The Overshare with Gemma Atkinson - The Elephant in the Room | Lost in Translation

Episode Date: May 6, 2026

The Hotel Tapes Part 1 : We’re addressing the Strictly-shaped elephant in the room as after 10 years, a HUGE chapter has come to an end for Gorka… but as one race ends, another begins! Gem and Gorks are in different rooms (literally) this week as Gorka is deep in his tour, and we’re trying to navigate Thiago’s tantrums, Gorka’s been ‘cheating' on Gemma whilst he’s away and we’re getting deep into your dilemmas. Contact us at [e-mail] or WhatsApp on 07761039898.Producers - Henry Hewitt & Molly CarterSenior Video Producer - Elena CottonSocial Media Producer - Cassidy RebeloProduction Assistant - Emily SpunginProduction Manager - Sarah NichollsExecutive Producer - Laurence BassettHead of Production - Cat MoranChief Creative Officer - Lucie CaveFollow us on social:www.instagram.com/lost.in.podcastwww.tiktok.com/@lost.in.podcast

A Rio original podcast. Hello. Can you hear me okay? Can you imagine if it was me in the hotel room having to do all this link up stuff? It wouldn't happen, would it? That's what you're doing. Yeah.

I think today's going to be the first time and the risky for such a long time. Like, for more than like five minutes. Sorry to interrupt you, Go, can I have a bit more water in my ear? Is that all right? You're speaking very low, Gork, because it's the quietest you've ever been.

No, it's the mind, maybe. All right. Speak again, go. Hello? Yeah, that's a bit better. I don't know if you can see Gorka, but I have a standing for you today. What? I have a standing for you today.

Who is it there? It's Gawker, aka Rambo. Look at that. Look at that. It's a Ronca. Ronca, who's Ronca? Oh, Gorka Rambo. Ramca.

Coming up! Proximately. Oh, you miss my chebs. That's true. I don't blame you though. They're cracking. The three seconds rule for Gemma. You've got three seconds and I count in threes.

Bang. I would like this. Back flat on the floor. Dush! And I'm like, ah, my back. Ah, my back. I'm going to me to batterer? After 10 years, I say goodbye to Shrigley.

I know. So, yeah, it was a bittersweet. You're the most stubborn and impatient like him. I'm impatient. Yeah. You go like, ooh, this, all like the tele. He's not working. This remote.

Very good, Gemma. One round of applause for her. Yay. How have you been then, Gorks? Yeah, non-stop. Obviously, with the techs, it was last week, tech week. We opened the show yesterday, so first show. Did it go down well?

Yeah, very good. The audience loved it. We go standing ovation, ooh. Oh, nice, that's good. I got a big cheer, yeah. Of course you did. Well, you never know, you know. Then I go like, ooh, sleep.

So it's going okay then at all? Everything's going well? Yeah, very good. group is fun. They're all getting along. The choreography was great. We really enjoyed it. The process was very chill, very relaxed. I mean, relax. You know, relax. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yesterday was very good, the opening night. So normally we end up doing dress runs before the opening night. But yesterday we didn't do that. We just did some filming. And then we opened the show, so we were nice and rested. And then we have one show today,

and then we're going to Scotland. Well, I look forward to seeing it when it's in Manchester. Oh, I'm actually having some water brought in. for me. Look at this. Waiter service. Thank you. That's all right. I love that you go like a full like a carboport of me and I just got this little picture frame of us. Oh is that what that is. I couldn't really see it. Oh that's sweet. Is that in Bilbao? Don't think that I made that myself that I go send. I was going to say I know that was probably a production. It's not you, is it? You just have it on your phone. Anyway, how you been? How you been? Yes, I've been good. Obviously it's been a bit stressful because

Mia was off school. We said on the other. episode, didn't we? Whenever one of us is away, something happens with the kids. And basically, for anyone, well, you'll know this, but for our very good listeners, Mia had an ear infection. She gets a bad ear every now and again. And it was, I took her to the pharmacy. And when he was looking in her ear, he said, oh yeah, it's just a bit red and in flame, that's all, you know, we've got some drops for her. And she literally said to the pharmacy score, she went, to be honest, My nana's not been putting my drops in before swimming, so it's likely to be that. She just threw me mum under the bus.

