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 told her fans she took her mum to London days before revealing her parents had Covid-19. She confided in fans she was devastated her parents had contracted coronavirus.
In her podcast released last week, the GC shared she had whisked her mum away to London for their Christmas tradition. Gemma, 39, told fans last week: "I love Christmas but this year, leading up to Christmas is always going to be a little bit different because of the pandemic. "So I took my mum to London because we always used to go to London on the 22nd, 23rd, and 24th and we'd drive home on Christmas Eve. "I managed to do that earlier with her and it's a lovely feeling as when I left London I already felt like I'd had my own Christmas.