Gemma Atkinson has named and shamed online trolls, after being hit by a string of vile messages about her and Strictly Come Dancing other half Gorka Marquez's baby news.
After Gorka chose not to do this year's Strictly tour, telling fans that he'd made the 'important' decision to spend some quality time at home with Gemma and daughter Mia, following a busy few months in and out of the Strictly ballroom, the couple revealed that they are expecting their second child together at the weekend, with Gorka posting a picture of a blooming Gemma on his Instagram and sharing Gemma's announcement post which read: "Our baby boy will be joining our family later this year. We feel so incredibly blessed and Grateful to be on this journey again. Mia is absolutely thrilled!"
It added: "Although we may need to do some negotiating on names, as so far she’s adamant he’s going to be called Barbie."
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Both Gemma and Gorka were inundated with well wishes and congratulations after sharing their big news, with messages flooding in from Stricty stars but, as she hosted her show on Hits Radio on Wednesday, former Hollyoaks actress Emma told listeners that she'd also been the target of some unpleasant comments as well.
She told co-presenter Mike Toolan: "“This is one from a guy called Steve-O: ‘Well, that’s her body ruined’,” as Gemma started laughing. Moving onto another, Gemma read: "Are we sure this baby’s even Gorka’s? The amount of fellas she had, it could be anyone's! Hope this relationship fails."
An upbeat Gemma seemed to take the cruel messages in her stride and, after the video of her reading the messages out was posted on the Hits Radio Instagram, a fan replied: "I bloody love this, instead of hurting you, which is what they intended.. they've provided us all with a laugh. haters make great comedians in a happy environment"
A second joked: "Why would you even go with anyone else? If I was with Gorka I certainly wouldn't"
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