Gemma Collins has signed a deal with the BBC for a tell-all podcast.
The 38-year-old reality TV star’s new pod is said to be launching in two weeks and will be available on the BBC Sounds app, and the corporation are hoping the GC’s legion of fans tune in.
A source close to the former ‘Dancing on Ice’ star said: "She is absolutely over the moon to have done this deal with the BBC.
"It will be a regular podcast, available through the BBC Sounds app, which they are hoping will be a massive draw for her millions of young fans.
"It will launch in a fortnight, when listeners will be able to listen to hear Gemma talking about all sorts of things to do with her crazy life."
Gemma is said to be "really investing" in the forthcoming podcast.
The source added to The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: "Gemma knows what a huge deal it is to have got her foot in the door with the BBC so she is really investing in the podcast.
"It is a brilliant opportunity for her."
It looks set to be a busy 2019 for Gemma with her new reality TV show ‘Diva Forever’ set to launch next week.
Gemma’s podcast deal with the BBC comes two years after she threatened to take legal action against the corporation after she fell through an open trapdoor in the stage at the BBC Radio 1 Teen Awards.
She previously claimed she "could have died" or been left "disabled" after she fell through the hole in the stage and landed on top of former ‘Love Island’ contestants Jamie Jewitt, Amber Davies and Marcel Somerville.
She said: "I’m in total shock. It is a miracle I am living to tell the tale.
"I could have died or at least been disabled at the end of it. I could have been legless. Legless!
"I’m not being funny, I didn’t even get a tenner for turning up. I didn’t even know there was a hole there.
"To be honest when it happened I didn’t know where I was, what day of the week it was.
"No joke, my life did flash before my eyes. I thought I was dead."
But Gemma later admitted she wasn’t going to sue the BBC.
She said: "I’m not going to sue the BBC. I’d like to do ‘Strictly Come Dancing’."
Gemma Collins ‘signs BBC podcast deal’
