Strictly’s Gorka Marquez and Gemma Atkinson issue update on their reality show after two series
GORKA Marquez and Gemma Atkinson have updated fans on their reality show – after two series on air.
They met on Strictly in 2017, but weren’t paired together on the BBC show.
Beginning in 2023, the pair have fronted reality show Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind the Lens – focusing on both their personal and professional lives.
A second series launched in May and showed the adjustment to becoming a family of four.
Speaking to Express.co.uk at the Pride of Britain Awards, ex-Emmerdale star Gemma shared the couple’s stance on a potential third series.
Asked about the show returning, she answered, “Potentially, yeah.”
Gemma added: “We’re currently in talks to do it but we keep thinking why do people want to keep watching us doing nothing.”
“But it did really well, it was like the biggest show on their channel so possibly”, the star continued.
Gemma and Gorka: Life Behind the Lens airs on W and UKTV Play.
Logistics are also a challenge – with Gorka judging on Strictly’s Spanish counterpart, Bailando Con Las Estrellas.
He told the Express: “I still love dancing and I want to carry that on but judging is also fun.”
It comes as fitness influencer Gemma defended herself from cruel trolls.
Internet users body shamed the star following her red carpet appearance at the Pride of Britain Awards.
Writing on her social media, she said: “A dude told me that I look like a dude, I told him if he lifted like me, he could look like one too.”
Gorka showed support for his fiancee by sharing a message of defiance to one vile troll.
The person wrote: “When the woman has the frame of a man and vice versa, he looks like a mouse next to him.”
To which the Spanish dancer replied: “I look like a little mouse, that cracks me up.”
Four years after meeting, Gemma, 39, and Gorka, 34, got engaged back in 2021.
They welcomed their first child, daughter Mia, in July 2019 and their second, son Thiago, in 2023.
Gorka’s most recent Strictly stint ended last month – with his celebrity partner being eliminated.
Morning Live medical expert Dr Punam Krishan left the ballroom after losing a dance-off to Shayne Ward.