Strictly's Gemma Atkinson opens up on relationship struggles with Gorka Marquez

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Gemma Atkinson confessed that she once "resented" Strictly's Gorka Marquez for returning to Strictly Come Dancing after the birth of her daughter, Mia.

The formerhttps://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/hollyoaksstar, 37, appeared on ITV's Lorraine on Monday (April 11) talking about her new book The Ultimate Body Plan For New Mums.During the discussion, Gemma explained that life wasn't always easy for the showbiz couple who had met on the 2017 series of the glitzy BBC One programme.Speaking to Christine Lampard, who was filling in for Lorraine during the holidays, Gemma explained that her mum and Gorka's co-star Giovanni Pernice were imperative with saving their marriage.Speaking about their woes at the time, Gemma said she and Gorka both "resented" each other when he needed to return to his day job.While Gemma was upset and sought the advice of her mum after thinking "this is my life now" as she battled parenthood alone, she had not factored in that Gorka was also down in the dumps.Giovanni contacted Gemma to say that he was "worried" about his pal who would not come out of his hotel room.The current Strictly champion explained to Gemma that Gorka didn't want to go out because he was missing his family back home.This is a live TV story and is constantly being updated.Please refresh the page regularly to get the latest TV updates.TV & Showbiz reporters are working to source the latest information, reaction, pictures and video related to this story.You can also follow us on Twitter @DailyStar, or follow us on Instagram @dailystar to get the latest TV and celeb gossip 24 hours a day.Or like our Daily Star Showbiz Facebook page to get the day's biggest stories, and have your say on them.Why not also subscribe to receive our.