{"id":59909,"date":"2025-04-29T10:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/59909\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:02:09","slug":"gemma-collins-in-talks-to-return-to-iconic-show-after-disastrous-first-stint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/59909\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemma Collins in talks to return to iconic show after disastrous first stint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She previously quit after just three days<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/0_Copyright-ITVFor-all-High-definition-grabs-during-transmission-please-contact-cmchughrexfeatures.j.jpeg\" alt=\"Gemma Collins on I'm A Celebrity in 2014\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Gemma Collins on I&#8217;m A Celebrity in 2014(Image: Daily Post Wales)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/celebs-tv\/gemma-collins-says-doesnt-know-10128756?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Gemma Collins<\/a> is reportedly in talks to return to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/news\/celebs-tv\/im-celeb-star-says-cant-9982994?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_desktop\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">I&#8217;m A Celebrity<\/a> despite leaving the show after just three days when she appeared back in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">According to The Sun, the 44-year-old is in talks to appear on I&#8217;m A Celebrity All Stars, despite exiting the show early more than 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">All Stars will see much loved campmates return to the jungle in South Africa, with <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/itv\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">ITV<\/a> currently in talks with a potential cast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">When Gemma previously took part, she was in tears less than 72 hours in, diagnosing herself with malaria. She said at the time: &#8220;People who murder get treated better than this. That\u2019s the truth. Even a murderer gets fed three times a day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">A source told <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/34674898\/gemma-collins-talks-im-a-celebrity-all-stars\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sun<\/a>: &#8220;She hated it [the] first time round but knows it would be TV gold for her fans if she gave it another go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThe discussions could go either way but signing her would be a huge win for execs,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Despite Gemma&#8217;s hatred for the jungle the first time round she has previously said she would like to give it a second chance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking to The Sun a year after being the jungle, Gemma said: &#8220;Everything would be different a second time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I\u2019d be like Lara Croft and Angelina Jolie rolled into one, and I\u2019d do the tasks. I\u2019m not scared of nothing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;Hopefully one day the producers may give me another chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Gemma has been undergoing a lot of change this year, embarking on a weight loss journey with the help of Mounjaro, a weight-loss and diabetes treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Speaking to <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/gemma-collins-says-shes-saving-35099289\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mirror<\/a> she called the drug &#8220;life changing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I&#8217;ve lost so much weight, you wouldn&#8217;t believe it. It\u2019s the only thing I\u2019ve managed to lose weight on without putting myself on a stressful diet. It is a revolutionary, life-changing drug for people that are overweight. I feel so much happier in myself, I feel a million dollars,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I think I&#8217;m actually saving the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/all-about\/nhs\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">NHS<\/a>. I won\u2019t be going to the NHS with an obesity related illness so I won\u2019t be putting any strain on it. I\u2019m loving life, honey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The new series of I&#8217;m A Celebrity&#8230; South Africa will be filmed in October and air in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"She previously quit after just three daysGemma Collins on I&#8217;m A Celebrity in 2014(Image: Daily Post Wales) Gemma&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59910,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,23805,1459,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-59909","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gemma-collins","10":"tag-im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here","11":"tag-tv","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114420682036844686","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}