So we had the drops, took her into school, and then school rung me and said she's crying, she's not too good, can you come and get her? So I picked her up, and then she had yesterday off, just resting again with the drops. But she's gone in today. She's woke up happy as Larry, which is good. How is Tiago? Tiago's still a menace, tried to take him for his hair cut with Ross yesterday. He came out with the exact same.

hair. He wouldn't sit down. He was kicking. He was screaming. He had a wet back. He used to be so good at having his hair cut. I don't know what happened. I don't know what's happened. Something's happened. I triggered him. I'm thinking, we tell him, well, I tell him at home all the time not to mess with scissors. He's got his own little plastic scissors. And I always say, carry him at this end because the dangerous, the sharp, I think I've given him a fear of scissors, telling him how dangerous they are. Because when Ross comes near him, he screams. Yeah, maybe it was that time that we went and it was too busy, you know? I don't know, maybe.

He will grow out of head, you know? I think all the kids are the same. Well, it made me realize how, you know, as you see some people when the kids have got really long air and you think, oh, that looks awful. It's probably not by choice. It's probably because the kid won't have the air cut. But also it's funny because he was saying like, haircut, haircut, and then he gets dead and goes like, I know. He was excited all day. And then he had a meltdown, which was really embarrassing. Anyway, we've started talking before we've said, without further ado,

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before we go any more forward. Because everyone's been messaging me, your Instagram post... Which elephant? What do you mean, which elephant? Have you not heard that saying, the elephant in the room? Oh, oh, you mean like the topic.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I got it now. Yeah. No more da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Which me and you have known about for a long time. It's still going to be ta-da-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta because we will be watching it anyway and, you know, Spain and judging and everything.

But yeah, after 10 years, I say goodbye to Shrigley. I know. So, yeah, it was a bittersweet. Bittersweet, you said? Bittersweet, yeah. But, you know, I think, like, we all have, like, cycles. And, like, but yeah. Yeah, and you know what I'm like with the moon cycles?

Yeah. And, you know, when we had that chat and made the, you know, well, it wasn't my decision, which I'd like to point out for everyone who's messaged me on Instagram saying, you finally got what you want now. Absolutely not. It wasn't. I think she's happy about me doing this trick. she has her own space.

Exactly. It was a nice break for me when he was doing it. But no, I said the other week how proud I am of you because I know when you have to make choices

like that, it's tough, but 10 years is a good, it's a good round number. You've got a lovely family from it. I learned loads, you know, I met a lot of people

that have tough many things, you know, not just about dancing, also about life. I made friends. I met you. We have a family, you know?

Yeah. I'm very grateful for the opportunities and grateful to everybody. But, you know, it's like a chapter that is closed and now is move on to a new chapter. One new book. Absolutely. Every finish line is the beginning of a new race.

That's what I say. And this next race that you're taking on is a long one and a tough one. But more about that soon, as and when. Everything's... Yeah. Yeah, but it's exciting times and it's... Yeah, like you say, we'll still have to watch it because Mia's obsessed with it, isn't she?

Yeah. Mind you, we did... When we were talking about it, we did include Mia, didn't we? We said to Mia, what would you rather Papa do? Would you rather him work in Spain at weekends or work in England during strictly during the show? And she said, well, I do love watching him dance. She said, but I like having him own more.

And we were like, right, sign seal delivered. You remember when she were like, Mommy and Papa and I, we decide? Yeah, she said to me, Mum, didn't she? Me, Mommy and Papa have decided this year. going to be dancing on strictly. Oh. Yeah. And they get to see me one last time

dancing on the pro tour anyway. Yeah, it will be like a nice. And it'll be Tiago's first time. And to be honest as well, obviously again, you know this, but the listeners don't. Tiago has struggled with you being away on tour more than we thought.

