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 has shared her relief at her 73-year-old dad Alan being finally allowed home from hospital after his battle with coronavirus.
Speaking on her BBC podcast, Gemma revealed the news she has been waiting for came days before her 40th birthday. "My dad comes home this week, so it's the best birthday I could wish for," she delightedly told listeners. "Yes, I can’t have the party that was planned.
I had arranged so many singers to come to a venue I booked last year. "That's not going to happen but it doesn’t matter because my dad has survived Covid." Proud Gemma said that hospital staff referred to her dad as the 'miracle man' following his amazing recovery.
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