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' fans have been sending messages of support to her after she disappeared from social media while her beloved dad battles coronavirus.
The former TOWIE star, 39, hasn't been seen on her Instagram account for five days after she made her last post thanking NHS staff for their work during the pandemic.
She is usually very active on Instagram and has been keeping her followers updated after she revealed her father Alan has become very ill while fighting Covid-19, while her mum Joan also has the bug.
And her fans wanted to make sure she knows she's in their thoughts when they left supportive comments on the post. One commented: "Hope your parents are OK hun." "Thinking of you and your family today," another posted.