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.
her relationship with Arg, 33, had affected her and her family as she tried to help him through his addiction issues. Giving advice to one of the listeners of The Gemma Collins Podcast going through similar issues with their partner, Gemma didn’t name Arg – who has been clean and sober for over a year since – but alluded to what she went through while trying to help him.She explained: ‘I’ve been where you are, you want to help and you believe them but once cocaine and addiction grabs hold of someone, you are powerless to do it.‘You are not the professional, I’ve been there myself and it’s going to really break your heart.‘I’ve seen it, I’ve been there, I’ve got the T-shirt and I found it too distressing and impacting on my own life.‘I have.