The Overshare with Gemma Atkinson - STOP TOUCHING ME! Hugging: How Long Is TOO Long? | Lost In Translation

Episode Date: January 21, 2026

Would you survive a 20 second hug? Is leaving without saying goodbye rude or ICONIC? It's a National Hugging Day disaster! Gemma shows how much of a technophobe she is as the two debate over running, gym classes, dinner schedules and who actually knows how to do the washing properly, proving that sometimes it’s not the browser history… it’s the translation.Follow us on social: www.instagram.com/lost.in.podcast www.tiktok.com/@lost.in.podcast Contact us on email : [e-mail] or on WhatsApp! 07507955133#LostInTranslation #GemmaAtkinson #GorkaMarquez

Coming up. Proximaement. I will only hug someone. Someone die. I don't put the collar back where it's supposed to be. Don't put the lead back where it's supposed to be. I don't speak like that. Doesn't say anything here.

Then she goes to the group chat with the girls and talks shite about me. I hope people listening have this kind of mundane, petty shit going on at home. What do you mean, me? I'm a monk. And if he says no, whack him with a dumbbell. We all together in this. So before we get started, we have to show. Listen on audio, you won't know this. We don't only have cue cards, don't we?

You might hear the noise. We've got iPads today. Hence why I've got my bins so I can read the writing on it. Which I'm very happy about it because it's easier. Gemma is struggling. She doesn't even know where to start with the iPad. I'm not good with technology. See, no, not at all.

See, mine's massive now, Gawker. That's what she said. Hey! No, it genuinely is. How do I make it smaller? Look, look what I've got. Well, that's because you like old and you can see properly. I've just got a blank screen, genuinely.

Can you sort my please? Look at the difference. Like someone who is on their 30s still, so has small letters, and she looks like my mom with the iPhone. You know when they're zooming in the letters. And I'm going to be looking at it like this over my glasses. No, please can you sort that for me before we start? We basically share, share what we've been up to in the week.

We find out what you guys have been up to. If you want to get in contact with us, you can do at LostIntranslation at bowermedia.com. That's on the email or lost. Dot in. Podcast on social media. I'm trying to fill time. He can't even fix the iPad.

Yes, he can't. Despite all, he's bragging about it. Because I need to put a page where... Make sure you clear your search history gooks. Look, Gemma, here at the bottom, yeah. Oh, okay. You say 75%? Yeah.

So you go there, you can choose 100%, 75, 50. And it will change the side. 100, that's the one. The one you've got now. That's fine. Thank you very much. Did you just eye roll me? Yep.

So we basically... Just before you carry on. Yeah. This is our day-to-day life with every... you know you know for a fact yeah so a lot of the documents now you sign them digital yeah so jemma before she met me she didn't have a laptop now she has a laptop my old one but she doesn't know how to sign documents so we have to have her signature in my laptop because when i go on tour sometimes she calls me like gorka can you sign this document for me please so i will be in a middle

of the show yeah and i'm like can you sign it oh yeah she knows so i'm in my brain go to my laptop sign the document for her and then send her back That's our life, for example. I have a filing cabinet in our office with every single filed paperwork. So basically anything, so the gas, the electric, any bills, phone bills, everything, I print them off. And I have them stored in a filing cabinet, all marked and labeled Gem's car, Gorkers car, passports, this, that. And when we go on holiday, the last time we went on holiday, I had, didn't that, all our paperwork in a little zip file. in my rucksack, Gorka had it all on his phone.

Yeah, just go with the phone. What if your battery dies? What if someone steals your phone? You always need a backup. No, because for example, like even if someone steals your phone, you know, it's more safe, yeah? Someone to steal your phone and not be able to use your cards, then someone is stealing your wallet.

Did you know that? With your wallet, if you have the car, even if it doesn't know the pin, they can use it more than your phone. Because the phone, they need the password or your face. I don't have a wallet. No, for example, that makes sense. Like in Spain now, your passport, your driver license, not a passport, driver license and ID, you can have it digital.

So you don't have the wallet. You have it on your iPhone, like the credit card. That's how you have the new ones, electronic ones. Well, I like it paper and I like a checklist. It's like for a ticket off. Another funny story about this story, and then this is the last one, yeah. So a couple of years ago, Jimah upgrade her phone and she had to do the backup from the iCloud.

Oh, what a ball like that is. So did the eye cloud, yeah. I was away on tour for six weeks. And she had the phone. And she had a phone in the box waiting for me to come home to do it for her. She didn't know how to do it. Yeah, because that stuff like that doesn't excite me. He kept saying to me, how's your new phone?

