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' dad 'literally fighting for his life' in hospital amid coronavirus battle
mirror.co.ukGemma Collins has said her dad is "literally fighting for his life" in hospital after catching coronavirus. The former TOWIE star revealed that both her parents were battling Covid-19 before Christmas and her father Alan was suffering particularly badly and had been rushed to hospital.
And Gemma, 39, gave her fans an update on Alan's health on her BBC podcast, The Gemma Collins Podcast, this week. She said: "It has been just the most awful Christmas and New Year for me.
I am not going to dwell on it. "Both of my parents have had Covid. My dad is still in hospital now. He's literally been fighting for his life. "It has been one awful time of it but I'm so happy to be back chatting with you all." Gemma said she had a lot going on with work
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