Gemma Collins shared an empowering message on Instagram on Thursday, telling fans she felt ‘liberated’ as she posed in a leopard print bikini.
The TOWIE star, 39, who has lost three stone in recent months, showed off her slimmer figure in the strapless animal print two-piece as she posed by the pool.
Gemma alluded to her recent split with her on-off boyfriend James Argent as she told fans she is learning to love herself again, after Arg, 32, branded her a ‘fat f**k’ and a ‘hippo’ in his explosive break-up text.
Confident: Gemma Collins shared an empowering message on Instagram on Thursday, telling fans she felt ‘liberated’ as she posed in a leopard print bikini
Gemma wrote: ‘Today is SO LIBERATING for Me. This was all a process that started with one thing learning to SELF LOVE.
‘You have to believe in yourself when no-one else does. STRENGTH does not come from what you CAN DO.
‘It comes from over coming the things you ONCE THOUGHT YOU COULD’NT thank you to @charlieking for taking these he was sweating in the heat.’
Walk on the wild side: The TOWIE star, 39, who has lost three stone in recent months, showed off her slimmer figure in the strapless animal print two-piece as she posed by the pool
Cruel: Gemma alluded to her recent split with her on-off boyfriend James Argent as she told fans she is learning to love herself again, after Arg, 32, branded her a ‘fat f**k’
Gemma has flown out to Mykonos with her personal trainer pal and former TOWIE star Charlie King to help heal her broken heart.
The Diva Forever star, who has been vocal about her use of controversial £250 SkinnyJabs, has reportedly booked a boob job because her ‘body is getting smaller’.
She told The Sun: ‘I can’t wait to get rid of these boobs, they’re massive and look ridiculous. I have never looked better than I do now and I’ve never felt so good.’
At peace: Gemma wrote: ‘Today is SO LIBERATING for Me. This was all a process that started with one thing learning to SELF LOVE’
Nip and tuck? The Diva Forever star, who has been vocal about her use of controversial £250 SkinnyJabs, has reportedly booked a boob job because her ‘body is getting smaller’
She added: ‘I never have wanted surgery. But as my body is getting smaller, I feel like I am falling over on top and I just want them gone’
While admitting it tends to be the ‘norm’ to opt for larger breasts when booking cosmetic procedures, Gemma insisted that she wants a her natural boobs reduced.
She added: ‘I never have wanted surgery. But as my body is getting smaller, I feel like I am falling over on top and I just want them gone.’
While Gemma has headed to Mykonos, Arg was pictured in Spain earlier this week.
The couple explosively split earlier in July when she revealed messages between them where James called her a ‘hippo’ and a ‘fat f**k’, after she suggested that he had bought another woman dinner and not her.
Her shoulder to cry on: Gemma has flown out to Mykonos with her personal trainer pal and former TOWIE star Charlie King to help heal her broken heart
Work it! It comes Gemma declared she was ‘all woman’ as she posed up a storm in a plunging palm-print swimsuit on Wednesday
The series of texts began with Gemma saying: ‘What man pays for another woman!!!’, while Arg responded by saying: ‘Insensitive.’
Clearly riled, the blonde said: ‘And the woman that saved your life has to pay for herself!!!’ Her next message was masked, but her now-ex responded: ‘You are supposed to be treating me you hippo.’
Moments later, Gemma uploaded another series of messages, where he sent her a plane emoji in reply to a picture of flight details.
Travelling alone: While Gemma has headed to Mykonos, Arg was pictured in Spain earlier this week
‘I’ll take a mate, I’m not booking it. You said you would be a gentleman!’, she penned, before he shockingly said: ‘YOU FAT F**K. IVE JUST LOST ANOTHER 2000’ (sic). He didn’t refer to what he had lost 2000 of.
The self-proclaimed diva has decided to take some time off social media, citing that she was ‘devastated’ and ‘heartbroken’ by the exchange.
However after returning to the UK from her own Tenerife getaway, Gemma apologised to her former beau for releasing the messages.
In a screenshot obtained by MailOnline, the Diva On Lockdown star contacted her fellow reality star in the early hours of the morning.
She wrote: ‘I am sorry about putting the messages up, I was just so hurt you suggested an open relationship, it didn’t look like a joke when you typed it.
‘I was so upset but I shouldn’t have put the messages up, that was anger on my part which was wrong. I am so sorry about that x.’ (sic)
It’s been a tough year for Arg, with him recently admitting that he is a cocaine addict and that he had overdosed twice last year before hitting rock bottom over Christmas and calling his friend and former co-star Mark Wright for help.
He checked himself into a 10-week bootcamp at The River rehab facility in Thailand earlier this year where he kicked his habit and lost five stone in the process.
Horrible: The couple explosively split earlier in July when she revealed messages between them where James called her a ‘hippo’ and a ‘fat f**k’ (pictured in 2018)