Strictly’s Gorka Marquez and Gemma Atkinson share a kiss as they leave their hotel
The dance pro, 28, and his other half, 33, were spotted enjoying a tender moment outside their hotel today
STRICTLY pro Gorka Marquez and Gemma Atkinson shared a sweet kiss as they left their hotel today.
The BBC star, 28, and the former Emmerdale actress, 33, smooched outside the venue before the Spanish hunk made his way to rehearsals with dance partner Katie Piper.
The duo, who fell for each other after competing on the 2017 series of Strictly, looked relaxed in one another’s company while they shared the tender moment.
Gemma looked casual in a pair of skinny jeans, white T-shirt and plaid flannel shirt wrapped around her waist.
Gorka mimicked his other half’s low-key ensemble in a pair of khaki-coloured chinos, black tee and yellow wool beanie before he dashed off to rehearse with Katie, 34, ahead of this weekend's show.
Recently, Gemma insisted her relationship with Gorka was rock solid and said that they would not fall foul to the dreaded Strictly Curse.
The former Hollyoaks actress fell for the Spanish hunk after competing in the 2017 series of Strictly Come Dancing.
And while the hit BBC One show has a long, dark history of destroying marriages and relationships, Gemma was sure her romance with the dance pro won’t be threatened now he has been paired with 2018 co-star Katie Piper (herself married to carpenter Richard Sutton).
“Katie has a husband but even if she was single, it wouldn’t be an issue that Gorka is dancing with her. I trust him 100% and it is his job to teach someone else to dance,” the former Hollyoaks star told the .
“He could be partnered with Miss Universe and I’d still trust him because we’ve got something so amazing,” she insisted.
In the 2017 series, Gemma was paired with Aljaz Skorjanec, while Gorka was paired with Alexandra Burke.
Gemma insists she did not have romantic feelings for Gorka until after the end of the series.
“We spent Christmas together and in February we said, ‘Let’s make something’ and it was then we had that connection,” she told the publication.
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Of the 2018 contestants, style expert Susannah Constantine, who was the first contestant voted off this year's series, previously joked she would run off with her dance partner, Anton du Beke.
“I am so happy I cannot tell you,” Susannah told host Tess Daly after learning she had been paired with Anton during the launch show.
“I want someone with an evil sense of humour and he has it,” she said. “We will get on like a house on fire."
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