The Overshare with Gemma Atkinson - Will Gorka fall for our April Fools prank? | Lost In Translation

Episode Date: April 1, 2026

As Gorka loves eating ham, Gemma tries to make him the pig on April Fool’s Day! Also, an upset listener tries to get our advice on why her daughter isn’t being invited to birthday parties, Gemma shares her useless advice to make people think you’re sober and we see who can hold their laughter the longest with some cheesy Dad jokes!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#LostInTranslation #GemmaAtkinson #GorkaMarquez

Guys, just a quick one before Gawker comes in, it's April Fool's. So, I'm making us drinks today. Gorkers has got a pig snout on the bottom of it. If you're watching, you'll see it. If you're listening, every time he has a sip, I'm going to go, you probably won't know what's going on. But yeah, April Fool's. Coming up.

Gema, I'm impressed. We used to go and get drunk on this Mad Dog 2020. High school or primary school? Freaking hell, what do you think? I bloody love your wife in our house. I was like, so do I. Oh, no. You've dotted my wholesome time of year.

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I put electrolytes in yours. I know you like to stay. Hydrated. Yeah, because I haven't really much today, to the, you know. I'm just going through this. The game is funny. Oh, is it?

Oh, it's not. You know, I've just realized this is going to be the first time in about, well, a week that we've actually sat together on the couch and spoke. Jack, so a week ago, I was in the plane now. You've been in New York, and since you've been home, it's been kids in chaos. It's fabulous no, isn't it? I wish I still there. Oh, non-taken. Welcome to Lost in Translation.

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Gork has been in New York for the last week. The pictures, they look incredible. You had a blast, didn't you? You were like McCauley Culkin on your own. Yeah. with the backpack. What was your favorite part? The room went okay, I think.

Yeah, very good, yeah. My favorite part, it's just everything in the city, like, my favorite part probably was the last day. It was very sunny, and I didn't have, I left all the luggage, everything in the backpack, because most of every day I was going with the backpack to go to, with the cameras or going somewhere. But the last day, I checked out of the hotel,

left everything in the concierge, and I just wet myself with the camera and walk around from 9.30 to 2 o'clock, and I went to Chelsea and I was just like having a coffee and just taking pictures of everything

so I love that There is something magical about New York Yeah I was speaking with Adwin and I was telling him They feel like I was on a catwalk Or a fashion show

Every single day Every single person dress up Like I don't know I don't know I don't know if you saw the bitch I send you that girl With the glasses The glasses in the long coat

Yeah She looks like she was on a catwalk Yeah Then there was these like Like guys with the hats Like two packs It's like sex in the city. Like hip hop, it was just, everybody is so cool, yeah.

With the bikes, you see like, for example, it was this guy with this bike. It looks like a motorbike, but it's a cycle, yeah? With an electric battery, which was wearing this, like, cool helmet with the glasses going on the bike to work. Everybody, Wall Street, everybody in suits. It's just amazing. Did you go to, you know, you didn't, I've already asked you this.

You didn't go to Little Italy, did you? No. That's my favorite place. I once went to Little Italy. What is with you in Italy and all Italy, Italian, Italian food? No, I. You have an obsession with that. I got a pizza once from little Italy.

I went for a pizza with Joe's Pizza, the famous one. I had to tip the box to get it out the door. Yes. It was absolutely massive. I have the massive one. I just like the New York Italian accent, that's all. I have the big pizza from Joe's Pizza, which is the most famous one. Oh, nice.

And I wanted to do, so I wanted to buy a slice, two slices, yeah, because they are massive. Yeah. But when I look at the queue, the queue was so big that in the other side, they have two entrances. The slice entrance and the full pizza. And the full pizza was no cute. So literally I bought a full pizza for $35. For myself. And I was like, Kevin, I was walking on the street.

It was raining. And I was stopping every block to get the pizza and get it. Meanwhile, I was up to my elbows in puke and antibiotics, wasn't I, when you were away? Not myself. Both the kids got sick when Gawker was away. Of course the days. Yeah. Oh, when I go away?

