Gemma Collins posts break-up text she sent on-off boyfriend James ‘Arg’ Argent

Gemma Collins has revealed the string of text messages that led to her breaking up with on-off boyfriend James ‘Arg’ Argent.

The TOWIE star, 39, posted the messages on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday morning, following claims they had gone their separate ways again.

During the series of messages Arg, 32, branded his girlfriend a ‘hippo’ and a ‘fat f**k’, after she suggested that he had bought another woman dinner and not her.

The series of texts began with Gemma saying: ‘What man pays for another woman!!!’

While Arg responded by saying: ‘Insensitive’

Clearly riled, Gemma said: ‘And the woman that saved your life has to pay for herself!!!’

Gemma’s next message was masked, but Arg replied saying: ‘You are supposed to be treating me you hippo.’

While Gemma simply responded telling him: ‘We’re over.’ 

Moments later Gemma shared another series of messages, where her ex-beau sent her a plane emoji in reply to a picture of flight details.

Gemma responded by saying: ‘I’ll take a mate, I’m not booking it. You said you would be a gentleman!’

Arg shockingly replied saying: ‘YOU FAT F**K. IVE JUST LOST ANOTHER 2000’. He didn’t refer to what he had lost 2000 of. 

After posting the messages, Gemma has decided to take some time off social media, citing that she was ‘devastated’ and ‘heartbroken’ by the exchange.

Sharing a screen grab of two pig emojis, Gemma penned: ‘Hey guys as you can imagine I am absolutely heartbroken right now shocked totally in pain and can’t be pretending I’m all smiles over the gram.

‘I am so upset and devastated and hurt, I need some time off the gram to heal.’

MailOnline have contacted representatives for Gemma and Arg for further comment. 

The couple rekindled their romance in November 2019 following just a few weeks apart, but she is said to have ended things for good this time round.

According to sources, the self-proclaimed diva was left ‘heartbroken’ after ‘sticking by him for so long’ when he suffered a near-fatal cocaine overdose last year.

An insider told The Sun: ‘Arg went to Spain and he told Gemma that he wants to go back there forever and be in an open relationship.

‘Gemma feels like she’s done everything she possibly can to help Arg but enough is enough. He said that he wants to stay in Spain for good which is worrying as he is known to have suffered relapses there in the past.

‘Gemma was devastated by the conversation and decided to end their relationship entirely – she feels like she had no choice but to walk away. It couldn’t have ended any worse; she has been in floods of tears and has even blocked Arg on social media.’

The Romford native also uploaded a cryptic post about the ‘Top 10 Signs of Emotional Abuse In A Relationship’ and ‘finding the strength to walk away’ on Monday evening. 

The TV star wrote: ‘To all who have suffered in lock down or are suffering in general. please please find your strength to walk away. there is a better life for you filled with love and respect and always remember the problem isn’t within you it’s within them. 

‘walk away it’s never too late. something will happen one day and you will just say enough is enough. it’s in that moment the nightmare is over. this is when you find your strength and this is when you will learn self love.’ (sic)

MailOnline has contacted Gemma and Arg’s representatives for further comment. 

Jump star Arg is currently in Spain to perform at his friend Elliot Wright’s restaurant Olivia’s La Cala later in the week.

The singer, who has shed five stone following a rehab stint, recently admitted he is a cocaine addict and 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 weight in the process. He now attends an outpatient facility near his Essex home regularly.

However, the Sugar Free Farm star still intends to lose another three stone and is already feeling ‘so much better in myself’.  

The couple reconciled late last year after jetting off on holiday to Dubai in a final bid to resolve their issues. 

Gemma originally dumped Arg after he refused rehab and said their relationship was over until he beat his addiction once and for all. 

But less than three weeks later, MailOnline exclusively revealed the reality TV pair were spotted holding hands and kissing on a romantic trip to the £250-a-night Palazzo Versace Hotel. 

A source said at the time: ‘Gemma and Arg looked more loved up than ever in Dubai. They’ve been staying at the Versace hotel and have been working hard to talk through their problems.  

‘At dinner they were holding hands and instead of arguing, they seemed relaxed and content in each other’s company. 

‘Everyone’s hoping their time away together will do them the world of good and they can return a happy couple.’ 

The famous duo briefly dated in 2012, before embarking on a tumultuous love story from December 2017.