When Mia was Tiago's age, it wasn't until she was like three, three, four that she started getting really upset. I don't know if it's because lads are different because he's a bit more sensitive. But he's been crying at nursery for you, hasn't he? He's been asking where you are

Where's my papa And we thought he was going to be the opposite Remember we thought he was going to be bothered about it We thought he'd be the chills one Yeah But it turns out he's been And he's used it against me though Like yesterday with his hair cut

In the car He did that thing that kids do Where he straightened his whole body As I was trying to get him in the car seat I had to physically push my hand onto his stomach Mia just stood watching She was upset bless her And it was in the car park

Like with other people or the shoppers And I ended up saying to him, I said, if you do not stop this, I said, I will leave you in this car park. And then he just went, I want Papa. I said, to him Papa ain't going to help you in this situation, pal. You've been naughty now you have to deal with it. And then he wanted to go to the shop on the way home. And I've been saying to him, if you have your hair cut, we'll go to the shop. Of course, we drove straight past the shop because he didn't have his hair cut.

So he was kicking the back of the sea? Mia said to me, she said, Mom, was I like this? And I said only once. also Tiago is very stubborn I don't know where he gets it from you but he gets very like me excuse you you're the most stubborn and impatient

like him I'm impatient when you get something on your phone and you cannot do you like oh this or like the tele he's not working this remote and throw it you get so frustrated very quickly I wait about four seconds

four seconds oh great also apparently you know how in the last episode so we said about doing the tour. Yeah? We got a lot of messages of people saying, yes, please do it.

We love to come and watch it. Oh, really? Thank you to everybody for messaging, yeah? A lost in translation on the road? Yeah. Oh, that'd be good. Lost on the road. Lost on the road.

Before we go into our debates this week, we've had some messages from our lovely listeners. Do you want to read them out? Do you want to read one, then I'll read one? I think you should read them. Okay, well, it was in response to the cheesy chat-up lines we did the other week. Dawn said that someone,

once said, oh, I'm no Fred Flintstone, but I know how to make your bed rock. Oh, kriky. Oh, no. Kez has said, I had one when I was younger. Are you a spanner? Because every time I see you, my nuts titan. But that wouldn't be a compliment, would it, if the nuts tighten? Would that be like?

Yeah. I don't know. Do your nuts go tight when you're aroused? I might use this joke today on the show because our state manager, her nickname is Spanner. Spanner. We'll say to her. You called Spanner because every time men see you, the nuts tighten.

But then tell her after it's a joke because she might be offended. Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. Can you imagine? And someone said... With my Spanish accent. Exactly. Ray has said, this is in response to Vito, saying pineapple doesn't belong on pizza.

Ray has said, my late husband was Sicilian and made the most delicious pizzas, but I could only have pineapple on mine when he was away. He'd actually sex ban me if I ate my pizza with pineapple in front of him. Oh my gosh. That's something that video will do, I think. Oh, I love that, Ray. A sex ban if you eat pineapple.

We were at lunch in rehearsals, and there was like seafood pasta with prawns and spaghetti. And Julian wanted to put some parmesan. He was like, no, what are you doing? And he was like, please, don't do that. And he took his food away. He was like, don't know, do not. Leave the cheese.

Leave the cheese. In seafood, there is in pasta, there is no cheese. Please, don't do that. Don't offend me. Really? Yeah. I can't eat pasta without cheese, though. Yeah, but seafood pasta, you don't put cheese.

Any pasta for me, he's having a bit of cheese. No. No, it's like when people put mayonnaise on like, I don't know, like fish or like ketchup in fish. Oh, no. Yeah, no, I don't get that. On vinegar in chips, no. This is a message from Joe from Canada.

