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Gorka Marquez Goes Shirtless, Reveals Stunning Tattoo During Tour with Karen Hauer!

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Gorka Marquez flaunted his toned physique on Sunday as he whipped off his shirt during his latest tour performance with Karen Hauer in Manchester.

The Spanish dancer, 34, joined his fellow Strictly Come Dancing star, 42, at Bridgewater Hall for their SPEAKEASY show, which sees them take to the stage in theatres across the country.

And Gorka dazzled the large crowd on this occasion, as he stripped off his dark blue and white horizontal-striped T-shirt to reveal his incredibly toned abs.

The audience were treated to a glimpse of his remarkable body, including his unusual tattoos, one of which involves a huge tiger face inked across his entire back. 

In his captivating act, the star ended up wearing just black trousers and cherry-red Converse sneakers.

Gorka was soon joined by Karen for a lively dance, with the Venezuelan-American professional sporting a sparkly red mini-dress with a slit as she wowed the crowd.

His latest daring show, comes after Gorka’s fiancée Gemma Atkinson insisted she has no regrets about her own wild past ahead of settling down with the Strictly favourite.

The actress, 40, first rose to fame as sexy siren Lisa Hunter in Hollyoaks, and in recent years has become an advocate for fitness with her gruelling exercise regime.

Last month, Gemma confessed that during her 20s she was more preoccupied with her sexual conquests than staying in shape, telling Women’s Health Magazine she was no stranger to the ‘walk of shame’.

The star has also been engaged twice before, but hopes to make it down the aisle with Gorka, after they started dating on Strictly in 2017.

Gemma admitted: “I’ve taken what some might call the ‘walk of shame.’ Instead, I prefer to call it a ‘stride of pride,’ as I cross someone’s threshold, hoping fervently that no one from the family emerges from a bedroom.

Avoid any contact, please. Refrain from meeting my gaze – it’s better if you remain unaware of my actions regarding your son the previous night. Let’s keep our eyes averted.

Currently, Gemma has shifted her attention towards her exercise routine, as she found out that her recovery from a Caesarean section following the birth of her son Thiago in July 2023 took longer than expected.

She told the publication that she wakes up at 4.30am before throwing herself into a kettlebell-and-cardio routine designed by personal trainer Elliott Upton at her home gym in Manchester.

Gemma announced her engagement to Gorka in 2021, but the couple have been forced to push back their wedding multiple times due to work commitments. The couple are also parents to daughter Mia, five.

In my past, I’ve openly shared that I’ve had two engagements, the first being with footballer Marcus Bent back in 2008, and later with Britain’s Got Talent finalist and martial arts expert, Liam Richards, in 2010.

Speaking about her exes on her podcast The Overshare, Gemma said: ‘You are not always meant to be with that one person. I have been engaged before. This is my third engagement.

‘Me and Gorka discussed it. He is the only person I said, “Yeah, I would love to marry you”.’

The other two suggestions were made earlier, and my response was something like, “Ah, yes.” However, six weeks later, I found myself saying, “I can’t do it”. You probably already know this.

Earlier, they proposed two ideas, and I agreed, saying “Sure thing.” But after six weeks, I realized I couldn’t follow through with it. You probably figured that out by now.

‘People do sometimes go through with an engagement or wedding knowing it is the wrong person — but a fear of, “How do you get out of it?” But imagine trying to get out of a divorce. It is even harder.’

Gemma also revealed that she and Gorka had actually crossed paths before they started dating on Strictly, after she saw him perform while on holiday with an ex.

We were vacationing together in the Bahamas with my then-partner when a cruise ship unexpectedly docked on the beach. As I didn’t know this, we were standing there enjoying some drinks, and we both looked at the massive ocean liner, remarking, “Wow, look how big it is!

‘And Gorka was performing on that cruise ship. We worked this out. I was there with my ex who at the time I thought, “I am going to marry, have kids, this is it”. Three months later, turns out he had another life elsewhere — another partner.

‘But then I met Gorka. It is the whole sliding-doors moment. We were in the same country without even knowing, both of us together.’

Gorka previously praised Strictly for helping him to build a family, after he and Gemma grew close after meeting on the show.

He told the Daily Star: ‘Strictly has changed my life, if you look back and go back nine years ago, I came here to the UK for the first time to do Strictly, after never been here before, and now look at me now, I have a family, a partner, two children all because of Strictly.

Our relationship didn’t develop until after we took the tour together, since during the show we initially just spent time together in a group setting, including rehearsals.

‘But then we were on tour after the Strictly, we had more time and would say “let’s go for a coffee” or “I’m going to the gym, can I come with you?” so then we ended up spending a lot of time together, we were like travelling every day to different cities.’

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2025-03-17 18:57

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