Have you done your new phone? I didn't even took it out the box because my old phone was fine. The only reason I had to get a new one is because the frigging smart guys at Apple, whatever it is, oh, let's make the old phone work a bit slower, a bit shitter, so everyone has to upgrade. That's what it was. It's not only that. It's not only that. It's because the new old phone has faster the speed and everything.

and then the apps become heavier so then on the old phones goes lower. I don't have bare apps though, do you know what I mean? I want a Nokia, 8-2-10 with just snakes on it and a phone number. Or a BT cell net. How many nights? Oh, I'll remember those nights within Nokia playing the snake.

Yes, it's simple. See, even you're getting chuffed about it. I love Nokia. And you could throw everywhere and never breaks down. It didn't break. It'd tell you after every text message, how much more pens you had on. And it costs 100 euros to have the phone.

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Oh, yeah, the little square rectangular. Neapolitan, that's the one. Nice. Neapolitan ice cream. We used to have this barquillo. You know barquillos? No. So it's the biscuit, like a square biscuit or round biscuit.

Oh, like a wafer? Yeah, my mom used to cut it in these pieces. It'd do like a sandwich. Yeah. And then you used to lick it around there until you feel it's flat. And then you just buy it. Yeah, a little wafer biscuits. But no, welcome to this week's Lost in Translation.

It is National Huging Day. as you've just told us. Which you hate hugging? I don't hate hugging. I just find it, to me, I will only hug someone. Someone dies. If it's a grief, if someone's grieving and they need chown up, or if you're celebrating and you hug them,

to just hug someone to say hi or two, I find odds. No, but you know, for example, if someone hugs you for 20 seconds, it will change completely your mood, your mood, your mood. And also, you know, if two persons hug each other for 20 seconds and they breathe together, their heart rhythm

sings to each other and your heart beat at the same rhythm and that's when you connect for me that doesn't work I just think if I feel awkward I get hot

and all I can think is I'm breathing in their shoulder you know what I mean if someone's happy and you need to celebrate you need to have a look at this you can't say you're a hugger I am a hugger

I love to hug people I don't hug you because you hate it you love to hug people apart from me and the kids when was the last person you were Neil. You probably over Neil.

Yeah, saying goodbye. I don't know, but I like to hug people. Do you remember that time when we'd only started dating early on and you got the hump, you actually offended you and you went in a mood about it and then told me the day after? Because we hugged and I tapped it. Yes. I tapped him on the buyer.

Come on, let's go now. I found that very patronising. Because you weren't breaking the hug. No, that's an insincere hug. When someone has to go like... Yeah, because you were holding it for so long. You were trying... Now, I know you were trying to probably reach 20 seconds

so we could feel connected and intertwined. No, it's just a hug. But it got to like 6, 7 and I literally tapped and I went, come on now. No, that is just to hug. But I know, anyway, you know a hugger. Thank goodness me, it is a hugger in Tiago. Because, yeah, that's why I don't hug you. No, because I don't like huggy.

You're a lover, I'm a fighter. That's why we work, Ying and Yang lost in translation. I'm off to London this week. I'm going to go... Yeah, thank goodness me. You say thank goodness for that. Thank goodness for that. He said that a few times and it's made me laugh.

Thank goodness me. You said it on last week's episode. If I would have said it properly, like wet peace through. No, I like it. It's cute. Remember what I said, wet piss through? Wet piss through. I used to say wet piss through.

On last week's episode, when we said Tiago was back in nursery for four days, you went, thank goodness me. Yeah. It's so much better, isn't it? Well, I do miss my morning with him. Do you? Yeah, I do. I mean, I get Wednesday morning with him, but I do miss a little bit. Because in my mind.

Oh, yeah. In the afternoon, you'll go work. In the afternoon, I'm in work. But in my mind, I think when he starts school, we have no choice. We can't be like, oh, yeah, we've got a Wednesday. Let's take him for a coffee. Let's take him for a walk. We'll have no choice.

Do you know what I mean? Oh, you're going to have to spend more time with me. Sorry. So, yeah, I'm off to London today. I'm back at the weekend. You've got a high rocks at the weekend, haven't you? Yes, in Manchester. He's high rocks in Manchester.

Yeah. Are you doing on your own, oh, Simon? With Simon. So Simon, so Karen from Strictly, who dances with Gorker, you and Karen have your own tour occasionally, don't know, she's lovely cars. So Simon, Karen's boyfriend, is one of Gorka's close friends who also does high rocks with him. The three of you have suggested we all do a couple's one. Karen's up for it. Simon is, you are.

