Gemma Clare Collins (born 31 January 1981) is an English television personality and businesswoman. In 2011, she began appearing on the ITVBe reality series The Only Way Is Essex, and following further appearances on television, she became a contestant on the seventeenth series of Celebrity Big Brother and the eleventh series of Dancing on Ice.
In August 2019, she began starring in her own reality series, Gemma Collins: Diva Forever.
Gemma Collins reveals she’s bought her ‘dream Essex home’ after being inspired by dad’s coronavirus battle
thesun.co.ukGEMMA Collins has bought her dream Essex home after her dad's terrifying coronavirus battle. The Towie star said her house purchase "has finally gone through" and the news delighted her poorly dad Alan who is being treated for Covid-19 in hospital.
She said on BBC podcast, The Gemma Collins Podcast: "When I took my dad to see the house he absolutely loved it. "I told him in the hospital dad the house has all gone through and i just see lights in his eyes.
I am so excited about it. "All in all it has been a positive positive week for me. " The 39-year-old star's parents Joan and Alan tested positive for Covid-19 before Christmas — and her dad said when he was first diagnosed he felt so rough he would "rather be dead".
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