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 renewed her pleas for fans to "stay home" after sharing her parents' Covid battle. The 39-year-old yesterday told that she's "petrified" after mum and dad Joan and Alan tested positive for coronavirus.
Now she's posted a clip from last year of them in a restaurant, sharing hugs with a man who came over to their table. "What a difference a year makes," Gemma wrote over the clip. "Please stay home and stay safe, thank you to everyone who has offered well wishes and help." Yesterday Gemma shared a snap of her parents and penned: "Please please please take notice of the guidelines !
Both my parents are extremely unwell with Covid 19! "Seeing my dad cry which he never does was a shock and say he would rather be dead then