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 reveals real reason she’ll never do Strictly Come Dancing as she hits out at show
Strictly Come Dancing is the show everyone is talking about at the minute - but for reality TV star Gemma Collins, she'd never sign up to the show.The 43 year old - who originally shot to fame on The Only Way Is Essex - has appeared on Dancing on Ice and Celebrity Big Brother, but Strictly is the one show she's steering well clear of.
Admitting the reason is down to the controversy surround the BBC show, Gemma told The Sun: "No. I don’t fancy it. I saw all the stuff [about the scandal].
I don’t know what it is about the show that people fall over backwards about." The star continued her blunt response: "I wouldn’t want to be embroiled in all of that, it’s put me right off." It's no secret that many celebs see Strictly as one of the ultimate shows to join, but Gemma it appears doesn't see it that way.The GC continued: "I don’t fall over myself to do anything, never have and never will.
If you live your life dreaming of getting onto Strictly you need to go out and get into nature." Gemma's response comes after her former TOWIE co-star Pete Wicks was announced as a contestant on this year's Strictly.The 36 year old was the seventh celebrity contestant confirmed for the brand new series of the BBC show set to return next month (September).
