Just when lockdown TV was starting to get a bit tedious, along came Gemma Collins to inject some ridiculousness into the schedules.
The GCās new reality show, Diva In Lockdown, started on Sunday night, and it was full of quotable lines and meme-able moments that gave us all the laughs we needed right now.
The fly-on-the-wall series had to adapt when it was announced the country would be going on lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic halfway through filming.
So while the first episode started with Gemma going about her business as usual, it ended with her having cameras fixed up in her Essex mansion so that we could follow her antics in isolation.
Needless to say, it was a hilarious watch...
1. Before the show had even started, sheād said this about it in an interview:
āLike Marilyn Monroe was sent out to entertain the troops in the war times, I realised that the country may need the GC for entertainment and thatās what I want to give with this series."ā
2. And she really believed people were ālooking to her to save the nationā
Can someone please find Gemmaās cape?
3. She kicked off her self-isolation with āseafood, prosecco and mashā and believed thatās āhow Jesus must have felt on his last mealā
āIām like a pig in shit.ā
4. This came after scenes where she claimed to have had āa spiritual calling to become a veganā
āI donāt believe in milk.ā
5. Sheād also ripped her dress as she met with Prince Charles at a Princes Trust event prior to the lockdown
6. Sorry, we mean āPrince Chilesā
7. She wants to be āone of his ambasindasā, apparently
8. The GC tried it on with her bathroom supplier as she rushed to get her renovations done before the lockdown started
9. She was also making a fuss over a cappuccino like she was Jill Tyrell in Nighty Night
10. In this scene (where it was also good to see Gemma offering some solid public health advice), she used ācoronaā as a way to say goodbye to someone
Weāre officially adopting that as of now.
11. As lockdown started she found some unexpected things to keep her entertained
12. āALLO, ME DALLYN!ā
Gemma Collins: Diva On Lockdown continues next Sunday at 9pm on ITVBe.