Gorka Marquez mocked by BBC Strictly Come Dancing co-star as he makes rare appearance with mum
02.04.2024 - 08:03
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Gorka Marquez was heard being mocked by his Strictly Come Dancing co-star before making a rare appearance with his mum. The dancer made his TV return on Monday (April 1) as he joined Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice for the third and final episode of their BBC One series Anton & Giovanni’s Adventures in Spain.
Following their trip to Italy last year, their new show sees the duo head to Spain on an epic adventure across Anton's motherland with their trip ending in the very village where Anton's mother was born and after leaving Madrid behind to head to the Basque region, Basque local Gorka joined them for a whistlestop tour.
Strictly judge Anton and Gorka's fellow pro dancer Giovanni had arranged to meet him at a cathedral in San Sebastian - but they were struggling to find him. Anton cheekily jibed that Gorka was too short to be visible, as Giovanni was forced to get his phone out to try to locate him.
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"It will be very difficult to see him, he's very short!" Anton quipped, before adding: "Why doesn't he stand up? Oh he is!" And by this point, Gorka had resorted to waving both his arms in the air, before they finally found him.
The trio later met up with Gorka's mum and dad and Anton didn't hesitate to grill them on whether the 33-year-old had been mischievous as a child. She sweetly insisted he hadn't been "naughty", but Gorka admitted that his father had a different opinion. Anton jokingly jibed that his mum probably had "worse eyesight", so didn't notice his bad behaviour.
Gorka grinned sheepishly at his mum as she made