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Gemma Atkinson shares adorable clip of daughter Mia swooning over Strictly's Will Mellor

Gemma Atkinson has shared an adorable clip of her daughter Mia as she swoons over Strictly's Will Mellor whilst watching the BBC dance competition at the weekend.

The former Emmerdale star met her husband-to-be Gorka on the hit dance show five years ago and they now share a three-year-old daughter together.

Radio presenter, Gemma, regularly shares daily clips with her 1.8M followers, her fans especially look forward to seeing Mia's reaction to her papa's performance with dance partner, Helen Skelton, at the weekends as the two keep up to date with the competition from home.

READ MORE: Strictly's Helen Skelton pays emotional tribute to Gorka Marquez for 'looking after her'

In the clips posted to Gemma's Instagram stories Mia could be seen watching the tense scenes as they awaited the scores from the judges to find out whether Gorka and Helen had made it through another week.

Mia said: "We want papa and Helen to win" before screaming with excitement upon hearing the result.

Gemma Atkinson shares adorable clip of daughter Mia as she swoons over Strictly's Will Mellor (Instagram)

However, while Mia might be her papa and Helen's number one fan it seems this week, there is another performer who caught Mia's attention.

The following clip saw Mia dancing along to Will Mellor's performance, the tot can be heard saying "Will Mellor" and smiling, mum, Gemma asks: "Do you like Will?" to which Mia replies: "Yeah!"

Gemma, giggling, then says: "Does he make you giddy?" and Mia says "Yeah!", Gemma then jokes: "You'll have to fight auntie Laura for him won't you?" Gemma captioned the clip: "Her 1st crush, she loves Will's move week dance!"

It comes after Gemma revealed at the weekend that Gorka's legs were causing an issue. Speaking in a video posted to her Instagram Story on Saturday morning, Gemma shared how she was having to pick the dancer's suit up for the upcoming Pride of Britain awards.

"His trousers no longer fit his quads," she laughed. "His his thighs have got too thick from the training he has been doing so [it's a] girls shopping day." She then laughed as she shared her daughter's horror at watching her get awards ready.

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