Gemma Atkinson, who shares two children, Mia and Thiago, with her partner, Gorka Marquez, revealed insights into her personal life with the Strictly Come Dancing professional
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Gemma Atkinson has opened up on changes in her relationship with Gorka Marquez. In an episode of the Owning Your Menopause podcast, the former Hollyoaks actress was quizzed about her own Women’s Health podcast, Just As Well, which she hosts alongside Claire Sanderson.
Gemma, who met her Strictly pro fiancé when she took part in the BBC show in 2017, spoke about some of the guests they’ve had on the show so far, including nutritionists, gut health doctors and even a sex expert.
She dubbed the latter “brilliant”, revealing that the expert’s advice elicited the most messages from female listeners. Gemma (who recently made a huge announcement) then added that sex lives change, regardless of “whether we like it or not”.
It prompted her to share a personal anecdote about Gorka, whose dancing career means he has to work away for long periods and with whom she shares two children, Mia and Thiago.
Gemma said they are now at a “stage” where Gorka, having been away for weeks, is like “can’t wait to have sex” when he returns home. Yet, it seems Gemma feels slightly different, noting how she would prefer to relax and have a bath, while handing childcare duties over to her partner.
She added: “I’m like, ‘Kids, there you go; go to your dad. I want a bath’. And she [the expert] said to me, she said, ‘Over the course of, you know, if you’re with a partner for ten years and you have children, things change’.”
The expert pointed out that people’s jobs, homes, health and finances may have all changed, and questioned why people would “never expect” their sex lives to change as well.
Gemma went on to say: “And she said, ‘The main thing in her clinic is women saying, ‘we’re not doing it as much as we used to. Is that normal?’ And she said, ‘And there’s a list of everything that’s changed in their life.
“Why would that not be on there?’ And I…it really hit home to me of like, ‘Of course it would’.”
It wouldn’t be the first time that Gemma has publicly shared details about her private life. Speaking earlier this year on the Parenting Hell podcast, Gemma conceded that the distance between her and Gorka had been “tougher” to deal with of late.
Despite this, she also noted they’re “lucky” as a couple, and theorised that the reason why they “work so well” is because they’re “not together 24/7”, confessing that, after all these years, she still misses Gorka when he’s gone.
Gemma revealed: “You know, I’m fortunate in that my mum’s ten minutes away. My sister lives half an hour away. So, it does take a village, and it is tougher now Mia’s a bit older because she understands that he has to go, so she gets a bit upset when he’s leaving.”
Source: Mirror
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