Who is Laurence Hearn? Gemma Collins’ ex-boyfriend who she met on Celebs Go Dating
LAURENCE Hearn was left heartbroken when he was dumped by his Celebs Go Dating love Gemma Collins after live TV.
However, it seems he may have another chance with the Towie star after they were pictured enjoying an evening together following her latest split but how much do we know about Laurence?
Who is Laurence Hearn?
Laurence Hearn is a classic car importer from Croydon who was featured on Celebs Go Dating series 4 with Gemma Collins.
He has worked as the General Manager of Motortrade-connect since 2009 and has previously worked as a team manager at Rolls Royce and as a used car buyer for Mercedes Benz.
After meeting on the popular E4 show the two had an on-off relationship which saw her skip a planned trip to Paris to spend Valentine's Day with jailbird ex Stephen Mortimer.
Despite deciding to give things a go and revealing she loved Laurence, Gemma brutally dumped her Celebs Go Dating beau live on Loose Women after she was asked out by James 'Arg' Argent.
Is Laurence back together with Gemma Collins?
The Sun on Sunday exclusively revealed that Gemma had split from Arg again after getting fed up with "dealing with his s***."
Days later Gemma was pictured with Stephen Mortimer once again but it seems she's content with playing the field being single once more.
On Instagram, Laurence was spotted socialising with the Towie star with the GC's caption: "Lovely summer eve with the girls and my lovely Laurence."
Laurence also shared a social media tribute to Gemma with an Instagram which read: "My adorable girl no one knows the real you soft kind wonderful and the light in my life your so special to me @gemmacollins1 I’m so proud to have you in my life x"
Who else has Gemma Collins dated?
Gemma famously dated her TOWIE co-star James "Arg" Argent on and off throughout 2012 before he ditched her for Lydia Bright.
The Sun revealed that Gemma and Arg enjoyed secret sex romps in 2016 on the very same week he reunited with Lydia who he had spent six months trying to woo back.
She has also dated car mechanic Rami Hawash, who made several appearances on TOWIE.
In 2016, she began dating Stephen Mortimer who was jailed that October for stealing jewellery in a home raid and was famously sent back to jail while Gemma was in Celebrity Big Brother.