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Manchester Evening News
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Jessica Sansome

Gemma Atkinson sees the funny side as wakes to find 'Will Mellor' in her living room

Gemma Atkinson shared the moment she walked into her living room to find 'Will Mellor' waiting for her. It's not exactly as it seems as it wasn't the actor and current Strictly Come Dancing star who had made his way onto her lounge chair.

It was in fact the giant elf she acquired ahead of Christmas for her daughter Mia. Last weekend, Gemma, from Bury, revealed her daughter is a fan of the former Two Pints of Lager star Will and even named the stuffed elf toy after him.

After showing Mia revealing the name of her new pal to her millions of Instagram followers, the comments must have been coming in as Gemma later filmed another video telling her millions of followers that Will, who is paired with Nancy Xu in the BBC One dance contest, does in fact know about his new, inanimate namesake.

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