I mean, I don't think she's very out for it. She's getting to running now. See, the stations I'd love to do. I just don't want to run. You shouldn't get used to run. No one loves running. You remember me. I never liked running much.

You, you're a fantastic runner though now. You'll just do it casually do it 20K. No, but I never like running. You just get used to. I remember in the beginning, 5K was like, ooh, now 5K is fine. It's just repetition and get used to it. But for me, I'm like, I just, I do it once a year and I will be doing the Manchester 10K again this year.

Nice. I won't. No, you won't. You're not here. You're not here, right? By anyway, talking about high dogs, are you going to do one? No, because I don't want to do the running. If you could alter, so if you could do the run and I could do the stations, absolutely.

No, you have to do the run 100%. I can do the stations on my own, but you have to still run with me. You can walk, but I will be there all day. I just don't enjoy it. The good thing is you don't run 8K in one go. You run one kilometer. Yeah, I could do a kilometer. It's five minutes run.

You think it this way. Don't think about the long distance. Think about every station at the time. You do one K run, finish. You have four minutes break because you're doing something else. or lunges, then you run again for another K and then you do something else. It's not that you have to run 8K straight line

and then do the other moves. You alternate it, so it's actually more enjoyable than run a 10K. Because it's broken up. Yeah, and you can go faster. Well, I might come and watch you, depending on what time you there. Okay.

I've got to take me a Jiu-Jitsu, aren't I? I'll let you know if she's come and watch me. I doubt it. I'll make you a poster saying Bamos Skorka. Yeah. And I'll... I'm used to... And I'll hug you at the finish line.

Yeah. How? You're not going to be there. No, we'll be there. No, you won't. Depending on the time, I will come and watch. Can I bring, can I bring Mia? Of course you can.

You can't bring anybody. I don't want to bring Tiago, because he'll run on the concourse and like, fuck it up for everybody. Mia will love it. Mia will like it. I could bring Mia. But it's Tulan's birthday meal the night before. And check this, right? Anyone else annoyed with this?

Would be annoyed at this. I know you would. Actually, maybe not because you're Spanish. I've actually voiced noted him about this. He has booked to the table. Bearing in mind there's about 12. of us, he's booked a table for food at 8 o'clock. That's not late.

That's going to really affect my sleep in that. I said to him, I need to be sat down eating by half seven so that I know when I go to bed, 10 half 10, everything's digested, everything's done. I can't eat a meal. We're not going to be eating until at least 9 o'clock. I can't eat a meal at 9 and then go to bed. Normally, when I go, for example, when I went, the last time I went for dinner in London, I was with Arduino and everything.

We went for dinner in London and we booked the table at 745. I arrived there. No. We ordered 8.15. By the time, we finished eating, I remember we finished dinner. It was like almost 11.

See, no, I want the table booked for seven. I'd like to be eating for half, seven quarter to eight, and I'd like to be home late as 10. Yeah, but like, for example, last time that we went off for dinner with the kids. We went for, so we're going, should we go to this Italian for some food? Okay, yeah, what time? She's like, oh. And I said, we're going for lunch or dinner?

Oh, late lunch, early dinner. And I was like, what's that? like five o'clock and I'm like five o'clock at eight o'clock I have to eat again at home. No. Yeah. And also it's not even enjoyable because we go there, yeah, and she's starting there. So we order, yes, we are there. And then we are finishing the food.

It's like, she asked for the bill. I'm like, haven't even finished. So literally, we are there 45 minutes for dinner. It's the most stressful, not enjoyable. You just have to like literally swallow the food. Well, I've already told Toulan. I think it's a silly plan. And if he's listening to this, Mike Toulan, change it to seven.

No, it's fine. He won't. He said I should be honoured that I've even made an invite. It's a close friend and family. You know what I think? I think you shouldn't go. Why? Because you're going to be there moaning with a long face. Don't want to be there. No, no, I'll have a long face. It's pizza.

Do you know what I mean? I'd be happy at a pizza. And also, you need to come home earlier because I need to wake up early next day for the high rocks. The reason this is called Lost in Translation is because a lot of the time, me and Gorka do get lost in translation. For instance, just then with the food, he'll eat late. I won't. It's a no-go in my mind. my book. The producers know what's coming in each episode. We don't. So a lot of the things we

see in real time as you listen to them. And it's a listen and don't judge style, isn't it? It's a safe space. Although do you judge me sometimes? I judge you always. Just me all the time. So that you just me just me. Don't lie here. I judge you. She judged. You judge me but doesn't say anything here. Then she goes to do a group chat with the girls and talks shite about me. Oh shite. It's proper man. Yeah. What do you mean? I'm monk. Yeah. You are mank. Yeah. And last week. Me owse. Me cows, me calf.

