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Gorka Marquez praises Strictly for helping him build a family after meeting fiancée Gemma Atkinson as show battles growing 'abuse' crisis


The professional dancer, who is a father of two, shares two children, Mia, 4, and Thiago, 11 months, with Hollyoaks star Gemma Atkinson.

In an emotionally charged interview, the actress, 50, compared the dance show to 'the trenches' telling Channel 4 News that BBC producers had been left 'horrified' by clips that also allegedly exhibited 'humiliating behaviour of a sexual nature'. Yet in a dramatic twist in the Strictly saga, the actress claimed Giovanni tried to stop her legal team from accessing the video 'evidence' after producers were forced to put cameras in the dance studio after Amanda raised concerns. Fellow Italian dancer Graziano Di Prima was suspended from the programme after he was accused of kicking and spitting at former Love Island star Zara McDermott (pictured)

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