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 ‘lucky to have survived’ terror storm in Sicily that sunk tech tycoon Mike Lynch's boat
Reality star Gemma Collins has revealed that she and her nephew were “lucky to have survived” the intense storm at sea that took place near Sicily in the early hours of Monday 19 August.
Currently, one person has been confirmed dead and six people are still missing after a luxury yacht named the Bayesian, owned by British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, sank after being hit by the tornado near the port of Porticello, which is close to Palermo.
Fifteen passengers were rescued, including a British mother and her one year old daughter. Gemma reassured her followers that she and 15 year old nephew Hayden were both fine with an Instagram post featuring her posing on a yacht in the Mediterranean.
She wrote: “Holiday update. My heartfelt condolences to the people and families involved in the tragic disaster at sea in Sicily.” “I was very lucky me and my nephew to have survived the storm at sea.
