Strictly couples reunite for brunch date with new babies
Strictly Come Dancing's Janette Manrara and Aljaž Škorjanec reunited with fellow Strictly couple Gemma Atkinson and Gorka Márquez for a sweet brunch date with their new babies.
Janette, who welcomed a baby girl named Lyra with Aljaž last year, took to Instagram to share some adorable snaps from their parents-day out with Gemma and Gorka, who welcomed a baby boy named Tio in July.
The four parents can be seen enjoying their time together while Lyra and Tio asleep in pushchairs on either side, while another photo shows proud dads Aljaž and Gorka pushing their babies along on a walk.
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"Good times seeing these guys for brunch today! Lyra and Tio are already the best of mates," Janette captioned the post.
Gemma shared the same photos to her own Instagram page, captioning it: "How different our catch ups are now. Not a tequila in sight! Tio and Lyra had a 2nd date. The rest of us had coffee and toast and a good natter."
The photos come shortly after Gemma shut down rumours that she and Gorka had split, clarifying that they often spend time away from each other due to their respective careers.
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"It was actually my auntie who messaged me and said, ‘Is everything okay?’, and I was like 'Yeah, yeah, it’s fine'. I get that people find it strange that we are apart a lot but that’s how it’s always been since we met," she explained during a recent appearance on Lorraine.
"You don’t want to be so dependent on each other that you can’t do anything without them, and I think that’s what’s great about me and Gorka — is that on his own he’s great, on my own I’m great, but together it’s like unstoppable."
The couple first met while competing on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017, before welcoming their first child together in 2019 and getting engaged in 2021.
Meanwhile, Janette revealed last year that she and Aljaž would "love" to give their baby girl a sibling.
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