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 has announced she's switched to a vegetarian diet and now feels "at peace" with her soul. The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 42, took to Instagram to reveal she's now adopted a meat-free diet as she "can't stand" animal cruelty and is "such an activist" for animals.
Gemma, who recently revealed she ditched filler after her mum made a heartbreaking comment, shared a make-up free selfie and posed with a bowl of watermelon as she announced her latest lifestyle change. "Guys so happy to tell you I'm meat free I just can't stand the cruelty to animals and I'm raising my vibration," she wrote.
She went on to add: "I feel at peace with my soul how could I eat meat when I'm such an activist for the animals". Showing off some of her meat-free dishes, Gemma then followed up her initial post by posting a snap of her Chinese takeaway, which included a number of different vegetables. "Last night's Chinese," the ex-TOWIE favourite announced.
Gemma's latest lifestyle change comes after she revealed it might be time for her to move on from Essex, after feeling she's "outgrown" it.