Senior Conservative who called TOWIE star Gemma Collins fat and ghastly says, 'I meant it and would say it to her face'

A senior Conservative councillor who described TOWIE star Gemma Collins as fat and ghastly told ITV News: "I meant it."

Councillor Susan Hall tweeted her comments during Collins' short-lived appearance on I'm A Celebrity.

A petition accused Councillor Hall of being disrespectful, hurtful and offensive.

But the leader of a 26-strong Conservative group on Harrow Council in north London refused to apologise.

She said she was the victim of a campaign of by the Fire Brigades Union because she sits on London's fire authority.

Councillor Hall said she had no idea who Collins was.