was hospitalised with Covid-19 has finally been given the all clear to return home. Gemma filled fans in on the latest episode of her BBC Sounds podcast and recalled how doctors called her father the ‘miracle man’, after fighting for his life in his battle with the virus.
She said: ‘It has been a terrible start to the New Year because my dad has been fighting for his life in hospital from Covid, however, my dad comes home this week, so it’s the best birthday I could wish for.’Not fazed that she faces seeing out her birthday in lockdown, Gemma continued: ‘Yes, I can’t have the party that was planned.
I had arranged so many singers to come to a venue I booked last year and it’s not going to happen, but you know what it doesn’t matter – my dad.