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Susan Knox

Gemma Collins 'so happy she could cry' as she reunites with James Argent on romantic date

Gemma Collins has finally reunited with her longterm on-off boyfriend James 'Arg' Argent.

The former TOWIE couple have not laid eyes on each other since the beginning of lockdown back in March.

So they decided to celebrate being reunited with a romantic socially distant date while lapping up the sunshine in the back garden.

James, 32, proved that the on-off pair are back on great terms as she shared a video of himself and the GC, 39, enjoying a slap-up takeaway from Chigwell's Sheesh Restaurant.

Taking to Instagram, the reality TV panned the camera across the delicious spread of babeqed food they had picked up from their favourite Essex food chamber.

Gemma Collins has finally reunited with her longterm on-off boyfriend James 'Arg' Argent (Gemma Collins/Instagram)

In the short clip, Arg can't contain his laugher as his longterm love expresses her delight at the platter of grub in front of her.

Gemma jokes: "I'm literally so happy right now. I could actually burst into tears!".

"I can't tell you how good this feels to have a sheesh. My eyes are literally bigger than my belly right now but I don't know if we can do it right now. I'm literally so happy right now".

Arg can't contain his laugher as his longterm love expresses her delight at the platter of grub in front of her (Gemma Collins/Instagram)
Clearly delighted to be in the company of a slimmed down Arg again, Gemma exclaimed that it was a 'very happy day' (Gemma Collins/Instagram)

"James you don't know how happy I am right now" she continued.

Laughing off Gemma's dramatic reaction to the fried food, James encouraged his love to stop filming and start eating.

The former TOWIE star quipped: "Okay Gem put your phone away now and enjoy it. Alright Gem, come on!".

Gemma's beloved mother joined to help gobble the takeaway (Gemma Collins/Instagram)

The lovebirds weren't alone however, as Gemma's beloved mother joined to help gobble the takeaway.

Clearly delighted to be in the company of a slimmed down Arg again, Gemma exclaimed that it was a 'very happy day'.

"This is just a beautiful moment, where we're all in the garden having dinner together, it's just beautiful, it is a very happy day".

Arg is now continuing his recovery, and looking to the future (BACKGRID)

James and Gemma's romantic reunion date comes after the theatre star revealed his cocaine addiction which almost took his life.

The brave reality TV star detailed the harrowing and "dark" moment he realised if he didn't get help, he would die - with two incidents making him see he needed to tackle his problem.

He battled the cocaine addiction for seven years, while things escalated and took a turn for the worst between October and December 2019.

James confirmed that his "strong" addiction led to two near-fatal overdoses, with friends and family desperately trying to get him off the drugs and save his life.

He eventually sought out help by heading to a rehabilitation centre in Thailand where his life was changed for the better.

Arg is now continuing his recovery, and looking to the future.

 
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