Gemma Atkinson reveals very rude text she sent after meeting Gorka Marquez for the first time at Strictly rehearsals
GEMMA Atkinson has revealed the very rude text she sent after meeting Gorka Marquez at Strictly rehearsals for the first time.
The 38-year-old, who recently welcomed baby number two with Gorka, were partnered with other people on Strictly.
But Gorka knew they’d hook up after their very first meeting in the Strictly training room, as he reveals on Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind The Lens.
Pro dancer Gorka, 32, shared: “I came home and my friends were like, ‘How was the day?’ Yeah good. ‘How was the celebrities? Do you know who you’re going to dance with?’ I was like, ‘no idea but there is this blonde girl, I cannot dance with her because she’s too tall for me but she’s so hot!’ I said that!
“One of Gemma’s best friends messaged her saying, ‘how was your first day?’ And the answer was, ‘Great, I think I’m going to sleep with the Spanish one’, that was me!”
And it turns out the pair weren’t wrong, as they went on to fall for each other and they’re now engaged with two children.
Actress Gemma finally confirmed her romance with Strictly pro Gorka with a simple Instagram post on Valentine’s Day in 2018, which featured a picture of the pair on holiday accompanied by the characteristically straightforward message: “Here’s to many more, kid.”
Gemma insists that love only blossomed after the show had finished, although a playful, flirtatious friendship with the potential to become something more had clearly developed long before that.
She said of the relationship at the time: “We’d go for coffee together on the Sunday after the show, but had never really spent more than two hours together. Even every week over six months, that’s not enough time to get to know someone.
“I couldn’t have contemplated a relationship while the show was on, it was just too stressful.
“So it was a gradual thing. There was no lightning-bolt moment, unfortunately. Not like in the movies. When the show finished we could hang out and spend time together away from it all. We spent New Year’s Eve together, which was lovely, and then we went on the tour…”
The engaged couple are yet to get married, and Gorka admits they’ll wait another two years for that.
On their new series, he shares: “We were going to get married before Mia, but then we got pregnant with Mia so we said let’s wait until Mia is older so she can be part of the wedding.
“So now she’s old enough to be part of the wedding but now we’re going to have to wait until her baby brother is one or two.”
Gemma and Gorka filmed their fly-on-the-wall series while Gemma was still pregnant with baby Thiago, who was born last month.
The new three-part documentary series follows Gemma’s journey after she fell pregnant for a second time.
Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind The Lens airs from 30 August on W and UKTV Play