After he and his fiance Gemma Atkinson revealed what life really is like at home and some ‘repulsive’ habits, Gorka Marquez and his partner Gemma Atkinson reveal what it’s really like there after he and his partner swapped dancing on Strictly for the Spanish series.
Former Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson and her fiancé of four years, professional dancer Gorka Marquez have come a long way as a couple since meeting behind the scenes on Strictly Come Dancing back in 2017. They’re now parents of two – six-year-old Mia and her little brother Thiago, two – and now hosting their new podcast, Lost in Translation.
Chatting with OK! The couple revealed each other’s worst habits and explained why one of them “absolutely repulses” the other in a magazine about what listeners can expect as well as a few significant life updates. We message our producer individually about what has irritated us each week, Gemma said, and then have a discussion about it. We play silly games and examine the differences between Spanish and English, respectively.
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She continued, revealing that one of her favorite childhood favorites, one of which has so far failed to impress her other half, is one of the biggest cultural clashes between the Spanish-Mancunian couple.
“Few years ago, I grew up drinking chippy tea with gravy on Friday. On chips, vinegar. This absolutely repulses Gorka, she said before adding that Thiago also loves them. He prefers them over anything else.
But vegetarian Gemma also has a few of Gorka’s favourite foods to contend with, including his love of a cured meat. “At Christmas I bring a big Spanish leg of ham home,” he shared. “It’s amazing, but Gemma’s going, ‘Get that thing out of the house!’.”
However, the couple and I both agreed that their relationship has an underlying opposite that draws people to it. Gorka, 35, admitted he was a “perfectionist” but that “Gemma’s messy” was something that bothers him further.
Gemma joked, “I’ve been folding socks wrong my entire life.” “I’ll just fold them,” she said. Gorka prefers them tucked in completely next to each other, the bottom to the top.
Gorka and the family are currently having a different end of year, with her joining the judging panel for the Spanish version of Strictly, which features Alex Kingston, La Voix, and Vicky Pattison.
Gemma said the family’s “countdown to Christmas” is on Saturday nights, and it’s already starting to look like their two young children might follow their father’s example despite not seeing their father on television.
They possess musicality, they claim. Mia has a dancing craze. Thiago already sings in tune, and he has a good ear. He adores The Greatest Showman and plays the drum at the ideal moment.
