Gemma Atkinson breaks silence on Gorkas Strictly exit as she admits silver lining
Gemma Atkinson has broken her silence after her fiancé, Gorka Marquez, was dumped from Strictly Come Dancing alongside his celebrity partner, Nikita Kanda on the third week of the BBC show.
Gorka, 32, and Nikita, 28, found themselves in the dreaded dance-off, alongside former Love Island star Zara McDermott, 26, and her pro partner, Graziano De Prima, 29.
Ultimately, the judges all voted to save Zara and Graziano, with head judge Shirley Ballas revealing that she would have done the same, had it come to a tie.
But it seems that one person who is seeing the 'silver lining' is Gorka's fiancee Gemma, 38, who shares two children with him.
She and Gorka attended the Pride of Britain Awards together, with Gemma looking incredible in a red backless blazer and matching trousers.
As she made her way home to pick up her four year old daughter, Mia, from school, Gemma posted a video to Instagram in which she spoke about Gorka and Nikita's exit from the show.
She said: “I got to meet Nikita, Gorka's partner. She's lovely. So, so lovely.”
She went on: “Literally no dance experience, no acting experience, getting up at four o'clock for a breakfast show before rehearsals… I said to her, 'You should be bloody proud! Genuinely mate, be bloody proud.”
Speaking about the upside of Gorka leaving the show so early, she explained: “The silver lining is that Gorka gets to come home now. We've not see him for four weeks… Obviously I have now but [not] Mia and Thiago so yeah.”
She then added: “It’s fine."
Gemma and Gorka welcomed their second child, son Thiago, in July 2023, making them a family of four.
The former Hollyoaks star took to Instagram to announce the news of her son's safe arrival.
On her Instagram Stories, the proud mum penned: "Little man is here! He arrived safe and sound and he's utterly wonderful. Mia is already the mother hen we expected her to be". The star continued: "We're all home together soaking up this lovely little bubble before Gorks has to leave for Strictly rehearsals next week."
Signing off, she sweetly added: "Thank you for all the lovely well wishes. Our family is complete".
Gemma, 38, and Gorka, 32, fell in love on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing back in 2017, despite not being paired together. Former Hollyoaks star Gemma had been partnered with professional dancer Aljaz Skorjanec, and Gorka with Alexandra Burke, but that didn't stop them hitting it off.
Rumours began to swirl about their romance, with a source saying at the time: “Gorka and Gemma are together. It’s the talk of the make-up room.”
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