She said, hi, Gemma. I saw Gawker and Karen's fire dance tour in 2003. I was the second row and it was amazing. I'm sorry, Gemma, but he is gorgeous as he obviously knows, L-O-L. I love you both and you are one of my favourite couples. Keep being your true selves. I look forward to each episode. Oh, thank you, Joe. Don't apologise to me, Joe, for saying he's gorgeous. I'm all for it. I don't get offended when people say you fit. I'd be offended if they said what you're doing with him. He looks like a rat. But when they think you're fit, I'm like, yeah, I know, tell me about it. And lastly, from Sheena, she said, I don't think Gork would have survived growing up in Berry. I grew up in Berry High School, and we used to spend a Friday night in Topaz Nightclub with Chippy on the way home. My sister went to, Abbey.

No, I wouldn't know. To the school we went to recently and did that talk to the kids about media. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, which one is it, yeah. So that's where Sheena went. Our kid went there. She might have been in your year, Sheena. Derby high school.

I went to Castlebrook. It's now an academy. Unsworth Academy, I think it's now called. But I had the best time in high school. But thank you for your messages, as always. We really do love them. Molly, who controls the WhatsApp, says whenever she turns it on, it's just dinging away.

So thank you. The number is O'dable 7, 6103-98989. If you want to send a voice note as well, they may get played out. Or you can email us, Lost in Translation, Bauermedia.co. And yeah, thank you very much for your messages of support.

Thank you to everybody, yeah. And should we now move on to the... Debates. Yeah. Have you got a debate this week? Because you haven't seen me for weeks on end. I do, yeah. I've got one as well.

You've done something that's really annoyed me. Really? Yeah, but I've not told you what it is because I didn't want to fall out on tour. It's not annoyed me to the point of falling out, actually. It's just... I think it's more of a jealousy thing for me. And I don't normally get jealous.

Really? Yeah. Do you want to tell you what it is? Yeah? You went to see the Michael Jackson movie without me. Oh, yeah. Okay, yeah. That annoys me.

I thought I'll have lived in the first 15 minutes. Because you know I'm obsessed with Michael Jackson. I love him. I wanted to see the film. And then you casually said, we finished rehearsals. We're going to go for dinner, then we'll go watch Michael Jackson.

And I thought, how dare you? You cinema cheated on me. It's like karma when I said, do you, oh, should you watch this movie of these series together? Oh, yeah, let's do it. And then you go, I watch it already. I was like,

we're supposed to watch it together. You do that all the time with the series, with the movies on Netflix, so pay back. Okay. Was it good, though, the film? Yeah, it's good. It's quite short. I think when it finishes, you go like,

oh, that's it? I want to see more. But obviously, there are restrictions. Is it dancing good, though? Yeah, very good. That's the best part. He's very good at it. Like the way he does it is like Michael Jackson.

Well, it's his nephew. And the voice, because he sang the songs, but they mix the voice of Michael Jackson with his voice. It looks like it's like Michael Jackson. Oh. So it's great in that way. But yeah, but I fall asleep on the first 15 minutes. What?

Because you were bored off as in rehearsals. And I was just full from the pizza, and I was quite slow at the beginning when he was a kid, you know. So I was like, and I nod off for like five minutes, I think. Oh. Because Neil was next to me and he was laughing. So then I woke up. I thought you went to the cinema with.

Neil. Yeah. We went all together. It was like seven of us, I think. Did you get pick a mix and popcorn and stuff? Just a small salty popcorn because I was so full from the pizzas. I had two pizzas. I'm so gutted.

We've not been in the cinema in so long. When you're back, I'm going to ask my mum to have the kids and we'll go to the cinema. I don't know what we'll see, but we'll go and watch something. A romantic movie that you like. Oh. Also, I finally was Woodrow in Heights. How was that? I'm glad that we didn't go to watch it to the cinema.

