Helen Skelton smiles as Strictly partner Gorka Marquez left ‘broken’

Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Márquez, 32, indicated that teaching partner Helen Skelton, 39, the jive was really getting to him this week, as he indicated he was left ‘glitching’ due to how tired he was. The Countryfile star was all smiles, however, as she geared up for a third day of strenuous training. In view of his 716,000 Instagram followers, Gorka hinted he was feeling a little worse for wear.’We’re back. Day three,’ he told his fans via a video on his Instagram story. ‘Building up to jive… Building up to it,’ Helen added with a sigh.’I’m having some caffeine, I mean, loads of caffeine…’ Gorka confirmed. READ MORE: Eamonn Holmes in agony struggling to walk after falling downstairs Helen Skelton is partnered with Gorka Marquez on Strictly (Image: INSTAGRAM) Gorka admitted how the Jive was making him feel (Image: INSTAGRAM) Gorka and Helen were all smiles pre-Jive (Image: INSTAGRAM) Post-Jive was a different story (Image: INSTAGRAM)However, Gorka then confirmed: ‘No, this is my second coffee and that’s enough.”I’ve had two,’ Helen agreed, to which Gorka replied: ‘Time for jive?”Let’s do it!’ Helen said, springing into action, as Gorka told his followers: ‘We’re just preparing ourselves, mentalising, visualising…’The pair then high-fived enthusiastically, as Gorka declared: ‘We got this, let’s go!’READ MORE…Bake Off’s Giuseppe Dell’Anno on ‘buttercream carnage’ on show [LATEST]Michael Douglas is unrecognisable as he unveils new long, dyed hair [NEWS]Geena Davis reflects on Bill Murray pulling down her dress on live TV [NEWS]Next, Gorka posted a picture of the pair smiling together, which he captioned: ‘Pre-Jive.’However, in another snap captioned ‘Post-Jive’ showed that Helen was smiling once again, while Gorka had jokingly distorted his face into a comical look of worry.This week on Strictly, Helen and Gorka will be dancing the Jive to the song Tightrope by Janelle Monáe.Last week saw the pair place in the bottom half of the leaderboard, tying with other couples Fleur East and Vito Coppola and Will Mellor and Nancy Xu on 32 points out of 40.