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 claimed that her mum once met an alien whilst riding the train - and managed to form a telepathic connection to the creature.The former The Only Way Is Essex star said that the extraterrestrial being looked like a "man" who had "dead eyes" - and her mum Joan quickly realised something was "weird about him".Gemma spoke about her mum's alleged encounter with the strange creature on her BBC Sounds podcast, The Gemma Collins Podcast.According to Gemma, her mum was able to pick up on the alien using her "sixth sense" as a witch before deciding to speak to it telepathically.The GC said: "I believe in aliens - my mum has actually met one on the train.