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 says she 'self harmed as a pressure release' before learning coping methods
Reality TV legend Gemma Collins has been hard at work on a revealing Channel 4 documentary – Gemma Collins: Self Harm and Me –about her personal experiences with self harm.The former The Only Way Is Essex star opened up at a press conference with OK!
and other news outlets about the reasons why she used to self harm. She explained: "I used to self harm and then I'd just sort of crack on with my day and no one needed to know about it.
It was like a pressure release. But I know how to manage my pressure now." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.
You can sign up at the top of the page.The 41 year old – who recently celebrated her birthday with fiancé Rami Hawash – said her experience was often "stress related." She spoke candidly about sometimes feeling "overwhelmed" by her work schedule and touched on how becoming famous really quickly made her feel "pressurised and stressed." However, Gemma confirmed that she now feels confident enough to manage her workload in a way that doesn't overwhelm her and lead to self harm.
