has hit back after being 'attacked' by a grieving fan on Mother's Day as she opened up about her surprise weekend.
The TV presenter revealed that a woman 'went in' on her during the celebration after she thanked her own mother Sandra for always 'showing up every single day'.
Speaking with her Strictly Come Dancing pro fiancé on their Lost In Translation podcast, Gemma explained that one unhappy fan expressed their frustration in her DMs over the weekend.
She said: 'Basically, I said online what a nice day Mother's Day is and a woman messaged me and said, "oh, it's nice for you, my mum passed away 10 years ago, I can't stand Mother's Day, da, da, da", really attacked me.'
Gemma continued: 'Now, my dad passed away, you know, obviously everyone knows I don't have a dad.
'I have a wonderful stepdad, but that does not mean on Father's Day I attack those who do have a dad, who are lucky enough to have their dad around.'
Gemma Atkinson has hit back after being 'attacked' by a grieving fan on Mother's Day as she opened up about her surprise weekend
The TV presenter revealed that a woman 'went in' on her during the celebration after she thanked her own mother Sandra for always 'showing up every single day'
Gemma's father David Atkinson, died from a heart attack aged 52 when Gemma was just 17.
Previously, Gemma said her dad's death was 'a huge shock' as he was 'fit and healthy and strong'.
Gemma added on the podcast: 'I still celebrate Father's Day. I go to the cemetery, I put flowers on. I get Mother's Day is tough if you've not got your mum, Father's Day is tough if you've not got your dad.
'Don't attack people though. She went in on me. It's not my fault.'
Gorka agreed: 'It's not your fault.'
Gemma was still not happy about the DM as she continued to hit back adding: 'I understand people grieve differently, but she personally went in on me for saying Mother's Day is a lovely day.
'I thought I'm gonna reply, and then I thought, no, because she's clearly still grieving.
'But imagine if I, every Father's Day, kicked off at anyone who's lucky enough to have their dad.
'Be p****d off at the world and the circumstance, don't come in at me.
'If you're lucky enough to still have a mum and dad, you are incredibly lucky and it's only when you lose a parent you realise that.
'If they still ring you, if you still speak to him, it's incredibly lucky.'
Speaking with her Strictly Come Dancing pro fiancé Gorka Marquez on their Lost In Translation podcast, Gemma explained that one unhappy fan expressed their frustration in her DMs
She said: 'Basically, I said online what a nice day Mother's Day is and a woman messaged me and said, "oh, it's nice for you, my mum passed away 10 years ago, I can't stand Mother's Day", really attacked me'
Gemma and Gorka shared the clip to their podcast Instagram and several fans agreed with the presenter's views
Gemma and Gorka shared the clip to their podcast Instagram and several fans agreed with the presenter's views.
They wrote: 'You are so right, my mum passed away 7 weeks ago but I have bought her a card wishing her a happy heavenly Mother’s Day and will celebrate my love for her every year;
'That's awful to attack you like that gemma I lost my mam and dad ,but I celebrate both special days ,I have happy memories of them both ,life goes on;
'Totally right @glouiseatkinson - you’re a fab mum too! Ignore people like this;
'I lost my mum suddenly when I was 21 and she was 49. Does it suck? Yeah. Is that anyone else's fault? No. I buy some flowers or a plant every year in her memory and it actually makes me happy to see other people celebrating their mums and appreciating what they've got'.
It comes days after Gorka revealed his new venture with one of the Come Dancing choreographers after
The Spanish dancer, 35, joined the series in 2016 and it's where he met, with whom he shares daughter Mia, six, and son Thiago, two.
But it has been reported that Gorka is being given the boot in a mass cull of dancers, alongside , , Michelle Tsiakkas and .
Brushing off the axing, Gorka took to his Instagram Story to reveal he is hosting a dance workshop later this year with Strictly choreographer Arduino Bertoncello.
Speaking to fans, Gorka shared that the workshop would be in May as he asked them to sign up.
He said: 'Happy Tuesday, hope you're having a good, good day. After the workshops that we did a few weeks ago, Arduino and myself, a lot of the people who came to the workshops asked us if we're going to do it again. The answer is yes.
'We're going to be doing another workshop around mid May, because dates... doesn't work if not. So I'm going to leave a link here you can go in and follow and join the group so you can answer the question I wrote in there to know your preferences. What would you like to learn to dance? What you don't like to learn to dance?
The couple, who met on Strictly Come Dancing in 2017, share two children daughter Mia, six, and son Thiago, two
'And yeah, so if you answer that, it will give us a good feedback so then we know what to do best for everybody. We will love to see you there. So you have a lot of time to think about it, because we are in March and it will be roughly two months time now.
'So I'll see you there. Arduino will be there, and we will have the best time. Happy Tuesday.'
Spanish dancer Gorka has been on the show for a decade and has reached the final three times, with partners , and .
He didn't have a partner last year because he was also filming the Spanish version of the show, danced in the group numbers.
Producers are said to want a 'fresh start' for the BBC1 show, with new presenters to be announced soon after hosts and decided it was time for them to go.
