Gemma Atkinson makes candid confession over post-baby love life with Gorka Marquez amid 'awful' admission

Gemma Atkinson has said her reaction to Gorka Marquez's affection towards her is 'awful' as she also made a candid confession about their post-baby love life. The Hits Radio host and the Strictly Come Dancing star met on the BBC One dance contest back in 2017.

The loved-up couple struck up a romance behind the scenes before going official after the show's live tour in early 2018. They then welcomed their first-born, daughter Mia, in 2019 before getting engaged on Valentine's Day in 2021 and welcoming their second child, son Thiago, in July this year.

Gemma, 38, and Gorka, 33, announced back in January that they were expanding their brood and kept their fans and followers updated during the pregnancy and after their 'little man' made a safe arrival into the world on July 17 with his proud parents sharing the news days later. A few days after that, they shared the first picture of their son and confirmed his name and they have since been sharing updates on their new life as a family-of-four.

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And now, Gemma has opened up about the more intimate reality of life after welcoming a baby into the world. The Bury-born star on the Made by Mammas podcast about the couple's first opportunity for intimacy in ages after the July birth and how she felt tired and not in the mood, and was worried about her "new" body looking different.

"He [Gorka] was away for three weeks up until last weekend, and I'd had my six week check by then, and she'd ok'ed me to be kind of be intimate again with him again and stuff," she said. "Part of me was thinking 'Oh