‘I still stand by straighteners being for weirdos,’ Gemma Collins says 8 years after making controversial beauty rule

GEMMA Collins has revealed that she “still stands by” a controversial beauty claim she made in 2016.

On Season 17 of Celebrity Big Brother, she slammed straighteners as a tool that only “f*****g weirdos use on their hair”.

The statement, made in the show’s diary room, became an iconic meme across the country that people still quote eight years later.

In an interview with make-up brand BPerfect Cosmetics, Gemma, 43, was asked to address some of her iconic TV one liners.

And she confessed that she “still stands by” her controversial beauty rule.

Fans of The GC weighed in that they still watch the clip of her “iconic diary room scene” when they need a giggle.

“When I'm in a bad mood I always watch that clip and feel better,” one joked.

“I quote this like a lip sync - same tone and everything,” a second said.

Gemma made the hilarious admission after her “very expensive” hair extensions were “frazzled” by the straighteners provided in the CBB house.

“This is very expensive hair,” she cried in the diary room at the time.

“It’s f*****g frazzled because you’ve only got straighteners in here.

“You haven’t got heated rollers.

“So, you can pay for me to have a new set of extensions.

“The f*****g hair is frazzled.

“It’s a f*****g p**s take - you’re all taking the p**s out of me.

“Why didn’t you think about putting heated rollers in here?

“Straighteners are what f*****g weirdos use on their hair.

“That’s what you think of me.”

Gemma shot to fame on ITV reality show The Only Way Is Essex.

She became a regular feature from its second series in 2011, whereby her first ever scene was selling a car to Kirk Norcross.