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.
I was on Married at First Sight – the dinner party scenes are miserable, you’re drunk, hungry and it goes on for hours
thesun.co.ukMARRIED at First Sight's dramatic dinner party scenes always offer explosive rows and awkward exchanges. But according to a former bride, the filming experience is "miserable" because you’re drunk, hungry and it goes on for hours.
Amy Christophers who starred in last year's series says contestants had to start getting ready by 8am. They'd head to the dinner party venue at 11am, with it roughly being an hour-and-a-half journey. "When you arrive you are interviewed about the dinner party ahead and the drama that you are facing that evening," Amy told Johnny Seifert on Secure The Insecure podcast. "Then when you head into the mixer for drinks beforehand you can feel the tension and know it's going to kick off later.
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