Last week we had a poll where we do a poll every week. So basically I explain what's annoyed me in the week. Gawker explains what's annoyed him. And you guys decide who wins. So my debate last week was that Gawker, he had a beard and a moustache, and he shaved off the whole beard, kept the Benson Boone Porn tash without telling me. And I didn't like it. When I first saw it, I was like, oh, now it looks good because it's grown back with the beard.

And the hair's long. liking it. But last week I wasn't. I'm shivering later. Your debate was that I do the washing, but don't tell you when it's in the dryer. So when the dryer stops, it cycle, the clothes are left a bit damp and smelling. And I'm pleased to say, for you, 75% of you agree with Gorka and 25% agree with me. So the Tash is here to stay.

I need to tell you when I put a washload in for you. All those ladies, they know how do the washing. You know those men, they know how to do washing. we are together in this. Should we do this week's debate? Yes. You go first this time. I would love to know in all these episodes

how many times I won and how many times you won. I think we're drawing out. No, we should do this. Next week, can we do the debate, scores, see how many times I won and see you won, please? Just because I'm competitive. Very competitive. So my one is, and actually,

I said this last week, because the last week I gave two. Okay. But it's funny enough because this week you've done this so many times, at least twice a day. Okay, what do I do? So, you know when you walk Benji? Oh, I don't know you're going to say. The colour.

I don't put the colour back where it's supposed to be. Don't put the lead back where it's supposed to be. I don't speak like that. I speak it like this. Actually, question, the thing starts from the beginning. So in our utility, yeah, when we got the house, you wanted to have this massive sink for the dogs to be washed and everything. Yeah, like one that they can walk in, like a walk in bath for them.

I said, okay, so we have this cabinet for the dogs' lids and everything, but then she was like, no, I don't like it, that I want to have behind the door. So she put these hangers behind the door just on purpose to hand the collars of each one of the dogs. And the leaves. You said each one of the dogs, are we getting another dog? No, but it was normal and early. Yeah. Oh, bless.

So then she could be there, so we have two there, but we're still having two collars and two lids, yeah? Still now with Benji, well, you made that on the dog. like the door has two hangers against my decoration and my thing of like having that on the door hanging. No, but it's normal an ollie. I can't take it down. But you wanted that, so that's fine. So many times, yeah. Yes, she walks Benji probably more than me.

I don't agree with that. Sorry, I do agree with that. But also, yeah, everything that you have to walk Benji, you go like, where is Benji's color? What is Benji's laid? What is Benji's this? It's as simple as that. on purpose made something for the dogs to put the collars and the lids. So you know what she does? Every time they walk the dog, takes the lid, hangs it on the rail of the barister. For when I next

go out with him. Yeah. The next day, for example. But no, so I can take me calls off. Let me finish. Then she goes, takes the collar, leaves the collar in the dining table, which is full of other things that she drops in the line when she used to draw her working back. Then maybe the lead is not there. The lead is now on the chair today. And then it's in the other chair. So I have to. So I have to always go behind her, like a mom and collating the... Even the other day, she came home, take the lid, and then walks to the utility with the dog to wash him. If you are going to the utility to wash Benji,

why do you don't take the lip with you? Why you left the lid hanging on the chair, on the banister? Just take it with you. Like, you do the job, half job. That's when I get... At least I do the job. You don't do the job. You're doing the half job.

When I get in the house, I've got to take my wellies off, the coat off, I've got to pick him up. to carry him in the utility because he's dirty. So I just think, right, get rid of the lead, then I can do all of that stuff. No, you can give the either-you. You watch every walk from now on, you will never see that lead or collar anywhere

but the back of the door or on Benji. Yeah. Deal, high-five it. You won't. I will. No, you won't. You don't? That's my one.

That's because then after you go, where is the lead? What is this? What is that? Would you have a place for it? So then you will be there? Well, my debate this week is kind of based off last week a little bit. So you mentioned that...

