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.
EMMERDALE star Samantha Giles has apologised to Gemma Collins after joking she'd punch her if they met in person. The soap favourite took to Twitter to explain that her "joke" had been "misguided" - and said she "held her hands up" to her wrongdoing.
Samantha, 50, gave her opinion on reality TV stars earlier this week, telling the Daily Star she "hadn't got a clue" who they were.
But turning her attentions to Gemma, 41, she went on: "That Gemma Collins, I think I’d punch her if I ever came across her.