OHMYGOSSIP — Gemma Collins was at loggerheads with her mum over comments made about her self-harm.
The 41-year-old TV personality opened up about her self-harm in upcoming Channel 4 documentary ‘Gemma Collins: Self-Harm and Me’ and questioned her mother’s approach to her struggles.
Ina teaser for the doc, the former ‘The Only Way is Essex’ star told her mum: “I obviously needed some sort of help or support at that time.”
Joan responded: “Which you would have got if you just spoke about it, when you done it, we didn’t want to bring attention to it.”
Gemma called her parents out for their approach and turning a blind eye to what was going on, which Joan justified by being too busy.
Gemma said: “But what’s more important, life being busy or your daughter cutting themselves?”
In the one-hour documentary, Gemma speaks about her troubled past with therapist Mandy Saligari as well as her fiancé, Rami Hawash and meets other people that went through a similar experience to her.
Her mum continued: “You seemed okay; you were always supported. The problem is obviously with you, it wouldn’t have been from home life or… you had everything. You was happy.
“I don’t even know why you did do it. I just thought at the time were you copying someone off the TV.”
The ‘Diva Forever’ star seemed frustrated at her mum’ attitude towards her struggles and reminded her that those who self-harm often “hide it” from their loved ones.
She said: “Well self-harming people hide it. It’s hard for you to deal with I know
“You can laugh because it’s probably your way of coping with it, and it’s fine. I get it, I get it, I understand.”
‘Gemma Collins: Self Harm and Me’ airs tonight (16.02.2022) on Channel 4.
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