Helen Skelton joked that Gorka Marquez gave her 'notes' after the pair reunited in the middle of the Strictly Come Dancing tour, where she is dancing with another pro.
Helen and Gorka were many people's pick for the Glitterball trophy, after they made it all the way to the Strictly final in December. They went into their live finale as second favourites and, while the BBC never release the voting figures for the show, fans believe that the pair will have pushed eventual champions Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal all the way for ballroom victory.
After they lost out on the title, many fans were hoping to see them bounce back from disappointment by performing together on tour; so were left gutted when Gorka's name wasn't on the confirmed line-up, with Kai Widdrington being called into replace him and partner Helen.
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The Strictly tour kicked off in Birmingham on January 20 and so far Helen and Kai have won five shows on the tour, including both nights in Leeds.
And, as the nationwide event moved down to Manchester, there was a familiar face by Helen's side, Gorka, who joined her and Kai for a pre-show catch up. Sharing a photo of the trio together, Gorka urged fans with tickets for the Manchester shows to vote for Helen and Kai.
Helen also shared a group shot on her Insta story, and wrote: "I thought we were catching up, they started to give me notes."
Gorka opened up to fans about his reasons for turning down the tour earlier this month. Directly responding to a question in an Instagram Q&A, he wrote: "After the Strictly series I always like to take some down time to spend quality time with Gem and Mia. I am grateful for the work, but I also think spending time with family is important."
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