Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice has shown his support for his co-star Gorka Marquez and his fiancee Gemma Atkinson as they prepare to appear in their very own reality show.
11.08.2023 - 01:41 / ok.co.uk
New mum Gemma Atkinson has slammed trolls who have labelled her 'fat' and 'lazy', just three weeks after she gave birth to her son.The 38 year old former Hollyoaks star gave birth to her second child, son Thiago, in July. She shares him and her four year old daughter, Mia, with Strictly pro Gorka Marquez, 32.Taking to Instagram, the now-mum-of-two spoke about a recent walk she took to the doctors with her mum. She laughed as she said that she had discussed paparazzi pictures taken on their outing, saying: "I did look like a bag of rags, to be fair.
I didn't look my best." Gemma explained her ongoing C-section recovery was the reason she wasn't pushing Thiago's pram. She said: "My mum was pushing the pram, because it's quite hilly where I live, so downhill I could push him. Uphill, it was a little bit tender and I don't want to overdo it." "When we came out of the doctors, I was going on my phone to look at the ingredients list in my medication, because you know what I'm like with stuff.
I was like, 'will this steroid cream affect my breastfeeding?' "My point is people message me a lot of DMs. Some are lovely, some are horrible - whatever. I've already had one kicking off today that Thiago shouldn't be in the sun.
F*** off." "Anyway, people were messaging me. I got one saying how lazy I was letting my mum push the pram. "I got another one saying: "You used to be fit, and you're still fat." Gemma went on to explain she and her mum had a good chuckle at the photos, with her mum admitting: "You do look awful." She said: "If I had been on my own reading those messages - 'you used to be fit, you're proper lazy' - I would have been like, oh my god.
Strictly Come Dancing star Giovanni Pernice has shown his support for his co-star Gorka Marquez and his fiancee Gemma Atkinson as they prepare to appear in their very own reality show.
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