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 relived the horrific moment yobs called her a "fat cow" in front of her mum on the street. The Diva Forever star, 40, appears in Thursday's episode of Piers Morgan's Life Stories.
In a video on the programme, her loved ones discuss the abuse she has received after a video of her close ones confirm that she is the victim of targeted harassment.
Crying after watching the video, Gemma then says: "That's hard to watch. "I've, well you don't forget it, but that's the downside to fame. "I'm a lot more comfortable now in my own skin." In response to this, Piers Morgan says: "The viciousness of that, you know we found some of these messages. "'Please leave TOWIE and die, you hurt my eyes when you come on TV.