Gemma Atkinson responds to sweet snap as Amy Dowden joins Strictly Come Dancing cast in first look at new series
24.07.2023 - 18:45
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Gemma Atkinson has shared her response after seeing the Strictly Come Dancing professional dancers back together - including her fiance Gorka Marquez. The Spanish dancer shared how he had left Manchester for London less than a week after welcoming his second child into the world.
Hits Radio host Gemma, 38, and 32-year-old Gorka, who met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017 before love blossomed as they hit the road on the show's tour early in 2018, announced last Wednesday (July 19) the joyous news that Gemma had given birth to their baby boy, four years after their first child, daughter Mia, was born.
But Gorka, who has since confirmed with his fiancee that their baby boy is called Thiago Thomas Marquez, has since revealed that he has now left the family's Greater Manchester home and headed to work ahead of Strictly returning this autumn. "Again time to say see you in a few days..." he typed alongside a face holding back tears emoji on new social media platform Threads.
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He then later took to his Instagram Story with a selfie, telling his followers: "Left MCR at 1pm. Arrived in London now!!" suggesting his trip took around seven hours in total. And it was clearly difficult for Gorka as the Strictly favourite headed into his phone photo album and shared a moving snap.
It showed daughter Mia, four, on the family's sofa looking towards the television which is mounted on the wall while her baby brother slept in a bassinet nearby, Alongside the black and white photo, Gorka wrote: "Already missing them..." adding a string of yellow heart emojis.
But Gorka has since been seen smiling his way through rehearsals as he was seen in a group