The mustache? No. Your debate. So you mentioned that it's me who does the dryer. I put a dryer in and don't tell you because you wash your own stuff. No, I wash everything, not mostly. I like to do the washing myself. But you don't let me, you don't want me or anyone else to do your washing. You like doing yours yourself. Just because I know that you will put things on the dryer that's within going to dryer. So I do mine in the kids together, I'll leave Gorkers to him. And whenever I do mine in the kids, I always take it out of the dryer. I put it on the worktop, fold everything, take it all upstairs. Or I take it out of the dryer, carry it upstairs in a pile, put it on the bed,

and then just put everything away. Yeah. And the other day, it was a big pile, so I put it on the worktop. And I'm folding things up and putting them in a neat pile to carry upstairs. And Gorka could come over and you had a major issue. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You don't know what I'm going to say. Yes.

about the pies folding the clothes Yeah Yes But I was folding it wrong No no no no The one who took the dryer Yeah Clothes out of the dryer

And put another wash Was me And I was folding the clothes And you just go next to me And I start to help me To fold the clothes in a pile Yeah Right yeah

And I said do you know Just put everything separated You like why You said put them in separate piles And I said why And you said because there's a pile For Mia Pile for Tiago

Pile for New So that when you take them up you know whose room's going in who. He actually said, I'm making it easier for you. Yes. Making it easier for me to take the clothes. And I said, but they're all going upstairs anyway. Yes, but it's easier for me to carry one pile than it is three separate.

Yes, but they all go in one pile. Exactly. Can you just let me finish? When you carry them up, you get all the clothes here, yeah? Yeah. And then you go up. Yeah. And then when you put them on the bed, wasn't you, what's it?

I'm not saying I was making this is just for you. Just you. No, when they're on the bed, we put them away in each person's room. But what I'm saying is, and I know that people are going to give me the right, don't agree with me, sorry. What I'm saying is, let's say you have all Mia's clothes together, all Tiago's clothes together, my clothes, or you're close together, and then to carry them up, you do one, two, and three, take it up. But then after you, when you look, you go like, okay, from here to here, it's just Mia's clothes.

Yeah. Instead of what you do is you fold all the clothes that, take the clothes from the dryer, put it on the table fold them all up all together yeah you just spend 15 minutes doing that

go up put them on the bed and then you have to it now unfold them all and look again oh I don't unfold them all

no but you're gonna go oh this is for Mia this is for Tiago this is for this is for this when you fold in it if you do it

straight away yeah you just know where they are and you're like this bit is Mia this bit is Tiago for example Mia

the point was Tiago you know yeah but the point was I was I was doing it So I don't know why it would have no you, me carrying clothes up in one go. You weren't doing it.

I was doing it. And it's very easy to work out who's clothes or who. Tiago's got little baby vests, little tiny socks, little trackies. Again, the problem is not that it's very difficult to think. But for example, when you have one dishe for Mia, then a vest for Tiago, then this, when you fold them because they're all messed up from the dryer, you just fold them everything in place. And then you just get all the egg clothes. They be close.

It's just easier. I hope people listening have this kind of mundane, petty shit going on at home. I truly hope they do. Yes. And I tell you, there will be people, they will be like, yeah, go, okay, is right. It's so much easier. We'll find out. It's up to you to choose.

It's just saves your time. Who do you agree with at this one? Let us know, lost. Dot, in dot podcast on social media or lost in translation at bowermedia. If you want to send us an email. Or like we said at the start, you can send us a WhatsApp and just say Team Gemma or Team Gorka. 0276103-9898. Should we solve someone else's dilemma?

Sure, let's try. Okay, well, so for this dilemma that we need to solve, it's a bit different because normally we get messages, right? But we got a voice message. Oh, cheeky voice note. Should we listen to it? Yeah. Let's do it. This is from Marie.

Hi, Gemma Gorka. I would love to hear what you would do in this situation. So my partner and I go to yoga together every week, but he just got a work perk that gives him a free membership at a different gym. And while it's great for saving money, the new gym is further away and the classes are actually double the price. And I love our weekly yoga routine together, but it looks like he might stop joining me. So what should I do? Should I convince him to stick with our class? Should I let him go to his new gym or something else? Let me know. I know you're thinking. My rational brain is saying right, pros and cons. The pro is it's a free membership. The con is that he's got further to travel and he's got more for the classes to pay.

And also another pro is that it can carry on doing yoga with Marie, their own little thing doing what they do. What you could suggest, but this is a push, if his membership is free, you could both go half so that you would. also get a membership at the same gym. So you're basically playing, say, I don't know how much a membership is a gym.

Say it's 40 quid a month. You pay half each so that you get to go as well. He gets his free membership. But then you're both in a loss, paying more for classes, traveling for longer. I would say, if it was me and you, if it was us, I mean, we wouldn't do yoga together. You don't like yoga, do you?

You do stretches, but you're not really into yoga. No. I do Pilates. We did Pilate this together. Yeah. Ready. Which I want to do again, actually. What would you do in that situation for Marie?

Um, I mean, it's a work perk. So it would be all the lads from work saying, oh, you're coming sit at gym. And he'll be like, no, I'm going yoga with Marie. And he'll get rinsed, but his missus should come first. I think he might want to go down because he don't want to do yoga with her. No. Yeah. No.

