Gemma Collins' 'extravagant' wedding plans with Rami - and Jedward's special role

After spending a fabulously fun Christmas with Rami, Tristan her best pals Jedward, the next big event for Gemma Collins could be her long-awaited dream wedding. The former TOWIE star, who turns 44 in a few weeks, has been engaged to businessman Rami Hawash since he popped the question just over a year ago in a gorgeous beachside ceremony in the Maldives.

Now a source tells OK! that, after taking time to focus on self-love and growth, Gemma will hopefully soon be ready to start making her wedding day dreams a reality. “Gemma can't wait for her wedding day and is going to make sure it's amazing, she's inviting everyone - even people she has fallen out with publicly, she sees this wedding as a clean slate,” the source claimed.

Gemma and Rami had a mixed time in 2024, with Gemma's mum Joan being in and out of hospital throughout the year, and the sad death of Rami's dad in June. Our source says that the couple have remained strong and Gemma's hoping they can look forward to a much more positive 2025.

“Meeting Rami has changed her life and she is finally really happy and in love. He has made her so much more calm and grounded and has actually made her into a better person so she wants to share that with the world now.”

Gemma has spoken openly about her dream of becoming a mum - and her unconditional love for Rami’s 7-year-old son Tristan - and she showcased her maternal instincts recently by inviting identical twins John and Edward Grimes to spend the festive holiday with her at her Essex home.

The sometimes divisive pair, who first found fame in 2006 on The X Factor before taking part in two seasons of Celebrity Big Brother, spoke recently about how Gemma offers them a safe and loving space during what is otherwise a really difficult time for them.

“Christmas is really sad, this year we're going to be spending it with Gemma because most of our family have sadly passed,” they revealed last month. “Gemma's a real one, you know, having someone like Gemma in our lives has definitely been hugely uplifting.”

The twins, who are from Lucan in Dublin, lost their mum, Susannah, in 2019 after a five-year fight with leukaemia. At the time they paid a heart wrenching tribute her, describing her as "not only our mom but the core to the whole family".

Now with Gemma becoming a much-needed BFF and possibly even a sort of mother figure, the twins are likely to play a big role in her big day with Rami, our source said. “She's got such a close bond with Jedward now and they will be playing a really special part in the wedding,” they claimed. “She loves those boys and is looking forward to spending more time with them for 2025, she's finally living the life she always dreamed of.”

Gemma, who first met Rami in 2011, has also teased that the twins - who are godfathers to her pet pooches - might actually be walking her down the aisle instead of her dad Alan. “I joked to my mum that I might have them walk me down the aisle – they are my dog’s godfathers, after all,” she told us last year. “They’re honestly like family to me, I adore them.”

The trio first met on the set of Angela Scanlon’s RTÉ show Ask Me Anything, filmed in Dublin, back in 2021 and their bond has blossomed into a genuine friendship. Gemma has described them as “the kindest people to me and real friends”, and the feeling is clearly mutual.

They once described her “a solid person” in their lives, and said there was much more to their famous pal than meets the eye. “There's a lot more to Gemma, cos obviously everyone has this opinion of Gemma but she can get deep and she's had things happen in her life."

Backing up the boys’ words, Gemma told us earlier this year she’d developed a completely different outlook on life and was all about respecting Mother Nature and filling her soul with wholesome things like gardening, good friends and love.

But in a nod to her famous GC persona, she also said she wanted three weddings - and one of them would be in the woods because she wanted it to have an “earthy vibe”.

Rami, who runs a car business, is turning 50 in August this year [2025] so holding a wedding in the same year could mean a double celebration for the happy couple.

Of course the other important person on the day would likely be Rami’s son Tristan, who has had Gemma in his life since he was three. “Since day one, it’s been so easy to love him,” Gemma told us previously. “We’ve got such a bond, like he’s my [biological] child anyway.”

Our source says that despite her new wholesome vibe, Gemma’s wedding to fiancé Rami would still be nothing short of fabulous - just what a diva like the GC deserves!

“Gemma is gearing up for her wedding day of dreams and it won't be short of extravagance, it will be typical GC style with no expense spared.”