Yeah. When I go away. Before, Mia was in the out of hours. She was really poorly. Touch wood. Because you're going to get sick. Touch wood. They don't get sick.

Thank you for the electrolyte. It's all right. What was that for? Because I'm in my throat. No, so basically the kids had tonsilitis. Mia was sent home from school on the Friday. I was supposed to be going out with the girls. I'd had this night planned for how long.

Literally about three months we'd plan this night. Me and my three best mates were like, oh, we're so excited. and it was literally about 40 minutes before they were due to arrive. In fact, we FaceTimed. I FaceTimed them to explain, I couldn't go. And they were all glammed up, sat in Laura's house, literally ready to jump in a cab to ours. But I couldn't have gone because half of me thought,

should I go and drive and then come straight home? And I was like, no, because I won't be able to focus. And I know when you're ill, they just want your mum, don't you? Do you know what I mean? That's what I was like, I know because I wasn't there. By the same time, I was quite relaxed because I was, I was like, even if I was there, they won't want me, they won't get my, so it's okay. Yeah, they always want me when they're ill.

And Tiago threw O'Paul over the bedroom. I was carrying him to the bathroom. I nearly slipped in it. Benji was even looking at me as if to say, what's going on? But for the first time, he slept next to me all night for the first time. Because he'd been sick. I didn't want to leave him on his own. And it was just so, so lovely.

He's breathing. He was so relaxed. And both, like, touch wood, both. completely fine now back in school, back in nursery. But I remember my whoop told me in the morning, I'd had two hours, 36 minutes sleep. You told me that? But I remember look at him thinking, I don't care,

because look at you. And Mia was okay. And I think anyone knows, even when your kids have got a cold, it's awful. You think give it me. So, yeah, while Gorka was swanning around in New York. Another thing about New York, you know what, I think I had the best weekend to choose to go to New York.

The weather was okay, it was very cold. I had snowed the first day, then it was sunny, then when it's windy. Weather change in New York every hour anyway. But it was the half marathon. It was on Patrick's Day Paray, which he was incredible. Yeah. Like, I didn't know so many Irish people in New York.

And then also, I think it was Friday. I was staying in a hotel near Grand Central station. And when I arrive, I think I sent you the video. I was recorded, remember I called you, I was in Grand Central. And I was filming, and I saw lots of lights and like a set, yeah? And I would like, what is this for? I think it was on the Thursday evening or Friday evening. Guess what?

Alicia Key was performing their life. Alicia Keys? Yeah, because she was the 50th anniversary or a birthday of Apple. Right. So they have this massive event and she was performing there. There you go, casual Alisha Keys. It's April Fool's Day today, pinch, punch first of the month me. Pinch me?

Yeah? Punch me? First of the month. There you go. Great. April Fool's. Do you do April Fool's in Spain? Probably, yeah.

Which I mean probably You either do or you don't That's like someone's saying I'll try and make it Probably but I don't think it's in April I think it's in November when we do it Did you used to do a lot of pranks On the November Fool's Day in Spain

Probably I do pranks at the time I used to My mum actually boll at me once for this I used to put cling film over the toilet seat Of course you do But that you can see there Not when you're rushing for a way

And the seats are already down True So we've done that I can't remember what else we did It was more so like just scare pranks Yeah But I don't know April Fool's comes from?

I don't actually know it from. Mia will be doing it at school. Should we ask Siri? They know everything. Do they? Yeah. Hey, Siri! We don't need Siri.

We've got producer Emery. He knows more. What's April Fool's for? April Fool's comes from when they changed the calendar. Right. The New Year's used to be April 1st. Told you.

January 1st. So we'd do April Fool's for anyone who still celebrated it on April 1st. So it's for me, basically. Yeah. Because you're a full year. before they mess with the actual nature's clock and nature's rhythm.

Thank you, Henry. Henry, who created the months? The months? Yeah, who create like, oh, let's call it January, February. Who created that? Would it have been the Romans? It was the Romans, yeah. Gemma, I'm impressed.

