She predicted she’d become just like adventurer Bear Grylls during her time in the jungle, but Gemma Collins has quit I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
The Only Way Is Essex star struggled to adapt to life in the camp and even burst into tears in the helicopter before it took the stars to their new home.
A spokesperson for the show said: “We’re sorry to see Gemma go but respect her decision and wish her well.”
We saw Gemma enter the show on Sunday and she complained about having to survive on porridge in the celebrity slammer soon after arriving.
She self-diagnosed malaria due to having the “worst diarrhoea ever” and due to her constant trips to the loo.
Just yesterday her TOWIE co-star Ferne McCann insisted she would not walk, saying on Good Morning Britain: “I can’t believe she’s cracked this soon – but she’s definitely not a quitter.”
The reality star had a tough time before she jetted off to Australia with police being called to her home after her boyfriend Alex Moss allegedly beat her up and her mum Joan is suffering from crippling arthritis.
Gemma divided opinion with viewers during her time on the show but she was the bookies’ favourite to walk and to be voted first by the public to do a Bushtucker Trial.
The news didn't go down with viewers of the show, with many taking to Twitter to post cruel messages about her attitude and appearance.
But some were still on Gemma's side, with one writing: "Gemma Collins isn't stupid she got paid to go in there she's got her money now she's going home."
Another added: "Gemma Collins isn't stupid. She's been PAID to now have basically a 3 week holiday in an all inclusive 5* Hotel in Australia."
We'll miss you, Gemma!
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I'm A Celebrity 2014: The WORST Bushtucker Trials EVER!
I'm A Celebrity 2014: The WORST Bushtucker Trials EVER!
1 of 8Dean Gaffney (2006)
Ex-EastEnder Dean Gaffney showed off his impressive ability to yelp like an injured animal in his 2006 trial. To be fair to the man, he did have cockroaches poured on his head, put his hands in a box of biting ants and retrieve a star from a pool of baby crocodiles.
2 of 8Gino D’Acampo (2009)
“I think I’ve got to eat some kind of weird stuff,” commented Gino when he was told he was going to do a Bushtucker Bonanza. Yep, we guess that a fermented egg, a rhino beetle, cockroach, wittchedy grub, mealworms, beach worms and crocodile tongue might be considered ‘weird’.
3 of 8Jennie Bond (2004)
Alone, wet, cold and covered with rats. Not a situation we’d like to get in any time soon, but former Royal correspondent Jennie Bond managed to last a whole 10 minutes locked in a water and rat filled coffin by humming an upbeat tune. We salute you, Ms. Bond.
4 of 8Joey Essex (2013)
Locked in a cold, dark, slimy tomb, we’d be freaking out if we were Joey in his 2013 task. But the TOWIE star powered through and managed to find all twelve hidden stars without uttering a single scream, only stopping to moan ‘This is definitely, 100% not reem,’ and to comment that the rodents were biting his ‘middle parts’.
5 of 8Mark Wright and Freddie Starr (2011)
TOWIE’s Mark and hamster-eating comedian Freddie were an oddly matched pair for the ‘Greasy Spoon Café’ culinary battle, but the resulting Bushtucker trial has to be one of our faves. The couple was challenged to dine on a spoiled egg, blended cockroaches, mealworms and mouse tails, turkey testicles, a camel’s toe and a pigs anus.
6 of 8Martina Navratilova (2008)
Tennis pro Martina impressed us all when she shared a plastic bubble helmet with a variety of jungle critters, including grasshoppers, cockroaches, stick insects, spiders and snakes. While we shuddered and hid behind our hands, Martina took it like a champ.
7 of 8Matt Willis (2006)
Poor Matt Willis proved he’s no wimp when he munched his way to victory in his Bushtucker Bonanza challenge of 2006. The McBusted star dined out on live mealworms, witchetty grubs, a kangaroo anus and a crocodile penis. Mr Willis managed the whole lot without a single retch, commenting after ‘I’ve got kangaroo anus in my teeth. It’s a really good look.’
8 of 8Kim Woodburn (2009)
Kim was submerged in a tank under water, while thousands of cockroaches and other critters were poured on her. As much as we did feel for clean freak Kim, her screeches of "Something’s nipping my bosoms" and "It's bitten my bum!" made this trial a timeless classic.