Gemma Atkinson says 'resentment' between her and Gorka Marquez saw Strictly co-star get involved
04.04.2022 - 12:01
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Gemma Atkinson has revealed how Gorka Marquez's Strictly Come Dancing co-star got involved when the couple were both feeling a sense of 'resentment' towards each other.
The former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale actress has spoken in a new interview about the 'grief' that she and her fiance received from the public following the birth of their daughter, Mia, in 2019.
It came after Gorka returned to work shortly after they welcomed their first child together less than two years after meeting on the hit BBC One dance show. The Spanish dancer was back on the road with Here Come The Boys alongside fellow Strictly pro Giovanni Pernice after he and Gemma brought their daughter, now two, home from hospital.
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Gemma said: "We got a lot of grief for that. He had people messaging him saying: ‘What kind of father chooses his work over his child?' They didn’t realise he was contractually obliged – and how do they expect him to fund this child without working?"
She went on to tell The Sun : "But I resented that he was back on the road touring. What I didn’t realise was that he was feeling resentment towards me for being at home."
The Hits Radio presenter, from Bury, recalled getting a text message from Giovanni who urged her to check on Gorka as he was just as upset as she was about the situation. Giovanni told Gemma that her then-boyfriend had decided against going out after the show was finished.
"I FaceTimed him and he was in the hotel room on his own and he got upset and said: ‘I just want to come home. I don’t want to be here,'" Gemma said. "Then I felt upset and said: ‘Oh my god, I’ve been thinking you are having a
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