You didn't dress to impress, but your brain impressed me today. You think that I don't know a lot about stuff like that I do? No, I think you are a Biblon, yeah. No, just that's it. That's the good thing about me is the vibe I give off is not the brain in the head. And I love shocking people like I've just shocked you. Well done. When they go, how do you know that?

And I say because I listen. I listen and I don't judge. Well done. We've had a few messages before we go into our debate this week, which my debate now might be that Gork has just said to me, you're a bit blonde. We've had a message from Tara. She says, hi, Gemmer and Gorka. I love your podcast.

I could listen to both of your voices all day. Thank you. Could you? I've just listened to the episode with Mia and she is hilarious. I loved listening to her cute little accent and hearing her throw you under the bus about your trumping, Gemma.

I was watching earlier there some of the clips and even the clips, even like videos that I had on my phone, because I was in the hotel, you know, when you get up, I'd be like, you know, one day, today she's fun. And then you're busy and then you have two hours and you just, oh, I miss them, yeah? Yeah.

So I was looking at my videos in the phone and I was just thinking, Mia, it's so cute. She has a probably like monk accent, but with the Spanish mannerisms. Yeah. That makes sense. It's almost like she's half you, half me. It's like she's talking by the way she hand articulates and dustings and facial expressions, it's very Spanish.

Tara says, you've got to love our girls, hey, so Tara's a mom as well. She said she's clearly a very clever little girl and the love she has for Tiago shines through. I have a son and a daughter who are 10 years apart, but they are each other's best friend by the same. sounds of things, Mia and Tio will be the same. Can't wait for the next episode, love Tara. Thank you, Tara. Thank you, Tara. And she, they do, she does, she's obsessed with him, but even this morning,

me and Tio got up first this morning, and Mia came downstairs about an hour later quite tired, and she just said, well, can I watch some tell her? And I said, not first thing in the morning. I said, go outside, the sun's out. I said, just get a bit of sunlight in your eyes. And she went, okay. Anyway, Tiago said, I do it with her. So I said, right, okay.

Sorry, my throat again I said, right, okay so they went outside together What's wrong with you? They were literally running around, playing is obsessed with Spider-Man at the minute, Tiago

and I show, we've got a massive spider near the gym. In fact, I showed him yesterday the new trailer of Spider-Man. Oh, does he want to watch it? Yeah. We were going to, speaking of trailers and films,

we were talking about going to the cinema this weekend, weren't we? This weekend coming up, we've got no kids, because they couldn't sleep with my sisters when they were poorly. She's having them this weekend for us instead. I think this is my dilemma, yeah? Oh, is it?

So just leave you there. Oh, okay. Go ahead. Is it really a dilemma? Oh, no, I've really annoyed you over it. I haven't seen you, so... Yeah, anyway. Okay, well, our parenting skills are actually going to be put to the test

in this week's dilemma from the listener, apparently. So should we do our debates? My debate this week is Gorka came back from New York and you might have not seen yourself doing this. I moan about everything and it was No?

Oh, okay. What, did you do that as well? Yeah. Oh. So there he's admitting it himself but no, that wasn't it? Because everything was like upside down. You walked around the house

like an inspector doing a check on a tenant. Yes. You were literally doing this. Yes, I know. And then, moaning. I went upstairs and I heard you say, I've been away for one week and you tick my shelf regarding the supplement cupboard

and I thought what's he on about? I've took his shelf and then it dawned on me Mia and Tiago were playing rearranging they were playing shops and I thought oh bless them they've not put stuff back but I thought I'm not even going to tell him

it was the kids because either way it'll be annoying I doubt it was the kids because the shell were made my supplements they had that thing that they stand on okay yeah they were playing shops and because they were poorly I was like knock yourself out

do whatever you want to do to meet you both self feel better and I just left it because obviously I was exhausted as well but I heard him stay under his breath been away for a week and she's taken my shelf and as I was walking up the stairs I mumbled to myself thinking I'll take yeah I thought shut the fuck up walker and I just stomped upstairs

and you might have heard her on the way up that's my debate for the week but it's true it was everything upside down it wasn't but it was upside down do you know what I did when you were in New York do you know how much mess we had. Like the kids blessed them

were both poorly. So the house, the cleaning wasn't my priority when you were in New York, gallivanting. I wasn't galafanting. So, and it wasn't dirty.