There you go, see? You should have took my advice Everyone I know who watched it Said it was boring I told you that I could have saved you nine quid It's just like It's uncomfortable to watch

And like It gives you the eke You know what I mean Like no What you're doing Why didn't you listen to me When I told you that I said to you for you

To wait for it to come on telly I will do now Mama knows best Have you noticed on your Prime account as well Films keep being bored Yes I got an email saying like

Thank you for purchasing Free Willy Yeah because I'm taking Mia through every film I used to love as a kid. So we did the goonies the other week, which was okay until I forgot about that dead man in the freezer. There's a corpse, they call it, there's a stiff in the freezer. And we got to that bit, and she was a little bit frightened.

But then we cracked on with it the following night, and she loved it, and she actually loved sloth. She was worried at the end that sloth was going to be left behind. I said, don't worry, he's going to live with chunk. So we did the goonies. then last week we did Free Willy which she cried throughout the whole of Free Willy

in a good way like she was asking and I said to you didn't she asked me since can we have a whale can we save the whales how do we adopt a whale this weekend we're going to do Free Willy 2 the rescue they're not as good as the first one by still

no but every time I see them they're not available within the prime I have to buy them tell you what I am watching at the minute while you're away the Punisher the Punisher on Disney It's the series. John Berth and all, I think, is called.

It's really aggressive and fighting. Yeah, but it's really good. In the first episode, he, like, batters some guys with a sledgehammer, but they deserved it to be fair. Like, you would do the same if you'd seen what they'd done, but that's a good series. Anyway, we've digressed.

Do you have a debate for me or not because you've not been here? Yeah, I just miss you. I can wait to see you. I'm just annoyed that I cannot see you. Really? Is that your debate? Yeah. Yeah.

How long have we been a partner? This is going to be the fourth week. And we've got another five to go, haven't we? No, until I go to Manchester is only two more weeks. Yeah, but I mean, so the tour finishes. Yeah, another month, yeah. End of May. But I'm coming to see you in Manchester with the kids.

Yes. Oh, well, that's a nice debate to have. In many ways. Virtual high five me. Duff! I bet it's more you miss my chebs. Two, that's true. Yeah.

I don't blame you, though. they're cracking. Yeah, they're beautiful. We've had our dilemma. Now it's over to our listeners. Is it game time? Hey? Is it game time?

I don't know the dilemma. No, we're going to solve someone else's dilemma. Lost in Translation at bowermedia.com. Or WhatsAppers, O'dable 7-603-9898. Before we do this week, we've had some replies to a recent listener dilemma. I love that.

We've started this little trend now. Whenever we have a dilemma, the listeners get involved to help out another listener. It's brilliant. So this was in response to the listener. Do you remember she said she got a phone call and it was her partner's phone that rung?

And when she answered it, someone said, hi, puppy. And we, well, I assumed it was an affair. Sarah said, hi, Gemma and Gorker. I listened to the podcast today and I wanted to respond to the woman who answered a call on her partner's phone from another woman.

I once read a text on my partner's phone. That was from another woman. woman. I asked my partner about it as he was still holding his phone. I did what Gemma said to do. I gave him three seconds to tell me who it was or I'd call her, yes. And as I pressed dial, he said no stop and confessed who it was. So I totally agree with Gemma. I actually caught him a few times contacting this woman. Turned out it was his ex-girlfriend. Of course it was. He swore nothing had gone on but he still spoke to her occasionally and even went out for lunch with her one day. I took the phone and left so I could call her and ask what was going on without him speaking to

her first. She was actually really nice and although I tried to trick her into a confession, she was absolutely adamant that they had just kept in touch since years earlier. Although it's not cheating, that feeling was the same. Why are they keeping in touch with years earlier and not telling you about it if there's nothing going on? If you're in touch with an ex, it's not. You'd know about it.

You'd know about it. She'd have from the beginning, I guess, no? Yeah. Yeah. True. Oh, but I love that you use the three second rule. It's the best thing to say, you've got three seconds, tell me who that is. I do it with the kids.

You've got three seconds. Yeah, but you go, you have three seconds, one, dush. Do you know what I mean? Three seconds and I count in threes. Bang. Yeah, probably, yeah. Oh, gosh. Oh, but bless, but I'm glad she confirmed there's nothing going on.

