TOWIE in April 2018, and the pair don't seem to have looked back since! He's been supporting her during her stint on Dancing On Ice and they've even been talking about having children together.HOWEVER - in March 2019, Arg and Gem briefly split after Arg was found to have sent Gemma some VILE texts. Reports suggested that Gemma 'kicked Arg out of the house' after he shared a video of her snoring, before things escalated and he reportedly told her she has 'more rolls than Greggs'.There were also reports that when Gemma asked Arg to leave her home, the TOWIE star added, 'You fat horrible lump. Nasty mean woman. Who the f--- do you think you are? You've got more rolls than Greggs.' [sic]Thankfully, they're back on track as of March 2019!

Fans were in stitches at the thought of Gemma taking on another gameshow, and took to the comments to share their jokes. One wrote, 'This is gonna be TV GOLD already, I can tell', as another added, 'Yass! She's going to be a riot', and one other wrote, 'Wooo can not wait for this!!!'

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