Gemma Collins hits out at Dancing On Ice judge Jason Gardiner for body shaming her

An eventful month came to an end on Sunday evening as Gemma Collins became the fifth celebrity to be eliminated from Dancing On Ice. 

And the TV personality has signed off by hitting out at acid-tongued judge Jason Gardiner for 'fat-shaming' her as she laboured to keep up with consistently better skaters on the hit show. 

Appearing on Monday's edition of This Morning, she admitted the Australian dancer's constant barbs prompted their memorable one-air spat.

Adopting a conciliatory stance towards Gardiner, her most outspoken critic, she said:  'He is there to do a job after all. It’s just when he body shamed me, the first form of defense is attack. 

'He body shamed me so I went on the defensive. I would have loved to have been spun around for a count of eight, but I couldn’t. 

'When he said I wouldn’t be able to be lifted - yeah, we know that Jason, no need to say it.'

While openly relieved that her time on the show has come to an end, Gemma admitted there were positives to be taken from her month on the ice. 

Reflecting on on her working relationship with professional skater Matt Evers, she revealed their gruelling daily rehearsals has kick-started a new fitness regime - and helped her lose weight.  

'I didn’t realise I was so unfit, but I came out and said I’ll give it a go,' she explained. 'I won’t skate anymore but I will one hundred percent keep up with the fitness. I feel so much better. 





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