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 revealed her dad “isn’t the same man” due to his ongoing and “distressing” battle with long Covid. Alan, 73, tested positive for coronavirus just before Christmas alongside her mum Joan, saying he would "rather be dead" as he fought for his life in hospital.
He was out just in time for Gemma’s 40th birthday but is still living with the symptoms months on. The devastated reality star told new!
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