There was no dirt. There might have been toys everywhere and, you know, clothes that needed washing in piles in the utility. But there was no dirt. This morning when I woke down, toilet was spotless.

This morning when I came down it was a chance of a toilet roll or carbop box or whatever. Yeah, because Benji chewed it while I was training. The fleece of his, like, you know the inside of a teddy? He dripped his toy, yeah. Everywhere. But I was training.

I got up, Crack Sparras this morning. In fact, I was proud of myself this morning. Before the whole school run, I got up with Tio. I had 10 minutes of natural light in my eyes, which sounds weird to some people, but I love it in the morning. Especially when it's something like the day. Yeah. So I got my vitamin D with Tio. I did a 33-minute training session.

I made his breakfast. This morning he had two eggs, a bowl of strawberries, fade yogurt, honey, raspberries, and then he asked for more eggs. I did the ice bath, got him dressed and got myself out the door and walked Benji all before 8.30. I was very proud on myself this morning. Look, come here. He patted me on the back.

Just pat my hand and I'll give it myself. What's your debate for me? No, my debate, it's not debate. It was like, so we were in New York, I was in New York. we were like a few of the guys you were running yeah we're talking about movies in the start because it was the Oscars at the weekend remember of course yeah so we're after the run we were watching the Oscars and thinking about oh which one of the Oscars so talking about movies and we said no I wanted to go and watch uh because one of the guys

went to watch uh is it withering Heights Wuthering Heights yeah Lutering Heights was oh I want to go and watch it I had a good thing and I was like my friend and the photographer from Madrid he was went to watch it he's like amazing because he's like like apparently the movie is very good as like a cinematography and stuff. Yeah, like the shows, the way it's shot, the lighting, everything is like, there is not a shot, you know, sometimes you watch a movie and there's always you think like, why is this shot? Yeah.

So he said like every shot has a purpose and it's like a reason for it. So it's a very clever. The way they're being this shot, it makes the movie even better. And apparently them too are very good in the movie, whatever. So I wouldn't just say, I want to watch it. Oh, yeah, you will love it. Yeah, I might go and watch it when I'm in New York. Oh, you should have, yeah, I don't think she will.

come and watch that. And they were like, why? She's a girl. She would love those kind of movies. I was like, oh, her favorite movie is Rambo. Yeah, Wuthering Heights isn't really for me. And they were like, Rumble. And I was like, yes.

My one is the notebook. Hershey's Rambo. So I'm telling you, she won't like to watch this movie. So the other day, when I came back from New York, I said to her, I want to, the kids put her in here. I said, oh, we could go to the cinema. She was like, yeah, we could go and have a look. And I was like, I want to watch Woodrow in Heights.

It's like, oh, no, I'm not going to go and watch that. I heard it's shocking. And also, no, I don't want to see that. Scream 7's on. That's what she wants to go and watch. Would you rather watch Bothering Heights over Scream? Probably, yes. I watch both.

It's very long as well, isn't it? No, it's two hours. That's too long for a film. Romantic film, yeah. If it's more than one hour 40, I'm out. Yeah. It's Wuthering Heights, go, why don't you just get the book? Because I don't like reading?

Well, there you go. Do you know what I mean? Why I'm going to read? Hand on heart Three people I know he've watched it Have said it was very very boring Really? They said it was beautiful

But Toulin left Toulin loves the rom-com And he left Sure Because he's a proper wet wipe Tools He'll sit through anything Every person that I spoke about

And have watches like It's amazing People like for example Like they are into cinema People just like Photographes Who like dance And like all the cinematography

Or like sent sitting and everything so I don't know. So you want to go on my own, no worries. You go and watch that, I'll go and watch Scream and then we'll meet after for a pizza. Great. We actually would, won't we? I think Screams on quite late, to be honest.

