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 revealed she comforted Strictly’s Tilly Ramsay after she was fat-shamed.The GC said she was also targeted at the same time and was left in tears as it brought back bad memories of previous abuse.Tilly, 19, was on the receiving end of nasty comments from LBC host Steve Allen who labelled her a "chubby little thing".Referring to her father, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, he added: "Probably her dad’s cooking I should imagine."Towie queen Gemma said she was then brought into it on social media and felt she had to reach out.She explained: "I was impressed by Tilly’s gracious response on social media especially as I have faced not very nice comments myself in the past."I actually sent Tilly a private message and a voice note the.