I'm A Celebrity star Gemma Collins hailed as she shares unfiltered swimsuit snap following sad body 'scrutiny' confession
"We all love you, Gemma"I’m A Celebrity star Gemma Collins sent her fans wild with a stunning, unfiltered swimsuit snap earlier this morning (Saturday, April 18).
The TOWIE star’s post comes after she opened up about the body scrutiny she endures during last night’s episode of I’m A Celeb.
Gemma Collins’ body ‘scrutiny’ admission
During last night’s show (Friday, April 17), during a chat with Scarlett Moffatt and Adam Thomas, Gemma opened up about the body scrutiny she’s endured over the years.
“There’s all the scrutiny. I never used to worry about it. But cos everyone goes on body image about this that and the other you then become like thinking you’re disgusting and ugly every day because of all the pressure and people saying horrible things,” she said.
“And actually I’m just alright as I am you know. This is me. I get sick of it, this diet that diet, this pen, that pen. You know at the end of the day I think we’ve just got to accept all of us come in different shapes and sizes and we can all be beautiful in our own way.
“It’s really whats in your heart. And beauty is in the eye of the beholder at the end of the day,” she then continued.
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Gemma shares unfiltered swimsuit snap
Taking to Instagram after the show, Gemma shared a snap of herself, in a swimsuit, enjoying a dip in a pool next to a waterfall.
“There I stood, at the edge of a wild South African lake, sun warming my skin like it already knew me. No mirrors. No filters. No expectations. Just water… waiting. And for a second, all those old whispers tried to follow me in, telling me to cover up, to shrink, to be less. But the lake didn’t whisper. It roared in silence,” she captioned the post.
“It said: You are not too much. You are not not enough. You are nature, standing in nature. So I stepped in. And with every ripple, I let go… of judgment, of comparison, of the idea that my body was ever meant to be anything other than alive. The water held me the same way the earth does, without question, without condition. In that moment, I wasn’t thinking about how I looked. I was feeling how I lived,” she then continued.
Strong.Free. Unapologetically here. This body… has carried me, protected me, brought me to this exact, beautiful place. And today, in this wild, open water, I honour it. Not when it’s smaller. Not when it’s different. Now,” she then added.
Fans ‘in tears’ over Gemma’s post
“Exactly as it is. @imacelebrity. We just need to understand that living the life through a filter constantly is not healthy for anyone, not for you, the young girls of today, and boys; everyone is living a lie. If Instagram removed filters and all these apps were not available, we would get a much truer realness of what the reality REALLY is,” Gemma then added.
Fans were quick to flood the comment section with love. Scarlett Moffatt shared a string of heart-eye emojis, whilst Jesy Nelson added: “We love you, Gemma.”
“Protect Gemma at all costs,” another fan wrote.
“Cried real tears reading this- how beautiful and TRUTHFUL!” another said.
“This is beautiful @gemmacollins, I spend a lot of time outdoors in nature, because nature doesn’t judge,” a third wrote.
“You are one in a million, Gemma,” another added.
“We all love you, Gemma [heart emoji] beautiful inside & out x,” a fifth gushed.
I’m A Celebrity continues Monday night (April 20) from 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
