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 'left unable to move' after her 'body swelled up' in lockdown scare
dailystar.co.ukGemma Collins has revealed she was left unable to move during her time in coronavirus lockdown after her body swelled up. The TOWIE legend, whose new series Diva On Lockdown kicks off tonight on ITVBe, has revealed the health scare left her seeking help from TV doc Gillian McKeith.
Gemma said: "I had to speak to Gillian McKeith the other day cos my body swelled up during lockdown. "I could barely move, my joints were killing me, so Gillian told me to lay off the sodium, so I threw all my salt away." It is thought that Gemma's condition as now subsided.
Keen not to let the illness get her down, Gemma went on to compare herself to Marilyn Monroe in that she's here to entertain the nation at a time of need.
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