GEMMA Collins has revealed the reason why she refuses to do housework is because one of her exes had a thing for ironing grannies.
The 40-year-old reality star said she made the kinky discovery when opening one former boyfriend's post to spy on him - which is against the law.
The self-confessed diva found he was using X-rated chat lines - with grannies doing the ironing while talking dirty.
Gemma, who most recently has been in a relationship with James Argent, made the confession on TV show Unforgiven.
The former Towie star said: "I thought one of my boyfriends was cheating on me, so I broke into the letter box and clawed out the phone bill.
"I ripped it open to discover the numbers he'd been calling. The phone bill was enormous. It was like 750 quid.
"I saw the same number coming up. It turned out he was ringing the premium sex lines as well.
"I did ring one of those numbers. You know one of those grannies that's doing her ironing while talking dirty."
The reality favourite said that she was put off housework for life after she was so traumatised by the discovery - but didn't reveal who the ex was.
She added: "And that's what has scarred me for life from doing the chores. It gave me PTSD.
"So I got rid of him - that was it. Can you get arrested for opening people's post?"
Gemma's stunning new Essex pad would require a lot of cleaning as it boasts a walk-in wardrobe, huge open plan living spaces, its own barn and acres of green space.
She snapped up the glass-fronted, open plan home for an eye-watering £1.3million after boosting her earnings in lockdown thanks to a lucrative clothing brand and solo reality TV series.
The lavish property has high ceilings supported by wooden beams and dozens of windows including floor to ceiling glass windows that let in plenty of light.
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No doubt the GC will add her own features and plenty of pink accessories to bring it up to her diva standards - she has already forked out on a life sized glittery HORSE for her new pad.
Gemma's exciting new purchase comes shortly after her dad Alan was given the all clear from Covid-19.
However, he made a full recovery and Gemma has even been able to show him around her new pad - and he's a huge fan.
Meanwhile, The Sun exclusively revealed Gemma is back with on/off boyfriend Arg and the pair have become "inseparable", with Gemma hoping to start a family with him this year.