It could be, yeah. Why would you not want to do yoga with him? Maybe one or twice, but then he's like, okay, I had enough. So first of all, Marie, you need to find out, will he be doing yoga classes at his new gym? If he is, then you know, it's not that. Do you know what I mean? Yeah.

But a lot of couples, they have that saying, couples who train together, stay together. I don't really agree with that. We don't train together, really, do we? If we're on holiday, we have to alternate because obviously one of us, typically on holiday, I get up early anyway, so I'll go and get it done in the morning. We never train together. No, and then you'll do it in the afternoon. We train at the same time in the same place, but that doesn't mean we train.

We don't like it. No, we have different programs. Because also I feel like, for example, like me, like not with her. Like even sometimes with my best friend, I don't like to train with them because we have to talk in and I like to go get down. Don't have the same. Yeah. So I don't know why I do this.

And our music is very, very different in the gym. I love a bit of Ice Cube, NWA. You like your reggaeton. Reggaton. So it doesn't really... Yeah. Country music. I don't know how you can train to country music.

It's too relaxing for me. If I'm doing weights, it's fine. it's fine. If I'm doing like MedCon, I have to have like fast big. Yeah, a bit of DMX. Regitone. Oh, I don't know. So I think what you should say, Marie, is ask him, will he be doing yoga classes at the new gym? And if he is, then, you know, he's still into his yoga.

Or alternate. If he's not going to do just jog all the time, maybe he just goes with you every other way to jog, and then he wants to go to some weights, you know, and lift some muscle. No, you can still do weights and muscle at their gym. It's just that they do a yoga class together at the gym they're at. Oh, I think they just were going to a yoga studio. Oh, but he's been offered a free gym membership with work. But she loves their little...

You should just be honest and say, do you know what, I really value our little yoga classes together? I think it's great time for us. It's our little thing. Could you not do the gym perk? You're not losing out any money. Yeah, but if he gets free membership or he needs to pay for their classes? Some do.

A gym, I went two years ago you did that. You paid for your membership, but that was just for the free weights. If you wanted to do a class, it was extra. All right. But I'd just be honest, Marie. Tell him you value your time together You'd love him to continue doing your gym And your classes

And if he says no Wacking with a dumbbell Maybe with a resistant ban More painful actually Oh is it Yeah because the dumbbell is just like A whip with a You know when

Did you ever used to do classes at the gym? Never I used to do spin Like when I was in Oli Oaks I did spin class And I never did classes I do I've never went to a gym

to do a gym class. I always went to the gym to train on my young and have a pity when I used to live in Spain, for example. And then if I went to classes, it's like classes like here, if you go to Barry's, which you know it's like a running and waiting session, not like it's a gym, it's just specific.

Do you remember when I did Barry's? Yeah, you hate it. I hated it. I was on a treadmill and it turned out bloody lights off. Oh, the dark, yeah. Running in the dark, how's that safe? Yeah. I said to him, I said I couldn't see one foot in front at other.

It's not that dark, it's just like a mood light. I love her. I love Barry's. I loved it, yeah, but I was fine until the lights went off. But even for example, like now we went there when I was in Madrid, I used to go with Horriornado there's this club, it's called Pomona Club. So it's kind of like something, like a studio where they do classes, no? They do like resistance, heat class or something like that.

Like is it Les Mills, like body pump and all that body attack. It's like batteries, but they have like a class. There is more like a strength class, no? Then the other one is like heat class or like functional training, no? Yeah. But I never did a class. When we went there, me and Horstead, they have like a free hour that you can use the space.

So we used to go to the free space. Right. Never go to the classes. Because also I feel like sometimes classes, it's very, especially for people who doesn't know or is not used to like... Train a can't get on your phone. Yeah. You have like 15 people.

You can only be checking and because it's so intense and fast pace. It's very easy to get injured with the weights and everything. That's why a lot of people who does, starts to train. They go to that because it's like... like a hooked and you get socialised. And it's other people that you don't feel as isolated. But a lot of people get like injured and pains and stuff like that. Because it's from zero to a hundred.

Yeah. And you get with your egos. You see someone lifting or, you know. I used to do a body camp, body pump class. Yeah. I used to like that. But I know what you mean to be about 30 of us in the class and one PT. And you think how is that?

