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Jessica Sansome

Pregnant Gemma Atkinson shares Gorka Marquez's hilarious reaction to her baby name option

Gorka Marquez and Gemma Atkinson appear to have hit a bit of a stumbling block when it comes to choosing a name for their unborn son as the Hits Radio host shared the hilarious reaction of her Strictly Come Dancing star fiance to one of her suggestions.

The couple, who met on the BBC One dance show in 2017 when Gemma was a contestant and partnered with the show's former dancer Aljaž Škorjanec, are preparing to welcome their second child into the world any day now after confirming the happy news they were expecting back in January.

Gemma, 38, and Gorka, 32, have been keeping fans updated on the pregnancy which comes almost four years to the date that they welcomed their first child together, daughter Mia, who will be celebrating her fourth birthday on July 4.

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But with their baby boy due to make his grand entrance some time soon, it appears Gemma and Gorka haven't settled on a name after only being in agreement on a girl's name for a sweet reason.

Taking to Instagram on Friday (June 23), Gemma shared a hilarious video of Gorka as she spoke to him inside their Greater Manchester home. The former Hollyoaks and Emmerdale star had put a filter on her beau that made it look like he was crying as he hit back at one of her name suggestions.

"We're picking names and I want Rocky Marquez. I like Rocky but Gorka won't have it," Gemma said to which the Spanish dancer replied: "Yeah I don't. Call him Stallone too. What if I said to you I want to call my kid Rambo?"

(Gemma Atkinson Instagram)

His wife-to-be laughed as she said: "No but Rocky Marquez sounds good." Gorka then replied: "Well I like also Jean-Claude!" to which Gemma said:" The mussels from Brussels? Wam Bam Van Dam." Alongside the clip, she jokingly typed: "He's sad because we haven't yet got a name," alongside a string of crying laughing emojis.

Gemma then turned the camera on herself and spoke to her fans and followers, saying: "It's hard naming a human isn't it? We only had a girl's name picked out. We had 'Vida' for a girl because Vida is 'life' and Mia is 'mine' in Spanish so we were going to have 'my life'. But it's a little boy."

She then added: "Rocky's definitely not going to happen. He won't have it. I don't know, it might change when we see him. Who knows." Gemma then returned to her Instagram Story to respond to those suggesting 'Rocco' as a compromise, but she said her sister's dog is called Rocco 'so that's out'.

(Gemma Atkinson Instagram)

Meanwhile, on Thursday, Gemma gave her followers a bit of an update as they eagerly await news of her baby's arrival/ shared a video to her own Instagram Story as she sat in the pool under the latest sun rays. "I'm just chilling in the pool," she said as she sat out in the paddling pool in the garden.

"Gorka's gone to pick Mia up so yeah, just relaxing. Got everything ready for her party on Saturday, her birthday party. We're doing it early. She's not four until the fourth of July but her party is this Saturday and we'll do one at the house on the actual day.

"I just wanted to make sure she had one with her nursery friends. We're all sorted for that, just a few more bits to do. But other than that, all good. I'm just nice and relaxed. Feeling nice and chilled, suns out, in the pool. Life's good, I'm very lucky."

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