However, I'd just be annoyed at the lie. If there's nothing going on, why do you have to lie and keep it a secret? Anyway, I've digress. Are you reading the next one? Do you want to read the next one? I feel like I've read a lot. No, you read it. Yes, because you read better than me English.

So this is from Anominus. I can never say that, Anonymous. Anonymous. Hi, Gemma and Gorka. I was with my husband for eight years, and he always used to forget his phone and leave it lying about. all of a sudden things were not great between us. He became distant and was attached to his phone

and even took it in the shower. I knew that happened to me, you know? Really? What, someone took it in the shower? No, yeah, my ex, like, of many years, yeah. Took the phone in the shower? She started to like, she used to do the same, leaving the phone everywhere,

and then suddenly started to like, was going to the toilet, take the phone, was going to shower, take the phone, yeah, all the time. Oh, I don't want me to batter her. No, it's fine. said I knew something was up. The only person I could think of was the new apprentice he took on at work. He denied it, but later I got a call from my best friend who confirmed my suspicions. She saw them both coming out of the holiday flat, our holiday flat together.

I marched to his work, walked in and sat next to her so she couldn't move from her desk. I said to both of them what I thought. Looking back, I wish I'd actually slapped her, but I didn't want my son thinking bad of me, so I held that in. Oh. Do you know what's annoying about that? He hadn't even got the decency to take us somewhere and pay for it. He has to take her to the same place where he's with the wife. That's a cretin. Do you know what I mean?

I would say at least pay for a hotel somewhere without bringing it to my place. No, of course he doesn't. Oh, I'm sorry that that anonymous person went through that. Oh, she carries on here. She was half hour age. He walked out on me and took all his stuff when I was away. one night at her friends to get some space. This is in response to the dilemma for the lady in the phone call.

Us women sometimes have a gut feeling as we know our partner as well. I love listening to the podcast. Your banter is great. I'm single and I'm quite glad I don't have all the stuff going on at home with what you two discuss about home life now, but I do find it funny. Oh, bless it. It's such a shame. I mean, so many people are going through stuff.

It does make me feel grateful that although sometimes we annoy each other with our little debates. Like I'm annoyed you went to see Michael Jackson. At least you're not, you know, taking your phone places and meeting birds in a hotel. Imagine I'm saying that and then there's someone in the bed next to you in that hotel now, hiding. Imagine. Do you do it in the camera? No. Do you my heck? Hide, hide, hide, hide. With the phone thing, though, the funny thing is your phone's in Spanish anyway and I'm always losing my phone. I always forget where I've put my phone. So there's never a fear of that with us. Do you want to read this week's dilemma from Mel?

Because I'm reading too much. He goes, Hi, guys. I love the podcast and when I heard that Gorga was going to be away on tour, I prompted me to message in and ask for your advice on a dilemma I have with my boyfriend. My boyfriend works away a lot. Sometimes he's gone for a month, a time, and then can be home for a few days before leaving again.

He loves his job, so even though I would much prefer him to have a 9-to-5 office near me, near home, I feel like I can't tell him to do that because he's happy. We have got used to the situation and our relationship works around it. However, what upsets me the most is that he tries to cram insane friends, family and watching his football team play while he's at home and I only get to spend time with him when he's not busy. Am I expecting too much to want to be his number one priority when he's back home?

Or do you think there is another way around it where he does everything he wants to do? I think they're finding the balance, no, Jamma? Yeah, thank you for that, Mel. Obviously, he's going to work and works away, so then when he comes back, he wants to do things that he likes to do, but also you should want to do things with your partner, no, I guess? Yeah, but the thing is as well, to caveat that, if, so he lives with Mel, obviously, they share a home together.

So he's probably seen it as I'm seeing you every morning, I'm seeing you every night. You're in a complementary way, Mel, you're his safe space. you're his not planned because it's just, he's like, oh, it's me and Mel. Do you know what I mean? You could ask him to involve you. I mean, could you go and sit and watch the football with him? Would you want to do that?

