A popular influencer with more than 370,000 followers has come under fire after a series of racist and homophobic tweets have resurfaced.
Gemma Markland, from Wigan, has made a name for herself on Instagram by sharing her ‘pink palace’ home where every room follows a rose-gold design theme.
The 31-year-old mum estimates she’s spent over £50,000 on transforming the house - including a £4,000 makeover at Christmas to turn the property into a pink Winter Wonderland.
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The @themarklandhome creator is now mired in controversy over comments, posted on Twitter between 2012 and 2014, when she was in her early 20s.
The comments were unearthed by users of the gossip forum Tattle Life, a controversial website known for scrutinising online influencers, reports Liverpool Echo.
Users of the site have discovered tweets using racist language, suggesting a book aimed at teaching parents how to keep their kids from being gay was a "great idea", and bizarre abusive rants towards reality TV star Gemma Collins.
The Twitter account, @gemmarkland90, has since been deleted.
Screengrabs of tweets from the account include multiple posts from @gemmarkland90 referring to Miss Collins as a "fat mess", a "fat b****" and stating "people hate you".
In another tweet, from November 2014, the account states: "I blame all Jews and all Chinese people for this. Touchy b******* #WAFC #Whelan".
The post appears to be a reference to the then chairman of Wigan Athletic Football Club, Dave Whelan, being suspended by the FA for making anti-Semitic and racist comments to a journalist.
Mr Whelan told the reporter that Jewish people "chase money more than anybody else" and said it was "nothing" to use a common racist slur towards Chinese people.
The Markland tweet is then followed up with: "Country's on its a**e. Wouldn't be this if the exact same was said about white English people no one would bat an eyelid."
The account also suggested that "someone needs to shoot" the "gay entertainers" at the "check in queue at Manc", although the context is unclear.
The ECHO attempted to contact Ms Markland about the tweets but was told she was unavailable for comment.