It'll be out on Netflix soon, though, surely, won't it? Scream too? Yeah, they both will. So why don't we not go cinema? No, I want to go cinema? Why don't we go for food somewhere instead? I'd rather go cinema, yeah. Because then I don't have to talk to you for two hours.

I know, we love the cinema. We're genuine and before kids, how often did we go to the cinema? It was at least every other weekend. happened that to you. I remember once, a long time I go. I came back when I used to work on the ships, yeah? Came back to Spain and my mayor was like, oh, are you back here?

Yes. Oh, should we meet up and catch up? And I was like, yeah, well, you're not doing? Oh, let's go to the cinema. I was like, you wanted to see me in ketchup. If we go to the cinema. You're not going to speak in. It's a perfect date at the cinema, I think.

You don't have to look at each other because you both sat facing forward. You can eat your own food. You don't have to share food. You say you get your own. I'll get mine. And then you find out. After the movie, you say, what did you think? And if they say, oh, it was amazing and you thought it was crap,

you think, oh, God, we've now in common. Whereas if they give the same review that you would give, you think, I could give him a second date. This time, one where we can actually interact. Nice. The last time we went for the cinema, both times, I went into labour two days or so after, didn't I? Yeah, you're not pregnant now, so...

No, but I'm saying it was Rambo, the very last Rambo. And Rocky. And Rocky. You see? We watched the latest Rocky, and then I had my... then we watched the very last Rambo. All the other movies. It's still alone, you see.

All the other movies, the last movie that I went to see, it was, it ends with us. You know, it ends with us, yeah. With the, the, Blake and... Blake Lively, yeah. And he's called something...

Balgienie, I can't say his name. Anyway, again, romantic movie, I'll have to go and watch it on my own. Yeah, I'm not going to watch that. I can't remember the last time I went cinema, but I do love the cinema's pick and mix. Went to the cinema and no longer ago, do I poke up popcorn, remember?

Yeah, you went specifically into the cinema just to buy popcorn and pick a mix, to bring home for us to watch a film at home. Yeah, what we watch is it was Ultropolis. No, it was the one of the red dog. Clifford? Yeah. Clifford, the big red dog. So that's the dilemma anyway.

Not a big deal. So what film do we watch? You let us know, lost in translation at bowelsmedia.com. Let's do this. Has anyone seen both films? Okay, no. We need reviews on them. Let us know.

When this podcast goes live, we, on social. me, I will do a poll with both movies, which one would you choose to watch? Yeah? Oudible 7, 6103-989-98, let us know, are you team scream or team... I will watch both. Team Wuthering.

Yeah. It's just, it's too long. I love the costumes, and I think the period dramas look incredible. But it's like, I've seen Secret Garden. That was like the similar times. But I'm trying to think of a romantic film. because there's romantic parts in films like Rambo. Not romance, but there's like Terminator 2, Judgment Day.

He's really sad at the end. He forms a relationship with John Connor. When he's going down into that larvae, he gives the thumbs up. Oh. I want the Terminator 2 theme tune at my funeral. I'm laughing because I did something the other day. I sent you something and your answer was nothing about I was expecting to have the answer. but it was very funny

I am funny what was we always send each of the memes no in fact I told Arduino and Ardino was pissing himself because I said like I said him this so like

important or like you know like meaningful to you and you just didn't pay attention to that you just went with something else but I don't know what it was it was very funny I was in New York

because I always look at the background of videos I get sent videos of people doing stuff and I always look at like what room they're in in the house or if the curtains are clean and what's in the background of them? Oh, yeah. So I got it here. It was so funny.

