Gorka Marquez called a halt to a live segment of Saturday night's Strictly Come Dancing to plead with Helen Skelton to 'believe in herself' as he addressed the 'difficult time' she's been having.
Former Blue Peter host Helen has been the first to admit that she's been battling a distinct lack of self confidence during her time on Strictly so far, both in the training in the lead up to the first live show last month and in weekly rehearsals. Things got so bad before the first live show that she even fled the dance studio through a fire exit, before Gorka had to talk her into coming back in, as Helen was left in tears.
Since then he has tried to 'force' her to have more confidence in herself by taking the drastic step in rehearsals of surrounding her with mirrors, so she had no choice but to look at herself. Gorka and Helen's Strictly scores have been on an upward climb and on Saturday night they performed a paso doble in a bid to keep that trend going.
