Gorka Marquez has spoken out about his celebrity partner for the upcoming series of Strictly Come Dancing as the start of the 2023 competition nears.
The professional dancer will be back in the ballroom when the BBC One dance contest returns next month (September). Gorka, 32, has already been hard at work for the next run of the hit show, having been in rehearsals for weeks before pre-recording this year's group numbers with his fellow pro dancers.
But it has been somewhat difficult for the Spaniard as just days after his second child was born he had to leave the family home and head to London where Strictly rehearsals have been taking place.
Gorka has, however, been making the trip home on a Friday night in order to spend time with his fiance Gemma Atkinson, daughter Mia and newborn son Thiago, known as Tio for short.
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