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 begged for Selling Sunset job after meeting Jason Oppenheim years ago
Gemma Collins has shared the moment she met Selling Sunset's Jason Oppenheim years before he shot to fame on the hit TV show - and begged him to give her a job.
The GC was introduced to the Netflix star when she went house hunting with her CelebrityBig Brother pal Johnathan Cheban in Los Angeles two years ago.
Luckily, the outing was captured for Gemma's reality show Diva Forever, with the the former TOWIE star digging out the footage this week to brag about her claim to fame.
Taking to Instagram, Gemma showed how she could have almost wound up a star of Selling Sunset herself. But in typical GC style, Gemma almost took an embarrassing tumble when entering the first property on offer as she struggled with a dramatic stepping stone entrance
