Gemma Atkinson reveals the hilarious moment she knew Gorka Marquez was The One

They met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017

Author: Emma DoddsPublished 16th Jan 2019

Gemma Atkinson is in a relationship with Strictly Come Dancing professional Gorka Marquez, and it seems like they're going from strength to strength. The couple, who first met when Gemma competed on Strictly Come Dancing back in 2017, recently moved in together after getting together on the Strictly Live tour last year.

Whilst they're always posting sweet snaps of themselves together on Instagram, they tend not to talk about each other too much in public - that is, until recently, when Gemma gushed over her boyfriend and Gorka returned the favour in an interview on Lorraine, calling himself "lucky" to have met her.

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Now, Gemma has spoken out about the moment she knew Gorka was a keeper, telling the story to her fellow presenters, Gethin Jones and Dave Vitty on the breakfast show this morning (16th Jan) - and it's absolutely hilarious.

She said, "We were on tour with Strictly and I had norovirus when we were staying in Manchester," as Dave pointed out that it's "never pretty" to have the illness. "It was awful, I had to leave a restaurant early."

Gemma added, "We were all out, the cast and crew, and I had to leave early to go back to my hotel, and as you know, norovirus isn't pretty at all, and he left early to come back to the hotel and check on me." Bless him!

She continued, "He did the whole... He held my hair back, mopped my brow, made sure I slept ok, and I was going, 'Don't look at me!' So that's when I knew he was a keeper."

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