Gemma Collins’ ‘never fallen in love with a co-star’ in brutal swipe at ex James

Gemma Collins’ candid love life admission inadvertently snubbed ex James Argent as she revealed she’s never fallen in love with anyone she’s worked with.

Speaking on her new BBC podcast Gemma Collins Love Lounge, the former The Only Way is Essex star opened up about her thoughts on workplace romances, Daily Star reports.

The star admitted that she “couldn’t think of anything worse” than dating someone she worked with – which considering she and TOWIE co-star Arg had a well-documented on/off relationship since 2012 is quite the statement. 

Speaking yesterday, Gemma said: “Personally I’ve never fallen in love with anyone in the workplace – I couldn’t think of nothing worse. I went to work to work. I didn’t go to work for love.

“Yeah, I mean, I don’t put work and love in the same category and yeah, I can honestly say I’ve never ever liked anyone – fancied anyone – that I worked with.”

She added: “But I’m quite proud of that fact but I do know friends that have fallen in love with people in the workplace.

“Some people who I used to work with did fall in love in the workplace and went on to get married, but they’d always be arguing at work and to be honest it was very problematic, and I think that’s what put me off.”

Gemma continued: “But I have witnessed that. I do know of people, again, that are carrying on with people in the offices, I hear it all the time and it goes on, we can’t deny it.

“I always say, what’s meant for you won’t pass you by, it’s just that George Clooney hasn’t realised that I’m the love of his life yet.”

The couple famously started dating in 2012 but it wasn’t long before Arg ditched Gemma for their co-star Lydia Bright.

And when things between him and Lydia became rocky, Arg went back to Gemma.

The pair announced their engagement in December 2013, but only a few weeks later they split, and it wasn’t until 2018 that they got back together.

Gemma dumped Arg in October 2019 when he refused to go to rehab for a drug problem.

But the pair reconciled in November that same year as they were seen jetting off to Dubai on a romantic getaway.

Gemma finally called it quits in July after Arg brutally called her a “hippo and a fat f***”.

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