Could you maybe say to him after the game, should we go for some food? Yeah. It is tough because before we had kids, whenever you came back off tour or from Strictly, we could do whatever we wanted. You know, we'd even go away on holidays after it. But now the priorities, you need to spend time with

kids when you're home because they need the dad. So as much as sometimes that's annoying for me in a selfish way, I'm like, no, the kids need the dad more than I need my partner. I also see her appointment. Imagine that I go home, no, when I go to Manchester and I have like a day and I have off and I go, get there late, wake up in the morning, like whenever I wake up and then I go, I'm going to go to the gym and then I go, I'm going to go for brunch. That would be annoying, yeah.

That's what I mean. So probably it's what he says. He comes home for three days before he leaves again and he's going to go to see his mates and watch the football to the pub. It's like, hello, I'm here. Yeah, it's the priority list, isn't it? Yeah. Like.

It's also making the, for example, for us, we always say, that's it matter how long I go away, even if it's three weeks, four weeks, but it's the, we make it the time at home when we are at home together, we make it the most of it, you know? Yeah. And it's pretty quality time together. Because even if it's one day, you make it worth it. I'd just say to him, Mel, because you're back for such a short time. Is it possible we do some things to?

together or even say, could we all go out? Because you see your mates at the same time as me. Why don't we have your family around for lunch? So you see your family as well. But then when they all go, it's just us. It's a difficult one that because you always, you know, I remember once you came home for 24 hours. You did like a four-hour drive for 24 hours and left.

But it's worth it, you know, sometimes. Yeah, of course it is. Because sometimes just going at home for 24 hours is like a recharge of everything. So, yeah. And you get to do it. you washing. Yeah, but I mean the washing doesn't matter.

It's more about like people with you, the kids get home, sleep on their own bed, you know? Hey, you'll love it at the minute. You know, he's back in the field. The horses. Fuchsia,

Bramble and Joey. And Joey is the sweetest horse. He comes every morning, Joey. Tiago loves him. Oh, the summer again. Oh, but you know, Fuchsia, she's got a lame shoulder.

So her back, right leg, she holds it up. This is so sad. And she's still lame from bonfire. night. So the owner was telling me on bonfire night the fireworks was so loud. She was fighting to death. She said, I went in the stable. She said she was panting. She was fretting. She was so frightened. And she tried to run away from the fireworks and she pulled a shoulder

out. And what are we now six months after? And she's still lame on it. That's the effect of these blooming massive loud fireworks on the animals. But thank you for your dilemma, Mel. I think it's best to just have a chat with him and tell him how you feel. I think you need to just explain to him, you really, really miss him when he's away and you love when he's back that you could spend a bit of quality time together. And when he's back for longer periods, you know, you'd more than happy for him to see his mates and family. But when it's a short time, if he could prioritize you, you'd appreciate it. That's all you can do, really. Have the honest chat with him. Find the balance. Find the balance. And yeah, let us know if he kicks off or if he's, if he's

all right with it. The three second rule for Gemma. Yeah, you've got three seconds to tell me what your plans are. Lost in Translation at bowermedia.com. If you want to send us a dilemma like Mel has, or you can follow us on socials, it's lost.com.com. Or if you want to send us a WhatsApp, a voice note, any pictures, we've got some pictures of dogs in last week's episode.

It's O'Dable 7, 6103-9898. Shall we move on to this week's game? Yes, game time. Our game today is simply called 20 questions. So if you're watching on YouTube, then you can see that Gorg was in a hotel room, which we're going to get to know a bit better. Gork's has found two random items from his room,

and I've got 20. Three. I've got three. Oh, he's three. Three is the magic number. So he's got three random items from his room, and I've got 20 questions to try and guess what they are. Okay. Okay, so it's in the hotel room?

Yes. Three items from the hotel room? Yes. Do you write with one of them? No. Trying to think what's in hotel rooms. Is one of them in the bedside drawer? No.

