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 developed a 'thick skin' in order to 'survive' entertainment world
When she fell through the stage at Wembley Arena, she picked herself up and dusted herself off in front of a crowd of thousands, because, for Gemma Collins, the show must always go on.
So it’s easy to assume the reality star is tough enough to tolerate any criticism - but even the armour of her caricature “The GC” cannot withstand the barrage of death threats she’s subjected to.
Nor should it have to. When she breaks down on Thursday night’s Life Stories, telling Piers Morgan how she developed a thick skin to “survive” the tough entertainment industry and detailing a history of self harm, it’s the same vulnerable side of Gemma I saw when she wept to me over her fears she would never have children following a miscarriage.
