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 heartbreakingly broke down crying in front of Piers Morgan as she recalled the time a man abused her in the street in front of her mum.While appearing on his show, Life Stories, Gemma opened up on a number of areas in her life including on fame and her horrible accounts of trolling and bullying.Piers played a clip on a screen in front of Gemma which showed her loved ones and people she works with addressing the hate she gets.The reality TV star revealed she has had people shout at her in the street and on one occasion a man abused her in front of her mum who was left "extremely upset" by the abuse.