Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English television personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex, and following further appearances on television, she became a contestant on the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother and the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice.
In August 2019, she began starring in her own reality series, Gemma Collins: Diva Forever.
GEMMA Collins broke down in tears over becoming a victim of "terrifying" death threats since shooting to fame. In a first look at her interview on Piers Morgan's Life Stories, Gemma is seen overwhelmed with emotion over the vile hatred she's suffered online.
Her former Towie co-star Joey Essex pointed to one particular tweet that said 'you're so fat, die', which hit Gemma hard. "That really brought her confidence down", he said on the upcoming ITV show. "Getting death threats isn't a joke.
It's not just abuse, it's terrifying." After watching Joey talk about the "terrifying" threats she receives, Gemma sobbed: "That was hard to watch. "You don't forget it but that's the downside of fame. "I'm a lot more comfortable now in my own skin.".
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