Kem Cetinay apologises and says he was told to slam Gemma Collins by This Morning bosses

KEM Cetinay was forced to say Gemma Collins was late to Dancing on Ice rehearsals by This Morning bosses – and has since offered her a grovelling apology.

The Love Island hunk, 22, claimed Gemma had kept the entire cast waiting as “she was having a nap” and accused her of leaving Sunday’s live show early out of "boredom."

Kem was speaking to hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield who also didn’t hold back in expressing their disgruntled feelings towards Gemma’s alleged diva behaviour.

But insiders have revealed that a devastated Gemma believes Kem was disloyal – despite the fact he blames show producers for making him slam her.

A source said: “Gemma was so upset after watching This Morning – there are plenty of things that go on behind-the-scenes during the making of a show but she’s been purposefully singled out.

"She was accused of having a nap during a dress rehearsal but that wasn't the case – she asked whether there would be time for one and was told there wouldn't be.

“Kem and her are good friends and it felt like he’d betrayed her by making the comments he did, which he’s since massively apologised for.

“But Kem was only doing his job as Dancing on Ice digital presenter and part of that is revealing what goes on when the cameras stop rolling.

“The pair have since managed to settle their differences and hopefully everything will go back to normal ahead of Sunday’s live show.”

Gemma’s fallout with Kem came after Monday’s episode of This Morning – a day after the Towie star performed as part of a group number on the dance show.

Kem said: “Obviously Gemma wasn’t performing this week, she wasn’t doing her routine but as always she had the headlines as per usual.

“We did the group routine rehearsals before – she was having a nap, she wasn’t there.

“I thought she might have learned from her mistake but we went into the live show and the last quarter of the show she went missing.

“I did speak to her afterwards and she said she was a bit bored but she does love skating.”

Holly added: “I really love Gemma, you know I’m a big fan of Gemma’s and I think she’s great on the show I do but I think there has to be a bit of professionalism that comes into any work you do – you need to take a bit of pride in your work and you just shouldn’t do that."

Gemma has expressed her views today on Instagram story, saying: “Hopefully they have been told straight the facts now. I agree with Holly. If I had done that I would be saying the same, how unprofessional.

“I’ve only got love for Holly and Phil, there’s no beef here. We just want to skate our a**** off in the competition. Holly and Phil have done nothing wrong, they were given some information and gave their opinion."