Multi-millionaire TOWIE star Gemma Collins shares her money-saving tips to help with cost of living crisis

TOWIE star Gemma Collins, AKA The 'GC', has shared her top tips for coping with the current cost-of-living crisis. The 41-year-old multi-millionaire, who recently splashed out £1.3 million on her dream property, has said that she is curbing her spending during the current economical crisis. Earlier this year, Gemma gave one of WalesOnline's most bizarre interviews, which you can read here.

Speaking on her GC podcast, Gemma said: "The cost of living crisis, yes I have the news on, I try not to but I said I'm going to spend October and November trying to make sensible cutbacks because if you look after the pennies they look after you. I have done something with every meal time, I go into my cupboards and make some serious cutbacks like everyone else. It is scary, mortgages are going up, electrics going up."

The star, who is known for her appearances on The Only Way is Essex, I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and Celebrity Big Brother, then offered some of her top tips for saving money. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.

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Gemma, who visited Wales earlier this year, has had to curb her spending (WalesOnline/Rob Browne)

She continued: "I'm telling everyone not to put the heating on in my house. I'm making sure every lights are off, I normally have every TV switched on in the room - not necessarily watching something, but I'd have TV on in one room, music on in the other, but I've really been mindful to cut back on all of that."

Gemma also explained how her and fiancé Rami Hawash have started growing their own fruit and vegetables in a bit to stop "wasting money". She added: "My dad came round and told me to cut it off at the plug. I've been really mindful to cut back on electricity. I told Rami if he leaves the light on, it's just not good. I said 'Ram, we need to be serious, we've got to be saving energy'."

Gemma Collins and Rami Hawash (Dave Benett/Getty Images for New)

Despite cost-cutting on her energy bills, Gemma doesn't seem to have curbed her spending when it comes to cars. She recently revealed on Instagram that she'd forked out on a £90,000 Land Rover Defender, writing "Would never buy a car from anyone else. @theessexcargroup @armourededition your service is first class professional and fun I love you guys."

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