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 nearly ended up in hospital with 'mystery illness'
Gallery: 'It made me a better actor': The celebrities who have opened up about battling cancer (BANG Showbiz)The ‘More Than Daffs and Taffs’ star wanted to power on through - but her "body having none of it".
Gemma said: "This time my body was having none of it. Basically, I’ve been on drips. Rami nearly had to take me to the hospital on Saturday night because I was collapsing on the floor. "Literally, it was really really bad whatever I've had, it's been awful. " The former ‘Only Way is Essex’ star says her health scare is something she wouldn’t wish on her "worst enemy".
However, Gemma is now on the mend and she's emphasised the importance of eating organically, admitted it's had a "significant impact" on her life.
She said: "I love my body. I find the small changes that I've been making have had such an amazing, significant impact - life-changing choices on me. ".
