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 bullied and ‘punched in the face’ for being too popular as teenager at all-girls school
The Gemma Collins Podcast.‘I used to be bullied because I was quite popular and I was quite out there. Basically, I had to move schools in the end because I was bullied quite bad.’The reality star added: ‘One girl even punched me in my face and stole my purse.’Gemma – who recently returned from a Mykonos getaway – also opened up about her teenage struggles in her 2013 autobiography, Basically… My Life As A Real Essex Girl.The meme sensation went into further detail about the time she was punched in the face, saying it happened at her local underage nightclub.Recalling the attack, Gemma wrote: ‘I didn’t see the girl approach, I just felt the blow.
