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Gemma Collins refuses to be ‘the fat joke’ on Dancing on Ice as she vows to impress viewers | London Evening Standard

The GC is having none of it

Gemma Collins refuses to be ‘the fat joke’ on Dancing on Ice as she vows to impress viewers | London Evening Standard
Gemma Collins refuses to be ‘the fat joke’ on Dancing on Ice as she vows to impress viewersThe GC is having none of itGC: Gemma Collins has her sights set on a win with Matt EversDavid Parry/PA

Gemma Collins told how she will not stand to be the “fat joke” on Dancing on Ice.

The TOWIE star, who has been partnered with professional Matt Evers, has warned viewers not to underestimate her.

“Everyone thinks I’m the fat joke on the show but whatever’s going to happen in my life, I can do this,” she told the Sun. “And I’m going to prove every f**** out there wrong. People will be eating their words.

“When I first started, I couldn’t even cross my legs over. I was like, ‘Oh no, my legs are too big,’ but now they cross over fine. I think people will be impressed with what I can do.”

Move over: Collins will not be a 'joke' on the showPA

The 37-year-old star added: “I’m not worried about injuries. I’m insured, actually, for a couple of million, so if I do have an accident, it sort of does me a favour, if you know what I mean. But I don’t want to.”

The comments come after Collins told Olympic champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean to move over ahead of her appearance on the show, vowing to take home the “Bolero Cup”.

In a teaser video for the upcoming series, Collins declared that she is “not here to take part I’m here to take over”.

Speaking to Evers in the clip, she said: “Opening night, I want to do the splits, I want to do a couple of spins and I want fireworks.

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“Torvill and Dean you better take a step to the left because I’m about to win the Bolero Cup.”

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