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 she "broke down in tears" after watching old videos of parties from before the pandemic last night. The emotional 40-year-old reality star told her fans that she was in floods of tears waiting to hear Prime Minister Boris Johnson's roadmap out of lockdown after a difficult year.
The former Towie icon said she was desperate for things to "return to normal" and "get her roots dyed" as she spent the day reminiscing about life pre-pandemic.
Taking to social media, she said: "Guys I've had to come on here, I've been reduced to tears. "Reminiscing what life was like before the pandemic - the videos, the memories, the parties. "I've been crying my eyes out but happy tears, it's all going to come back." The self-confessed.