Gorka Marquez is said to have confided his “relief” at stepping back from this year’s troubled Strictly Come Dancing, following a spate of damaging headlines surrounding the BBC ballroom show.
The Spanish dancer, 34, who has been a fixture on the hit programme since 2016, will not be competing as a main professional this year after signing on as a judge for Bailando con las Estrellas, Spain’s equivalent of Strictly.
