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.
After piling on weight during lockdown, James “Arg” Argent now weighs 27 stone and urgently requires gastric surgery to save his life.
And no one is more concerned about the procedure than his on/off love Gemma Collins. “She is still so concerned about him, even though they are no longer together,” a source close to Gemma told us. “The health risks of his size are enormous,” they added.
Last week, former TOWIE star Arg, 33, joined Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid on Good Morning Britain to discuss his upcoming weight-loss surgery. “I’ve been speaking regularly to the doctors and nurses at Transform Hospital Group.They’ve been giving me advice,” he said. “They’ve been saying, the size I am at the moment, it could be fatal.