So, sorry. So the last day in New York, I went to this building called The Edge in Hatton Yars. And it's on the 101st floor. Oh, no, you're going to say. Yeah? And I was there. Have in mind, I shit myself in the heights, yeah? So when they have the floor close,

and then you have this balcony that you go outside and it's all glass, and you have even like a glass floor that you can look down and see the city. So I went outside to take pictures, but to get the nice ones, you have to really get close to the glass. And at one point, it's so windy that I thought it was going to lose my heart.

I had to take it off and everything. So I was trying to take this selfie and video, and I was like, hey, don't look down, don't look down. Anyway, I made the video, incredible view, like the whole buildings, started to head, look at this, looks amazing. And she replied, wow. The windows.

Yes, she replied this. practically, it went through my head. She was like, wow, imagine having to clean those windows so high up. Yeah, it went to, it went through my mind. Nothing about the view. Like, you know, the massive buildings. She was like, wow, imagine you have to clean those windows. Yeah, imagine that's your job to clean, because you have a contract, don't you?

Like, Cammer does the windows in Manchester. You have a contract with the hotels and the buildings to clean the windows on them little ledges. Imagine having to clean them windows. You have a harnesses? Don't matter. Some machine that goes up. But if it's windy, but that, well, that. is practical.

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it keeps making me do that every time you have a drink. I don't know why. Vladia, Elisana Capique. Don't we all? So, this week's dilemma comes in from Donna. Hello, Donna. She says, I love the pod. Listen to you every week.

Graziez. And my question is, how would you deal with your child no longer being invited to other classmates' birthday parties? I would be grateful. Aw. I know, you don't do that.

You've never, you don't do any parties. It's me. I always take them to the parties. You've took me at to about three parties in all. life. Mia loves you today. I have to the party. Yeah, of course she does. It's the same class since nursery. My daughter is four and I make the effort to take her to every single party that

she's invited to. However, when it comes to my daughter's birthdays, we never have a party for her, as we're always away on her birthdays. It's during the summer holidays. I feel this might be why she doesn't get invited anymore. What I would like to know is how do I approach this? My daughter has many years of school left and I understandably she's going to get upset the order she gets and she starts realizing, what should I do? What would you both do? It's really devastating me, to be honest. Well, I don't think it's because,

I understand you because I was the summer holiday boy. So, for example, you know, when I said to you, I don't really like to celebrate my birthday, that's one of the reasons, because I grew up not celebrating it. Yeah. Because when I was, my birthday was on the 4th September and we go back to the school on the 12th, 15th of September.

So I was always away, or with my mom and dad and my brother, or I was in Portugal with my grandparents, so I celebrated with them, but I've never had the, oh, school friends is your birthday. This weekend we do something with your school friends. I never had that really.

I think I did it once in my whole life. But I don't think that's a reason also that she doesn't celebrate her birthday with the school people because she's away, a reason for her not to be invited with other school people. I think what it is, Donnie, you have to remember, first of all, she's only four. So what we've learned from Mia is,

In reception and year one... What do you ever do? For me as birthday last year, we invited the whole class just because it was simpler. We hired at a playground play centre and the whole class came. And the year before in reception we did the same. And a lot of other people did. Now she's in year two. I think it's a group, is not?

Yeah. So the last few parties Mia's been invited to. She's not been invited to lots of parties. It's like the groups have got smaller. And first of all, it's the expense for the parents. I've already told me this year, you ain't having that whole play centre again. You can pick the, because it's lovely for the class, but there was like people who she'd never even spoke about to us.

You think we're paying for them and all this. And also, there's 37 kids in me as class. So it's pressure on the parents. Imagine you have to buy 37 gifts throughout the whole year, as well as your own family and friends. 36. 36. So the parties will naturally get.

smaller in terms of invitations anyway Donna. Don't worry about that. Also imagine 36 kids, for sure, you spend half of the school year every Sunday going to a birthday party. Yeah, it's a lot. But what you could do, so if she's four, I'm assuming maybe she's in reception. Yeah, it will be reception, isn't it? With you being away. Do you before? Yeah, maybe just say to her, pick a few friends. So where I grew up, there was me, Marissa, Simone, Kim and Stuart. Stuart was the only lad on the estate. And he used to have a birthday party every year for the boys.

