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.
Gemma Collins admits she thought she was 'dying' as she shares health scare
Gemma Collins has candidly shared her harrowing experience when she first encountered urinary incontinence, believing she was at death's door.The incident came to light during a segment on This Morning, where the reality TV icon discussed her health scare with presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary.Alison probed into Gemma's realisation of her condition, which Gemma traced back to an outing at a trampoline park with her family.She recounted the moment, saying: "Off we go trampolining, you know I love the fun!
So I was like come on, Auntie Gem is here let's do this. Start jumping and all of a sudden the floodgates opened." Mid-jump, panic struck as she wondered, "I'm in mid-air and I'm like, am I dying?" While minor leaks had occurred before when coughing, nothing compared to what happened that day, reports the Mirror.
Continuing her story, Gemma said: "I'm jumping mid-air, I thought, 'Am I pregnant? Are the waters breaking? This is a joke."Recounting the episode to the ITV hosts, Gemma revealed it took place around April and nearly brought her to tears.Determined not to dampen the spirits of the children, she continued: "This is just shocking, I went to the loo and it was water.
I was just like, I'm going to die. I need an operation, something has happened to me. I'm so embarrassed I've not even had kids yet, how has this happened?"Despite her lack of maternal experience, Gemma noted that her friends who were mothers had gone through similar episodes, leaving her utterly distraught.She went on to say: "I remember going home, my fiance wanted to go for dinner that night, I was just feeling so low.
