Gemma Atkinson shares fears with Gorka Marquez for daughter as she's triggered by dance class decision
13.05.2023 - 13:27
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Gemma Atkinson was seen sharing her fears to both Gorka Marquez and her fans about their daughter as they signed her up for her first dance classes. The Hits Radio host took to her Instagram Story with a video of her speaking to the camera about Mia as Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka stood giving himself a massage alongside her.
Gemma, who is currently pregnant with the couple's second baby, which they have previously confirmed is a boy and due sometime this summer, told fans they had signed three-year-old Mia up for street and hip hop dance classes. But the 38-year-old shared her concerns about their little girl taking ballet classes at Gorka's request.
"I’ve just booked Mia’s first dance classes. She’s going to start on Saturday. I booked street and hip hop, but Gorka says she needs ballet," Bury-born Gemma said to he camera. Her pro dancer fiance, 32, then cut in saying: “She has to do both, it’s the base," as he stood in their Greater Manchester home.
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"If she does ballet it will be better for the rest. It will teach her the posture, how to use her feet." Gemma went on to explain how her concerns for her daughter come from her own bad experience of attending ballet classes when she was younger.
Explaining what happened, Gemma said: “You can correct me if I'm wrong... I am wrong but it's my fear... Because I am so big built, my fear is that if she does ballet she's going to get the mentality of needing to be small." But Gorka told her: "No, look at Karen [Hauer - his Strictly co-star] and how strong and powerful she looks. She went to ballet school. That's where she came from...."
Typing along the video, Gemma wrote: "Can anyone understand my