Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English media personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex. Following a brief appearance on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2014), Collins has appeared in various television programmes including Celebrity Big Brother (2016), Celebs Go Dating (2018), and Dancing on Ice (2019). In 2019, she began starring in her own reality series and hosting a podcast on BBC Sounds.
Dancing on Ice's Matt Evers defends Gemma Collins over backstage diva rumours
Matt Evers defended his 2019 celebrity partner Gemma Collins from rumours she was a diva backstage. At the time in 2019, the GC was in a storm of headlines about being a "diva backstage" away from the cameras during her stint on the ice.
In a new exclusive chat with The Mirror on Facebook Live, the Dancing on Ice star quashed the claims as he lifted the lid on what really went on behind the scenes.
Matt explained Gemma got a bad reputation because she was sometimes missed or was late for rehearsals, even though she apologised for this. "She is the busiest woman in showbiz here in the Uk and she has her finger in every pie," he told Jessica Boulton, the paper's Showbiz Editor (Features). "It's not just her clothes business, she's got her