Oh, it's credible as they were at leading the class. Yeah. There was women I could visibly see squatting the complete wrong way. Even picking the weights up wrong way. you think, God, they're going to be sore in the morning. So if you know a bit of how to do the movements, it's fine. But if not, it's very dangerous. Especially, for example, like when you're running for 15 minutes and you tire and then you have to do it,

you don't know, like a renegade road, which is a plank and row, you start to arse your back. Or like move your body and you get injured and start to have pains and everything. What do you think, Marisha, do at home? Maybe you're listening to thinking, I've got advice. Again, Lost in Translation at bowmanmedia.com. UK on email at lost. Dot in dot podcast on social media. But I hope you resolve that

because it sounds sweet that you've got your own little thing you do together. Do you know what I mean? It's nice when couples, I mean, ours is just brunch normally, isn't it? If we get time to do anything together, it's nice.

Coffee and a slab of cake. But I hope you resolve it. And thank you for your voice note, the first voice note of 2026. Very nice. Should we play a game? This week's game is called Red Flag, Green Flag.

And again, we've only genuinely just seen this. Describe an action. Oh, I never understood this, but this is the kind of the things that you girls do when you know, that's a green flag for me, that's a red flag for me. Yeah, not like you're thinking of the food place where it's red for no more food.

No, no, no, it's like for similar. Red light, green light, squid game. If this guy does this, it's a red flag for me. Yeah. Yes. But we're going to discuss the difference in cultures with each one. So the first one, keys in a bowl.

We talked about that last week, what putting keys in a bowl. Well, that's a red flag. I didn't know that before. Now it would be a red flag, no? So would you clock it immediately? Would you, if you went to a party and there was a bowl and people putting keys in, would you think, I know what that's about? Oh, well, now probably I would be thinking that.

But before I would think, no. That's where the keys go. You'd have opted in. Yeah. You'd have opted in, but you'd have right out. I read this now, and I said, firstly, I would like, oh, that will be a green light, because in the house you have the ball to put the house keys. Yeah.

No, for me, I mean, to be it's to their own. Like, we say it's a judgment-free zone, but for me, that would be a red flag because I think I'm at the wrong kind of party. I need to be able to bed by 10. Which party do you go, the people put the kids there, I don't know. Well, it's like a...

Yeah, no. Number two. Do you want to read out number two? It's someone offers you food again. You do that to me quite a bit. Just try it. Please, please try it. Yeah.

And I'm like, I don't like it. I know I don't like it. Well, how do you know you never tried it? If it's like an octopus. You cooked octopus the other day in a pan with rice. This is one thing that I don't understand from people. You do it with me though. You don't try everything I make.

Yeah, no, because I know I won't like it because I tried it before, for example. But I'm not saying that you cook or I cook. If I give you something, yeah? And I said, have you tried prawns? No, I don't like them. How do you know that you don't like them and you never try them? It's like if you said to me, do you like passion fruit? No.

Have you tried it? No. So how do you know it? You cannot know if you don't like something that you never tried it. It wasn't, for me, it's... Your thought is telling you, I would like it. I don't want to eat a prawn. Yeah, but maybe you like it after.

I tried a prawn, didn't I, on tell you? Yes. And I said it was nice. The curry sauce was lovely. Everything in that curry was lovely, but the prawn, no. How many times, like, for example... It was too chewy. It was too chewy.

Gemma's not fan of croissants. No. She doesn't like the plain pastry. Give me heartburn. So she was like, no, I'm not a fan of croissons. I'm not a fan of croissons. Okay. One day I took a croissons, like,

just please try it. No, no, no, just let me and try it. So I made this croissant, split it and half, flatted it on the pan with butter, put a strawberry jam, and close it, cut, I give it her hair. She was like, no, no, I don't like it. Just try it for me. She was like, oh, that's well nice.

Yeah, because it wasn't just a croissant anymore. You'd put a spin on it. It was like a Victoria sponge by the time you'd finish with it. That quoscent bought straight from the shop, or that quoscent deep fried in butter with a bit of strawberry jam on, a bit of cinnamon is a completely different croissant.

Yeah, but that's how I'm ready for you. I said try it like this. You know, I don't like croissants. It's like, just try it. Number three. Leaving without saying by, oh, I always do that at parties. I'm an Irish exeter at parties.

Yeah. On a party, 100%. Yeah, we just... Would you be offended at that? No, we say bomb deum. What does that mean? It means bombed smoke. Yeah.

And you throw the smoke and no one sees you disappear? I do all the time. And what I tend to do, if it's a party where every... Everyone's had a drink and you haven't. I'll say, oh, it was lovely to see you and they go, I didn't know you'd gone. I go, what do you mean?

