Gemma Atkinson has postponed her wedding to Gorka Marquez.
The 37-year-old actress – who is known for her role as Lisa Hunter on Channel 4 soap ‘Hollyoaks’ – got engaged to ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professional Gorka, 31, back in February 2021 and had planned to tie the knot later this year, but have been forced to cancel their plans due to Gorka’s hectic touring schedule.
Gemma told new! magazine: “Gorka is literally on tour all of this year. We’ve only got four days off together. He’s got the two Strictly tours back to back, and then he’ll be going on Strictly in the autumn. We don’t even have a minute to sit down and begin making plans.”
The soap star – who has been in a relationship with Gorka since 2017 and has two-year-old daughter Mia with him – previously revealed that the pair are planning to get married abroad in her fiance’s native Spain because his family don’t speak English.
She said: “We’re obviously not going to do it this year given everything that is going on, the only thing we have agreed on so far is that we are going to do it abroad.. Gorka wants his family to be able to order drinks at the bar and understand the waiters. His family don’t speak English and my family don’t speak Spanish, so we’ve said that we’ll meet halfway.”
Back in 2021, Gorka had admitted he hoped that the nuptials would take place the following year, but wanted to make sure all friends and families could attend before setting a date.
He said: “We don’t know what’s going to happen. In my head, I had it planned maybe next year but we don’t really know. We’re happy like we are right now. We want to make the wedding for all the family and friends.”