Strictly’s Gorka Marquez has revealed he didn’t want to be partnered with now-fiancee Gemma Atkinson when they both appeared on the BBC show.The couple first met during the 2017 series of Strictly Come Dancing and are now engaged and doting parents to daughter Mia, two-and-a-half.
However in a new interview, dancer Gorka Marquez, 31, said he was happy he wasn’t paired with fiancee Gemma Atkinson, 37, when they appeared on the same series of Strictly, revealing he thought she was “too tall”.
Speaking to Angela Bell on Scala Radio Gorka – who was partnered with Alexandra Burke that year – said of 37-year-old Gemma – who danced with Aljaz Skorjanec: "I didn't want to dance with her.” When asked about his reaction to being given their partners on the show, Gorka explained: “No I didn’t want to dance with Gemma.
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