We had a conversation at the blooming door. Cricky, you must have been ratted. And then they're like, oh my gosh, really. And I say, yeah, we had a full-blown conversation. I'd just live. Do you remember my mum's 70th when we were, oh, you weren't there, were you? My mum's 70th. There's a local pub near my mum.

And me and my sister arranged a surprise party for her. And we had about 80 other friends there, family. It was brilliant to be fair. but one of our family members she got absolutely she got leathered she was so leathered and as we were leaving

she fell into the coat stand and snapped the coat stand and it fell it smashed and it was like it was like an old wooden coat stand coats went everywhere it broke in half I wasn't drinking because I had

Mia and Tiago was only a little baby so I had the kids with me so I was aware of it I was like, oh my God, and I picked her up and I said, you okay. She was like, yeah, yeah, it's fine. The day after, I drove past the pub and outside near the bins, it looked so sorry for itself, just a coat stand snapped in half. And they'd had to get rid of it because she snapped it.

She snapped it falling on it. At my mum's 70th. Oh, wow. It was, it was wild. Spain, not? You were in Spain, yeah. But we had, we had chili, we had hot pot and we had a local singer. It was like Phoenix nights.

It was like a... Welcome to the Phoenix Club. It was brilliant. So, yeah, no, I'm always... You wouldn't see me for dust. I'll just leave a party or leave anywhere when I've had enough. Two kisses on greeting.

For me, it's fine, because I'm Spanish. The Spence, we do two kisses always. You mum did that, and Dad did that to me over Christmas. I almost caught your dad's nose going for the other cheek because I weren't aware we were going to do it. Because in Spain we do hello with two kisses. Here you do hugs or shake hands. Oh, just nod.

You're all right. Even like now when I would. When I got to Spain, when I went like now, when I was doing my land of Las Estrejas, everybody that I was meeting new, I was giving the hand to shake. Because that's such a British city. Because it's more hygienic than kissing them, twice. I mean, in Spain, we normally do, hi, nice to meet you, two kisses. What country would do three, France, Italy?

I think, no, Italy do like Spain, but in Spain we do right to left, and Italy they do left to right, I think. That's just being awkward. I know it's awkward, always when, yeah. The most awkward is when you go Spanish and Italian do a, two kisses because we go both in the same way always. Like you're in veto? Yeah.

Oh gosh. And then lastly, clearing plates up immediately. Would you find it rude or alarming? You do that all the time, don't you? I find it efficient. Yeah, you clean as you go. This morning, it was so funny this morning because we have to be, literally in half an hour, everything ready.

And we were getting ready to come here, getting the kids sorted. So it was like, tacked him. I was like, I do the bedrooms, you wash the kids, that I dressed them so it was fine I said I'm going downstairs with both of them so I'm coming down now

so I was downstairs with them and I started to make Mia's lunch for the school and then I was making breakfast and Jim and I was like okay you make lunch I made breakfast

and I'm like I can make everything he said I can do it both so I went right I'll walk Benji so you took the kids I walked Benji it was a real tag team

this morning wasn't it because Mia's on sandwiches for school now but she doesn't have sandwiches she'll have probably food proper food. So she had just beef this morning, didn't she? She wanted a plain burger,

chopped up in a wrap, cucumber and sticks, yeah. A sticks. And then she has some of a wrap. The wrap, the olive oil crisps. She likes these bloody crisps. To be fair, they are just made with olive oil. It's just potato and olive oil. It's the only ones we have. But she has a truffle with it. The truffle is awful. But she's, I mean, it's brilliant that she has that food. But what a pain it is to make a lunchbox in the morning. It's just a faff, isn't I love it. Well, at least you know what they're eating. But that's what we've got time for for this week.

That's it? Yeah. So you're going to London now? I'm going to London, yeah. Okay, well, nice to see you. To see you. Nice. See you on Saturday.

Saturday? Oh no, I've got Toulan's meal. Are you know back until Saturday? Yeah. No, I'm back Friday night. I've told Toulon Saturday. What time is Friday? What time on Friday?

Hopefully, after the last job? Friday's tea time. Wait, she's holding my hand for so long. Are you okay? You're a fever? I'm back. back Friday night, so alas, I will wait you up on Friday night, telling you all about the hatred I had for something in London.

The Cheeb was rammed my hotel room was small. I had a panic attack. I had this. I'll be telling you everything that went wrong in London. You probably will call me on Thursday, saying, I don't know what I need to go. He has to give me a tube map when I'm in London. I always have to screen grab a tube map. I told her about the app city mapper.

She doesn't know how to use it, so I need to send the screenshots of the route. Lost in translation This is how we get on though Yeah It's how it works Nice It's like Tweedledee and Tweedled dumb Yeah

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