Gemma Collins’s fiancé Rami Hawash has admitted he has a ‘drinking problem’, revealing he turned to alcohol as a way of ‘forgetting everything’.Speaking at the launch of the former TOWIE star’s new reality series on Friday, Rami said he no longer wanted to conceal the scale of his struggle.‘I drink, I’ve got a drink problem and I don’t want to hide it,’ he said. ‘I wanted people to know it is a problem. I’ve got a problem and life is not that great.‘I don’t know why, but I find the drink, it was like, kind of my friend. You know, I have a few drinks and I’m forgetting everything.’His admission came as Gemma, 45, revealed that his alcohol dependency had pushed their long-running relationship to breaking point.The television personality said viewers would see the devastating toll it took on her in Gemma Collins: Everything. All At Once, which launches on Sky and NOW on September 15. Gemma Collins’ fiancé Rami Hawash has admitted he has a ‘drinking problem,’ revealing he turned to alcohol as a way of ‘forgetting everything’ Speaking at the launch of her new series, Gemma Collins: Everything. All At Once, on Friday, Gemma said viewers will get to see the devastating toll Rami’s drinking took on her‘You can see how under pressure I am in this show,’ she said. ‘You can see I’m unwell. Life just got progressively worse.’She said her late mother Joan had remained fond of him, despite witnessing the effect alcohol had on his behaviour. Joan died in July aged 70 after suffering two bouts of pneumonia during the final six months of her life.‘My mum liked Rami,’ she said. ‘She felt sorry that he’d let the drink control him in the way that it does.‘Rami’s not a bad person. Rami is an awful person in alcohol.‘I really hope Rami goes on to love himself enough to realise there is a lot of help and support out there.’Drawing a stark distinction between the man she loves and the person she says he becomes after drinking, Gemma added: ‘Rami without the drink is an amazing person. He’s a great, great partner.‘Rami with the drink has come to a point I can’t cope with it anymore and I can’t deal with it, as you can see in the show.’But she insisted that the couple’s relationship had since moved on from the crisis captured by the cameras.‘Where we were then is not where we are now,’ she said.‘Rami’s still on his journey. He’s started to take the tablet to stop drinking. It’s his journey that he needs to go on and we’ll support him on that.‘Things can turn around. I really hope this for Rami, I hope it for myself and, yeah, who knows what’s going to happen next.’Praising her fiancé for confronting the issue publicly, Gemma added: ‘He has been brave sharing it with everyone and let’s hope Rami goes back to the Rami we all love.‘But this is Rami’s choice. You can’t force someone to get well, they have to want it from within.’The eight-part Sky Original series was initially intended to follow Gemma as she planned her wedding and pursued her hopes of becoming a mother. Gemma insisted that the couple’s relationship had since moved on from the crisis captured by the cameras Instead, cameras captured what she has described as the worst year of her life as she faced Rami’s personal struggles, painful news about her fertility and the declining health of her mother.In its trailer, Gemma says: ‘I had it all planned out. Marriage, babies. But the minute I started filming this show, my whole world fell apart.’She is seen clashing with Rami before revealing that he had ‘packed all his stuff and gone’ and breaking down in tears.Gemma and Rami first dated in 2011 and became engaged on Christmas Day in 2013, but separated several weeks later.They rekindled their romance in 2020 before becoming engaged for a second time during a holiday in the Maldives in February 2024. Gemma is also stepmother to Rami’s eight-year-old son Tristan.Gemma Collins: Everything. All At Once. launches on Sky and NOW on September 15.If you or are loved one is struggling and need help, you can contact Alcohol Anonymous on 0800 917 7650 / help@aamail.org.