Gemma Collins says ex James 'Arg' Argent's addiction issues 'ripped her family apart'

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Gemma Collins has opened up on how her relationship with James 'Arg' Argent caused her and her family a lot of distress. The former TOWIE personalities dated on and off pair for nine years and throughout their relationship they endured several ups and downs - mainly due to James battling his drug and alcohol addiction issues.

And now Gemma, 40, has spoken frankly about how she had to step away from James as "addiction is a very serious illness" before adding that before long things became "really distressing" for her as well as her family as they were all "powerless" to help the reality TV star.

Gemma offered advice to her fans as she chatted away on her podcast The Gemma Collins Podcast and told that she can share her experience as she's