Gemma Atkinson details the moment she knew fiancé Gorka Marquez was 'the one'

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Gemma Atkinson has shared how she knew that she had found 'the one' in Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Marquez - revealing the thing that was different about him from anyone else she had dated.The couple, who now have two children together, met when Gemma took part in 2017's Strictly, although they were not matched on the show.

Gemma danced with Aljaz Skorjanec while Gorka partnered Alexandra Burke, with both couples making the final. Hits Radio presenter Gemma, 39, who has also starred in Hollyoaks and Emmerdale, looks blissfully happy with Gorka Marquez, 33, and in a chat with Scott Thomas for his Learning As I Go podcast, she said that the Spanish dancer not knowing anything about her UK fame was what made things work.

Scott, whose brothers are soap stars Adam and Ryan Thomas, asked how she knew that Gorka was 'the one'. Gemma replied: "When I did Strictly, Gorka had only been over in the UK for a year, cause he joined Strictly in 2016 and I joined in 2017. "It's gonna sound really big-headed and arsy and I don't mean it to, but he's the only person who I was dating and went on to be in a relationship with who didn't know anything about what I'd done, who I'd dated, what I'd worked in." The mum-of-two explained that he has to Google the celebrity contestants every year and that she'd told him all about Scott's brother Adam ahead of the 2023 series as she used to work with him in Emmerdale.

Gemma continued: "So (Gorka) didn't have any expectations of me. When we met, he'd googled me like he'd googled everyone else and he'd seen my pictures and stuff, but he didn't have a clue about any TV shows, he didn't know anything.