Real Life With Gorka and Gemma

The Strictly stars open up about Oprah's role in their meeting, marriage plans, family life and their new reality TV show

-  CHRISTINE SMITH

Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Marquez and his fiancée Gemma Atkinson have revealed they are in no rush to tie the knot after introducing their new son to the world last month.

The happy couple, who met in 2017 when Gemma was taking part in Strictly, also say they don't want any more children because the arrival of new son, Thiago, has made their family together with four-year-old daughter, Mia - complete.

Speaking ahead of their new reality TV series Life Behind The Lens on W channel, which promises to offer an "unfiltered look" at what their life is really like away from the Strictly sequins, Gemma (38) says she is looking forward to marrying Gorka... when they are ready.

"It's funny, everyone seems to be obsessed with us having a big white wedding and it's the opposite of what we want," Gemma says.

"We've found our venue and it'll be small and intimate with just family and close friends, but it hasn't happened yet. It'll be nice now that both Mia and Thiago will be involved, but we're in no rush. We feel married already, with almost six years together and two babies life's great. We're very lucky."

Laughing, she goes on to add, "But no, the shop is well and truly shut (on having more children)!"

Reflecting on her romance with Gorka and the arrival of their two children, she thinks it's fate that she met him six years ago.

"I'd actually said 'no' to the offer from Strictly," she confides. "But then I went to Jason Vale's juice retreat with my mum, and Oprah Winfrey's book had been left in my room. The first page I turned to said, If you have a chance to sit it out or dance, I hope you choose to dance.