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.
Jason Gardiner has spoken out about his time as a judge on Dancing On Ice and said - by the end - the show was "toxic". The 49-year-old choreographer left the popular ITV show in 2019 after having a very public feud with contestant Gemma Collins, which he described as '"traumatic".
Jason and the 40-year-old Towie star had rather tense slanging matches whenever the judges gave their feedback to the celebrity contestants.
Jason consulted his lawyers after Gemma accused him live on air of "selling stories" about her — a claim he vehemently denied.
Gemma also accused Jason of being a bully because he compared her to a refrigerator. She wrote on Instagram : "I’m really tired of being BULLIED by this man...