GEMMA Collins’ had a damper put on her bank holiday fun as she received a parking ticket in Essex this weekend.
The former Towie star looked horrified as she returned to her flashy Range Rover after lunch to see that it had been slapped with a hefty fine.
Dressed in a vibrant two-piece for the hottest day of the year so far, Gemma was snapped outside of Italian pizzeria Bel-Sit in Woodford.
However, it seems as though the parking ticket didn’t get her too down as Gemma was seen beaming upon ripping it off of her windscreen.
She appeared to be enjoying the British sunshine, too, as temperatures reached 28 degrees Celsius on what was the hottest day of 2026 so far.
The reality star’s outing comes just days after she was involved in a campaign that was branded “tone deaf” by the public.
Gemma appeared in videos in collaboration with the Department for Education.
The clips, released earlier this week, show Gemma marching into an office to discuss learning with the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson.
In one instalment, she prattles on about King Richard III and states “not many youngsters would know who he is today”.
The “GC”, who left school at 16 with a single GCSE — a G in maths — goes on: “Whatever you’re learning, make sure you concentrate because you’re going to be taking it into your future career.”
The videos have been ridiculed by mums and dads, with one joking: “I hadn’t thought of just saying ‘concentrate’. All will now be well.”
A second wrote: “What’s next? Joey Essex visits the Ministry of Defence?”
“It’s tone-deaf,” said a third.
Another said: “Many of us have had to fight every step of the way for our children to stay in school, for EHCPs, for specialist placements, and simply for our children’s needs to be recognised and understood.
“The SEND system is exhausting, adversarial, and often leaves families feeling unheard and unsupported.
“So to see the Department for Education use a celebrity with no lived experience of navigating this system feels disconnected from the reality SEN families face every day.”