Because they always have a Bible in the bedside drawers in hotels, don't they? I don't even open the drawers in this hotel, to be honest. There's normally a Bible in every hotel. draw. I'm sure there is. Have a look. What's in that one? No Bible. Do you can do the other one? They normally have Bibles. What's going on? Do you wash yourself with one of them?

No wash, but almost like something that you will say, like, no wash, but we use it for something similar. Tissue roll, you wipe yourself with that. Yay! Yay! One out of three. Okay, the next item Is it, do you use it to put your shoes on?

No I thought it could be a random shoehorn Do you use it to hang clothes on? No Frigin hell Can I have any clues? It's soft Towel

No A pillow case Almost Pillow Yes Yay. Can me get chuffed at myself for cheating. Last one?

Last one. Remote control. No. We have loads at home. You always take them in my car. Yeah. Gloves? No.

I always collect petrol gloves. Whenever I go to a petrol station, I nick the gloves because I don't like germs. So I have loads of them in my car. And Gorker opened the glove compartment and they all fell out. You're like, what is this, Jammer? Why is all this? I have loads in my car. Oh, drinks.

Electrolites. Oh. Cups. Mugs. Yes. Yes. I don't have loads in my car. I've got about three in my car.

I said that we have loads of them and you always stay them in your car. Yeah. because I never have time to have a hot coffee, sat, relaxed at home. It's always on the go. That's what I meant. Not that you have lodging your car. No. Well, I've won then, didn't that?

I mean, probably I didn't. There's a lot of questions that, wasn't it? Oh, well done. Very good, Gemma. One round of applause for her. Yay. When do you leave that hotel today? After this podcast.

And then you're going up to Scotland? I'm going to, not today, tonight, yes. We have to leave the hotel, put everything on the bus, go to the venue, do the show tonight and then go to Scotland four hours to Edinburgh. Okay. Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow. And have they scheduled it so you kind of work your way up?

No, because you're coming back down, aren't you? We go in Sunday, we finish in Glasgow, then we go to Oxford and then we come back here to like Sunderland in a couple of weeks. Yeah, and to hold also again. That's a fact, isn't it? So it's like this. When you think you just work your way up

or work your way down. No, because that would make sense. It's just depends on the, you know, what is. It's not them, it's the venues. No, it's the availability. I know, yeah. It's the availability of venues. But I am looking forward to seeing it.

And is your back being okay? Because I know with the bus, it's hard doing a two-hour show to them being sat for four hours. It's a bit sore. And then my shoulder, look at this. I know your bruised hand. How many times do you want to show me?

He's shown me this bruised thumb. He says it's from doing my only polio on. age however it's his left hand and you're having alone that's not for the roly polly that's because i bang it on the metal bar all right okay but for anyone who's listening what you what you think i'm doing with my left hand there well god knows i use it for writing only eh oh course you do um yeah for anyone who's going to watch gocker he has to do a roly poli during the show and you said to me didn't you amia's going to laugh at how awkward your roly poli is because she's a pro at them she loves them

the other day I got stuck halfway through it you know when you try to roll by instead of contacting your knees I let them straight and I got stuck like an ell and I were like this back flat on the floor douche and I will like ah my back

so watch out for the roly-poly if you're going to watch the show well that's all we've got time for today that's it done yeah you've got to go on the tour bus and I've got so much admin to do and I've got another meeting after this and I've got to do the radio

that I need to get the kids so it's full on well that was nice different isn't it to do it so far away from each other yeah but I've still got your cardboard cut out of here oh is it nice

I might put it in the front of the window well imagine I put it in the house window next to your men's health one everyone will be thinking who's that ego I know I'll do that you put it in the night

you get someone walking in the house yeah can you imagine scared of them you know Benjiu. Well, enjoy the rest of your day. Okay, you do. I love your loads and I'll see you next time.

And thank you everyone for listening. Thank you for listening for another episode. Hi, everybody. We'll catch you next week where there's more fun and frolics on Lost in Translation. Adios. Yeah. Adios.