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.
How Gemma Collins stepped in to save James Argent
James ‘Arg’ Argent recently revealed that he plans to have gastric surgery in order to help him lose 12 stone. The reality star – who weighs around 26st – has been told he urgently needs to slim down for the sake of his health. “I don’t want to die, it’s as simple as that,” the 33 year old said last week. “I’ve been told by doctors that I am morbidly obese and need to lose weight.
But I have an eating disorder, so I can’t do it. I’ll either starve and work out three times a day and be really skinny, or do no exercise and eat takeaways every day.
I can’t maintain my weight – I need help.” And a source close to the reality star tells heat that his on/off girlfriend Gemma Collins was the one to intervene. “Gem is terrified of losing anyone.
