The Only Way is Essex star Gemma Collins once had to inform the police of a potentially violent troll.
She revealed this information during the latest episode of The Gemma Collins Podcast, when the subject of public perception was raised.
"I don't give a sh*t what people think of me. That comes with age, when I was a bit younger I was probably a bit bothered and people used to troll me," the reality TV star began.
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"I was shocked. I was deleting messages on my phone because I thought, 'new year, new messages...' Someone had messaged me saying: 'You are one ugly, fat b***h. If I see you in the street I'm going to break your jaw.'"
As for her response, Collins made sure to reach out to the police, adding: "No one should be messaging that and clearly that person is not in a sane mind. If he's messaging that to me, who else is he messaging it to?".
The former Dancing on Ice contestant went on to criticise the current systems used for tackling social media trolls and called for tougher action to be taken to both deter and deal with such behaviour.
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"One problem I have got is you report all this to [social media companies] and they do nothing about it. Anyone who abuses Instagram or sends a bad, hateful, inciteful message to someone should be banned for life," she declared.
"They should not be allowed to use the platform. I would love to see that happen in 2023."
Previously, Collins even promised to expose every single one of her vitriolic detractors.
The Only Way is Essex airs on ITVBe.