He'd go out, you know, his mum would take them all football or whatever. And then he used to have a tea party for me, Simone, Marissa and Kim. It was brilliant. And so he used to do it separately. So you could say to her, we're going to be away for your birthday. But when we come back or before we go, if you want to pick five or six friends, pick five or six friends. and have them round at yours,

you know, but he's in the garden, just somewhat simple. They're only four. You don't need to go mad. Or take them, I don't know, what you could do. Take them to the play centre. And because she'll find her own little group of friends.

Mia in reception, everyone was a best friend, a different day. Now she's got about four or five core friends, hasn't she? And for a party this year, she wants them to go to the cinema with her. Yeah. Which is fine.

So you could do that. And then she'll be invited, hopefully, to theirs. and that's all that matters because there'll be a little core group anyway. So that's what I would do, Donna. I would just, I'd make a WhatsApp group maybe a few weeks before the summer holiday

or when you come back and just say whatever your daughter's name is. They might not be able to because they might be away on holidays too. Yeah, I was going to say, you could say, for example, your daughter's called Mia. Mia's birthdays when we were away. We're not going to be around for a party, but we'd love to invite your kids before we go

or when we come back. I would do it that way. Yeah, I will do what Gemma says. Yeah. Because it's the birthday parties of the bane of my life. Every time an invite comes through, I'm chuff for Mia,

but I also think friggin' hell. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? Me too. And it's also things like, because we pay, Mia does gymnastics on a Saturday, Jiu-Jitsu on a Sunday,

that's when parties are. So you're also paying for stuff monthly that they're not going to every week because they're at a birthday party. She went to a climbing one recently. And some of them at like 10 o'clock in the morning, you're like, Why are you going at 10 o'clock?

I want to have a lie down. She went to a climbing one when we got there. Sorry, light, not light down. Gorky didn't take her. I took her, didn't it? And it was when my back was bad. And it was a climbing one. I had to physically harness her into every single wall.

Like, they gave you a briefing. And I said to the guy, I said, So what, you don't clip her in? And he was like, no, you do it. I said, I ain't qualified to be clipping her in. She was like skyscraper in. So it's just a job. So what is me I doing this year?

She wants to go of cinema Okay Oh yes she told me She said cinema or a garden party Because me is a 4th of July baby So hopefully it'll be nice weather touch wood So she said a garden party or cinema Cinema depends what's on

Yeah I'm happy for to have a garden party Get a little bouncy castle Pool Pool if it's hard I'm stupid Why not if they have the pool there I'm not having kids in the house

With a pool go car I would be the bodyguard No The bodyguard The bodyguard the lifeguard No That's what I mean What's wrong with me

I came from in rocks So my English will be like confusing. We've booked to go away and we've got a little cabin, haven't we? Yeah. And it's got a little boat and a jetty and I'm already panicking. I have the idea. Do you know what we could do? What? If it's a garden party, we can ask the...

As if you just meant full camp, we can ask. We can ask the lady. Yeah. The field. Oh yeah, the lady. Yeah. And on the field, we can put the water slide. You know the one that you have the sprinkle of the water?

Yeah. And they can slide on the field. That would be awesome for them. Yeah We can open the You know like Put a like on the fence Yeah

Like a little step To go back and forward Yeah And they could go on the field With the horse pie Put it and they can do with the Like we can get like You know like the

Slipenside It's quite Slipenside Yeah But you can get like inflatable donuts Yeah And they can go down Our house backs onto a farmer's field That would be

That will be awesome And the lady who owns it Her and a dad are brilliant Like Tiago will say That would be so cool So cool No we could do that Why don't we ask

If we can have the horses In our garden For a few nights or the sheep, there's two sheep in at the minute one of them comes right up to the fence and she did warn me about him she said he's like a big dog and he'll recognise you

that's all I needed to know I was straight out the morning after a bit of bird seed I only give him a tiny bit because it can upset the gut I did check and I was like this to him he come plodding over

he come right up to the sheep I think I told you and then you said actually you saw me why you go the sheep here is a she why is it a she he The sheep are female.

