Doting mum Gemma Atkinson has shared an adorable clip of her daughter Mia being 'so Manc' as she chatted on the phone. The Hits Radio host posted a video of her two-year-old seemingly having a conversation on a mobile and using the phrase 'Do you know what I mean?'
The former Emmerdale and Hollyoaks actress shared the video on her Instagram Stories as she laughed: "Dya know whatta mean." And she joked with fans: "She's so manc."
Last month Gemma, who is engaged to Strictly professional dancer Gorka Marquez, shared a cute video on her Instagram of the family on Tenerife. Her followers noticed that Mia had picked up an accent from her famous mum, who is from Bury.
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And many noticed that Strictly Come Dancing professional Gorka, who is from Bilbao, Spain, also seemed to have adopted a 'Manchester twang.' aliflyhi1 told Gemma: "Gorkz sounds like he’s picked up the manc accent too", sarahparke10 said: "I defo heard Mancunian in Gorka’s speech then!" and josephjones37 chuckled: "Gorka 'where we guwin'?”"
Gemma and Gorka met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017 when she was paired with fellow pro dancer Aljaz Skorjanec and he danced with singer Alexandra Burke on the BBC celeb dance contest. Gorka popped the question during a romantic dog walk on Valentine's Day last year.
Gemma has this week told how Mia was 'gutted' to have missed seeing her dad in the Strictly Professionals tour last week after being stricken with chickenpox. Gorka brought her souvenir programme home after she couldn't make it.
"She missed the show with her chickenpox so papa got her a programme," said Gemma. And she explained: "Program was the next best thing we could do bless her. She was gutted she couldn't watch papa dance."
According to the NHS chickenpox is a very contagious infection that causes an itchy, spotty rash. Gemma said their daughter can go 'back to normality' and return to her toddlers' group now that her blisters have scabbed over meaning they are no longer contagious.
She explained: "I actually kept her off the week before we were going on holiday because it was going around. She can get them any time but she ain't getting them before we go to Tenerife. First holiday in two years we are going."
And she said upset Mia was helped to deal with the infection by naming her blisters."She's been fine," reassured Gemma. "She was a bit upset when we first saw them. We named them all to make it a bit more fun."
