Gemma Atkinson slams critics as Gorka proposal marks 3rd engagement after failed romances

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Gemma Atkinson, 37, got engaged to Gorka Marquez last year after the pair had dated after meeting on Strictly Come Dancing back in 2017.

However, it was not the soap actress’ first engagement, as she has been proposed to twice previously, which has been criticised by someSpeaking on Vicky Pattinson’s podcast The Secret To, Gemma reflected on her experience with failed romances.Discussing her engagement to Gorka, she said: “This is my third, third time lucky for me as well, that’s the thing people say, ‘Oh you have been engaged three times’.

I can’t help it if people want to marry me. “They want to marry us, it's on them isn’t it,” She added jokingly.Vicky responded: “But Gorka’s the one isn’t he lass?”Gemma agreed: “He is and without sounding awful, we don’t see each other all day everyday, and it’s been like that from the start. “We came back from Tenerife, he lived in London, I lived in Manchester.

I think the longest we have been apart is 16 weeks. “That was during the Strictly lockdown stuff (last year). For me, it went quickly as I had Mia, but he really struggled. “He was lucky in that he had Maisie (Smith) that year and she is lovely and they got on like a house on fire.She is so, so nice.”Back in 2013, the former Hollyoaks beauty revealed she was engaged to her Britain’s Got Talent boyfriend Liam Richards.The actress managed to keep her engagement under wraps, revealing the big moment had happened in 2012.Taking to Twitter at the time, she told her fans: “Ok, to those asking, YES!