Ex Emmerdale star Gemma Atkinson has hit back at trolls who have criticised her impressive work out schedule as a bid to 'keep hold of' her fiancé and Strictly star Gorka Marquez.
The 37-year-old radio host took to Instagram today on Monday, June 20 to call out internet trolls who have suggested her determination to keep fit is purely for her partners benefit.
Gemma, who met Gorka whilst taking part in the 15th season of the BBC dancing competition, shared screen shots of the nasty comments that had been made with her 1.8m followers.
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But she had blurred out the names of the perpetrators in a bid to protect their identities. Gemma penned: “We seem to have gone back a few decades" alongside a facepalm emoji.
“Note to anyone starting out with a training/health regime. “Doing it for anyone but yourself is a set up for failure. Do it for YOU! YOU deserve to feel YOUR best. Shut out the noise and crack on.” she concluded with a flexed bicep emoji.
The comments Gemma chose to include insinuated that she only trains for Gorka's benefit, one troll said: "Her bloke will cheat on her if she stops training!” while another added: "Love it… But is all this to keep Gorka??” a third made a comment about her physique: "Starting to look too muscly.”
The mum-of-one recently released a fitness book and regularly keeps her followers up to date with her daily work out schedule and healthy lifestyle.
Never one to shy away from a spot of controversy, Gemma made it abundantly clear that she works out for her own benefit and her own benefit alone, she reiterated that fitness was her own passion, just as much as dancing is Gorka’s.
Gemma and Gorka got engaged on Valentines Day last year, a year after welcoming their first child together, their two-year-old daughter Mia was born on July 4, 2019 and regularly features on Gemma's Instagram stories.
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