Reality star Gemma Collins has revealed she spent hundreds of pounds staying overnight at a posh London hotel rather than make the short journey back to Essex.
The TOWIE favourite insisted she splashed out £650 for a night at The Ritz in Mayfair, central London, as a “treat” because she has been grafting so hard.
But even self-styled diva Gem seems to recognise her slap-up stay was a little OTT – admitting she spends “so much” on hotel rooms when her native county is not all that far away from the capital.
Speaking on her BBC Sounds podcast, Gem suggests she chose the pricey stay over getting a train or hailing a cab to her Essex home.
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She said: ”Guys, I’m at the Ritz. I did treat myself to a room last night because I have been working non-stop again.
“And I think it’s coming to that time again where I need to buy myself a place in London because I’m spending so much on hotel rooms.”
Gemma reasoned: “It is nice as a treat once in a while – I’m a hard working girl, but I sort of think, God, it’s costing me £650 to go to sleep of a night.
“But I had some really good meetings, I had some really good deals, so I thought, you know what, I’m going to treat myself.”
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One of the most high profile luxury hotels in the world, guests at The Ritz are often wowed by the opulent and extravagant interior design in the Louis XVI style.
But it seems Gemma may be more interested in enjoying the five star treatment her personal heroine may also have indulged in.
She explained: “Princess Diana used to stay here and she is someone that is, for me, the most amazing person on earth.
“It was my brothers birthday a couple of weeks ago and I always remember her because it was her anniversary of her death on my brother’s death.
“I kind of justified spending out on a room at the Ritz in memory of Diana.”
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