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Gemma Collins Dancing On Ice Fall refers to a reaction video of reality television star Gemma Collins falling while ice dancing. The clip of Collins comes from an episode of the reality TV competition Dancing On Ice and is used to express failure.

Origin

On January 27th, 2019, on the week 4 episode of season 11 of Dancing On Ice, reality TV star Gemma Collins and professional ice dancer Matt Evers danced to "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" by Celine Dion.^[1] During the performance, Collins fell (shown below).

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That night, people on Twitter began using the clip as a reaction image. For example, Twitter^[2] user @emily__rogers tweeted the video under the caption, "My friends: don’t fall for him again. Me." The tweet received more than 230 retweets and 1,000 likes in less than one week (shown below).

My friends: don’t fall for him again Me: #dancingonice pic.twitter.com/0QK1Catdbo

— em (@emily__rogers) January 27, 2019

Twitter^[3] user @GemmaReacts tweeted the clip with the caption "realising tomorrow is Monday." The post received more than 3,000 retweets and 7,000 likes in one week (shown below).

The following day, Collins tweeted the video and commented on the fall. She wrote, "Absolutely devastated & embarrassed, My heart is broken but when I went down I thought of @Tyson_Fury & knew I had to get back up & carry on! Can’t thank you enough for your support on social media & picking up the phone to vote! Im in a lot of pain but bring on fantasy week!" The psot received more than 1,300 retweets and 25,000 likes in three days (shown below).

On January 28th, the website PopBuzz^[4] published a listicle of several examples of the meme.

Various Examples

When u get in from a night out and see your bed #gemmacollins pic.twitter.com/BgnKjgXVYZ

— Ryan McDonald (@ryan_mcdona1d) January 27, 2019

gemma collins falling over but with titanic music pic.twitter.com/siyur9OKdL

— holly ✰ (@akindofholly) January 27, 2019

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