Gemma Atkinson left 'looking like a sabretooth' as painful fitted brace 'slashes her lip'

express.co.uk:

Gemma Atkinson, 38, has said she’s been left “looking like a sabretooth” after her fitted brace disastrously became dislodged.The star, who is engaged to Strictly Come Dancing professional Gorka Márquez, 32, will now have to present her Hits Radio show with a “slashed lip”.Taking to Instagram this morning, Gemma shared a health update with her 1.8 million followers.“My fitted brace has come off,” the presenter despaired, “Slashing my lip.”“I’m getting it fixed though on Monday,” she reassured her fans, “But I’m going to have to talk on the radio like this.”Fiddling with her brace, the star continued: “I keep putting it up and it falls back down.”“I’m like a sabertooth - sabertooth!” she repeated with a laugh, including a sticker of a sabre-tooth tiger in the video.Gemma then touched her brace again before wincing in pain, saying: “It really hurts.”“Think I should cut it myself?” she asked her followers, as she seemed to seriously consider it for a quick second. “No, would I heck,” she chuckled. “God, look at that,” she concluded with an exasperated sigh.Gemma first revealed her braces back in March, 2021, after previously describing how excited she was to finally get them.

It came just weeks after she and Gorka announced they were engaged to be married, taking to social media on Valentine's Day to share the happy news.She wrote: "Valentine’s forever...