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 revealed that she has put on a stone and admitted she is "scared to weight herself". The reality star, 41, said her weight is a "constant battle" but vowed to shed the pounds after overindulging over Christmas.
Gemma - who began to develop "agonising" back pain during a trip to Jerusalem last month, which was later diagnosed as a trapped nerve - told fans that she has ditched junk food in a bid to lose weight. "Not only did we have a magical time, we went to Tel Aviv and me and Rami were all in love again," Gemma recalled. "We've never not been in love, we're in love more than ever and we just really got connected. "I did some really good stuff while I was there, from the nature side of things it was incredible.
READ MORE ON GEMMA COLLINSspiritual healing Gemma Collins updates fans on foot agony that left her unable to walk what a gem Gemma Collins drives fans wild as she poses in just a towel "I ate vine leaves, hummus, falafel. "Basically I probably wacked on, no joke...seven to ten pounds, even a stone. "I'm scared to get on the scales, I refuse to get on the scales." The Essex star said her back injury meant she's unable to exercise and instead set herself a goal to stick to a healthy eating plan.
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