Gemma Collins for early The Only Way Is Essex return?

Gemma Collins could return to \'The Only Way Is Essex\'.

The 38-year-old reality star took a break from the ITVBe show - which she joined in 2011 during the programme\'s second series - last year in order to focus on her spin-off show and take part in \'Dancing on Ice\', but after being booted from the ice dancing competition last week, sources say she could be headed for an early return to \'TOWIE\'.

An insider said: "Gemma\'s heart has always been with \'TOWIE\' - it\'s where she got her big break and she feels incredibly loyal to the show. She\'d love to go back - she\'s got so many friends in the cast - but it\'s all about fitting it into her schedule.

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But the blonde beauty might find it difficult to return to the show for the next series, because she no longer has the "normal" life she used to have.

The source added to The Sun Online: "She\'s constantly busy and if she\'s back on \'TOWIE\', she wants to give it her all. The problem is that \'TOWIE\' is all about the cast\'s lives, and her life isn\'t normal anymore.

"She can\'t be in the Sugar Hut talking about how she\'s working in her shop when her fans know she wasn\'t, and instead she was shopping in Harrods with her \'Dancing On Ice\' mates.

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"But she loves the show, loves the team and wants to return next series."

Gemma left \'Dancing on Ice\' last week after losing out in the skate off to Ryan Sidebottom and Brandee Malto, but insisted she\'d had "fun" on the show.

She said: "I\'ve had fun. I\'m have a bit of like intuition and I did say tonight\'s my night and that\'s why I\'m just going to come out and have fun. I just want to bow out gracefully now. It\'s time to let them all go on. I wish them all the best of luck; they work so hard."