Gemma Atkinson has jokingly suggested Gorka Marquez isn't impressed as his daughter appears to have a little bit of a crush on one of his Strictly Come Dancing co-stars. Hits Radio host Gemma took to Instagram ahead of the weekend to share how she'd been out to get some Halloween supplies.
She had forgotten that the spookiest day of the year was just days away and so headed out to get 'loads of sweet' for any potential trick-or-treaters that may knock on the door of her Greater Manchester home over the weekend.
But while in her local shop, Gemma appeared to not just be thinking about Halloween but also about Christmas. She filmed herself talking to the camera in a video posted to her Instagram Story and she could be seen getting ready to set off to work in her car. But before she did, she showed off her new friend to the camera.
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"I had to get this fella... look at him," the 37-year-old said before panning the camera to show a giant elf teddy sat in her passenger seat. "Look at him," she repeated before making him wave and say 'hello Instagram'. She added: "He's coming home with us. What a life you're going to have at our house... you'll live in the loft apart from two weeks of the year."
Later in the evening, Gemma returned to Instagram to show the elf chilling on the sofa with her three-year-old daughter Mia who had cosied up to the addition to the Atkinson-Marquez abode. "He can go away until we get the tree out, can't he?" Gemma asked the toddler who failed to respond.
But the mum-of-one then asked: "What's he called?" to which Mia replied without hesitation: "Will Mellor!" Gemma could then be heard saying: "Will Mellor? Is that what you're calling him?" While Mia didn't respond, Gemma could be heard laughing at her daughter's choice before typing: "An elf called Will Mellor," alongside a string of crying laughing emojis.
Despite Christmas still being a few weeks away, on Saturday morning, Gemma showed that 'Will' hadn't quite made it to the loft and was sat at the kitchen table. "Where's Will?" Gemma asked as Mia pointed towards the kitchen from the hallway of their gorgeous family home.
And the comments must have been coming in for Gemma as she later filmed another video telling her millions of followers that Strictly star and actor Will does in fact know about his new, inanimate namesake. "Some people are asking does the real Will Mellor know that you like him?" Gemma said to her little girl who proceeded to put her hands on her hips.
"He does know, doesn't he? What did you get yesterday from Will?" the former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale actress asked. After initially saying 'the elf', Gemma revealed that Mia actually got a video message from the former Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisp star. When she asked what he did on the video, Mia showed a finger wag motion as if to say 'come here'.
"She likes him when he does this [geaturing a come here motion with her finger] in his dance and so he sent her a video saying, 'Hi Mia,' and does it to he," Gemma explained, seemingly referring to a few weeks ago when Will channeled Patrick Swayze during Strictly's annual Movie Week.
"So I've had to show it her about 46 times," Gemma then admitted. She also wrote alongside the video: "Will does know and he finds it hilarious [crying laughing emoji]. Gorka, not so much! He doesn't want her fancying anyone until she's at least 28."
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