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 insisted that she is an "international superstar" who is on "another level" compared to her former TOWIE co-stars in a rant on Monday 18 July.The 41 year old TV personality, who recently beat the heatwave in a gorgeous swimsuit, said she has long moved on from her time on the Essex reality show as she continues her celebrity career in showbiz.
Gemma, also known as the GC, was first spotted on TV screens selling a car to Kirk Norcross in the reality show before quitting eight years later in 2019.
Now, speaking to the Mirror ahead of her Bingo Blitz campaign this week, she revealed that she believes she has paved a different life thanks to her hard graft. "I’m like an international superstar,” she claimed. “I’m not being funny, my life has moved on. “I love them all and wish them all well [the cast], but I’m in a different league now, hun.
I’ve worked really hard and I’m in a different category now." She added: “I don’t mean it flash or stuck up, what I mean is you can’t let your past define your future.