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.
Multi-millionaire Gemma Collins ‘feels like The Grinch’ over Christmas cutbacks amid cost of living crisis
Gemma Collins has said she 'feels like The Grinch' as she reveals she's cutback this Christmas. The reality TV star has told her fans she has been watching her bills amid the cost of living crisis.
In her latest podcast episode she revealed: "I've been putting a lot of pressure on myself to feel Christmassy but there's a huge elephant in the room. "At the end of the day there is a lot going on out there." The former TOWIE and Celebrity Big Brother star said she's reduced the number of Christmas decorations this year. "I usually light my house up like Whoville from The Grinch but even I've cut back this year," she revealed.
She continued: "No joke I have been lighting candles like they've been going out of fashion. "This is like serious times guys and we've all got to pull and rein ourselves in." The 41-year-old also told how she helped out a struggling single mum with three boys by giving them a Christmas dinner.
She went on to ask her listeners to get in touch if they knew of people in need and encouraged them to help out where they can.
