Gemma Collins was left stunned when a thief stole her £50 handout to a homeless man.
Gemma Collins was left stunned when a thief stole her £50 handout to a homeless man
The reality TV millionaire – said to be worth £7.2 million – was shocked when she got caught in a tussle after giving the beggar the note.
Seconds after she gave the man the money, a fellow beggar snatched the cash from her hand and ran off.
Onlookers said Gemma, 41, screamed when the thief grabbed her hand to steal the note.
An eyewitness told The Sun On Sunday: “She wanted to do a good thing. She only had two £50 notes in cash.
“The homeless man had a sign saying he was hungry and needed food.
“She was shocked that this happened – she would have helped him too if he had just asked.”
Gemma is understood to have handed over the cash so the homeless man could buy food.
She was leaving the Mayfair Hotel in London to celebrate fiancé Rami Hawash’s 49th birthday when the incident happened.
It comes after the ex-TOWIE regular nearly ended up in hospital with a mystery illness earlier this month.
The ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ star revealed that she was almost rushed to hospital for urgent medical care by Rami after becoming “really unwell” with an unknown condition.
Gemma, previously diagnosed with an under-active thyroid, told OK! magazine: “I have been so ill I cannot tell you. My workload has been a lot, but I’ve had a virus. I've been really, really, really unwell. I literally had to film up in Wales and I was very unwell.
“I had to call the doctor out and the doctor said to me, ‘Look, I’m going to give you medicine but I actually think this is a virus and it’s not going to work’.”
Gemma added she was on drops before she recovered and said she wouldn’t wish her health scare on her “worst enemy”.
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