Gorka Marquez's daughter cuddles up to another Strictly Come Dancing star after Gemma Atkinson's emotional admission
16.05.2024 - 14:31
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Gemma Atkinson shares a string of sweet moments from her and her daughter's visit to see Gorka Marquez as he continues touring the country with his Strictly Come Dancing co-stars.
The dancer has already spent a couple of weeks on the road with a number of his fellow professional dancers from the BBC One dance contest as they bring the Strictly Come Dancing The Professionals tour to venues up and down the country.
As well as Gorka the other talented professional dancers taking part are Karen Hauer, Dianne Buswell, Nancy Xu, Graziano Di Prima, Carlos Gu, Vito Coppola, Nikita Kuzmin, Jowita Przystal, Neil Jones, Michelle Tsiakkos and Luba Mushtuk.
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And Gorka previously spoke about being away from home and specifically shared what his four-year-old daughter misses about him being away. The 33-year-old said: "When we’re in London or Manchester on the tour, Gemma will bring Mia to see me. She loves to see Daddy dance. I try to get home on odd days the rest of the time. I’m a judge on the Spanish version of Strictly so I’m used to being away from home.
"But I miss the family, of course, and they miss me, particularly Mia who likes me to take her to her swimming lesson on a Saturday morning. Thiago’s too young at the moment to understand the passage of time. But this is all part of the job and I’m doing something I love."
However, there has been a reunion after five weeks away as the Strictly stars made their way to Manchester for their string of shows on Tuesday and Wednesday which meant Gorka could stay at home. It also meant that Mia