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 warned dad 'might not make it' as she updates fans on Covid battle
Gemma Collins has shared on having to discuss the prospect of her father losing his life to coronavirus. The reality TV personalities father, Alan, is currently in hospital following a positive coronavirus test and is making a recovery but at one point TOWIE's Gemma and her family had to discuss her dad not making it.
The 39-year-old opened up on how her father suffering from the deadly bug has put a toll on her family and said it has been a "scary time." Speaking on the latest episode of the Gemma Collins Podcast, the ITVbe star told: "It literally tears you apart." "Our house is not the same without my dad and it has been such a scary time because we just haven’t known how he was going to be.
