When a podcast listener asked a question of her on Strictly Come Dancing with Gorka Marquez, Gemma Atkinson said, “absolutely not,” in response.
Former Strictly Come Dancing star Gemma Atkinson told her partner Gorka Marquez “absolutely not” when asked one important question about their time on the show together.
The former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale actress met the professional dancer when she appeared on Strictly in 2017.
Despite meeting on the BBC show Gemma and Gorka were not partnered on the series – Gemma reached the final with Aljaz Skorjanec while Gorka was also a runner-up alongside singer Alexandra Burke.
One listener on their podcast asked if Gemma, 40, wishes they had been “paired together from the beginning.”
The actress offered a blunt response, saying: “No, absolutely not.” Gorka interjected and said dancing together on the Christmas special “was enough”.
Gemma continued, “Your training wasn’t good. Because you were working for you, you were giving me advice on what to do.
Gemma’s partner claims that the dancer doesn’t like giving her instructions.
She responded, “And I kept saying, do not tell me to do five, six, seven, eight when I want to do just six and seven.”
Mia, a six-year-old girl, and Thiago, a two-year-old boy, are Gemma and Gorka’s children.
Spanish dancer Gorka has finished runner-up on Strictly three times – with Alexandra Burke, former EastEnders actress Maisie Smith and TV presenter Helen Skelton.
Due to his commitments to filming the Spanish version of the show, Bailando con las Estrellas (also known as Dancing with the Stars), he wasn’t partnered with a celebrity on the current series.
Gorka, 35, lyrically discussed the tasks his partner does while traveling for work while keeping their home running.
There is no day in the day when I’m not amazed by your actions, he said. When my friends and I were in Spain, they said, “Oh, so what is Gemma doing? “
What doesn’t she do, exactly? She is implementing these new things by doing this, doing that, and doing these things. I find it amazing how much you worry and do all the things you do.
“And I go away as well, and the kids are still getting fed, dressed, and changed. Yes, Gemma, you live everywhere, but our house, along with our two children, a dog, and all the businesses and things you do, are still running, amazing, you know what I mean, and I’m not going away.”
Gemma’s apparent lack of satisfaction with the family home’s absences does not help.
She responded, “I occasionally tell him, “Hey, it’s not open heart surgery.” You’re not rescuing someone’s life.
Source: Mirror
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