The sheep can be male or female. La Obeja. A sheep can be male or female. What are you on about? So what's a male sheep called? I don't know. A ram? A ram.

There we go. You see, there you go like Henry. Producer Henry didn't Google it for him. No, but I know in Spanish, the obeja and he's the obeja. La beja or la beja? As you see? So we've got two female sheep then in the field. There you go.

I've learnt something then. Yes. The sheep, la. a obeja. Oh, I bet they're lonely without a ram. Yeah. Baby lambs can be boy or girl, but... Obviously, it's dependent on how they're born.

Yeah. Oh, but Donna, thank you for getting in touch. And yes, like I said, first of all, don't panic. She's only four. Set a little group up before or after you go away, explaining your way on holiday, but your daughter would really love to do something with X, Y and Z kids.

Do something then, even if it's just round at your house. And then this time, two years down the line, you'll be thinking thank God she's not invited to every single party because the expense the time, the energy, the fath and the hassle is, yeah. Also, by the way, you forgot to read this, but did you know that Donna was a massive fan of you since the Holyoke's days? Well, Donna's got taste, that's why.

She's got good taste, gosh. Thank you, Donna. Saying that, I was in, when I was in New York, yeah, one of the groups that they were part of the run, there were massive groups from Ireland. Right. Yeah. And obviously I was there, sat in there. And I didn't say who I was and stuff like that.

And we were just sat on the last day after then the dream celebration. And it was already some Patrick's Day celebration. So there was a bit like, they were a swelling couple of Guinness, yeah? Yeah. And I don't know how he came and talked to me. And then one of the girls, it was the girl and another guy that was with them. They were the youngest ones. so we were always together.

And she said, oh, yeah, he's a dancer. And then she was like, oh, really? She was like, yeah. And then she said, oh, it's truly come dancing. And I was like, no, you're not. And I was like, yeah, yeah. And it's like, what's your name? And I said, Goka, she's like, wait.

She's like, you, Jim Atkinson's partner, right? And I was like, yes, and you, I bloody love your wife. And I was like, so do I. And then I was like, honestly, sorry I don't know who you are, but I love her, you know, since Holyoaks, big fun. There you go, good taste. Yeah. Aw.

Did you think. Oh, great. They were chuffed. Even when I left, I bump into them when I was living to the airport. And they say, oh, basically, tell Gemma, we love her. Oh, bless them. Yeah. That's really kind, isn't it?

Yeah. It is kind because they couldn't match if they said to you. Oh, I've seen your missis. She's such a twat. I will go right. I know. Yeah, I know. Should you do the game?

Yes. So this week's game, which we're just finding out about now, it's called, You laugh, you lose. Before we play this week's game We've had a message from Kirsty After she watched Gemma's mum answering questions On Mother's Day

Let's read this from Kirsty It says Gemma, the throwing up On the Conservatory Story is hilarious Me and my best mate Did the same But she threw up in a shoebox The sick leaked out of the corners

As I was running down the landing To get it to the bathroom You should have laughed That's gross But funny Why? Because if you laugh you lose We've not started

yet. That was the game, no? It still makes me feel sick thinking about it. And I don't advise anyone do this because it's not true. But someone said told us in school, if you suck on a two-pe coin, it gets rid of you being drunk. It stops you the smell of alcohol, so your mum and dad won't know you've done drinking. How about drinking milk? Well, no, so we used to go and get drunk on this Mad Dog 2020. And me and Marissa. How old were you? Like fifth year of school. So again, I don't advise it. You see, we have such a different bro-ups. Yeah, it was like fifth year at school, and then we'd go home.

High school or primary school? Freaking hell, what do you think? You're not primary school, high school. So I was nearly 16. And it was like a little... Nearly 16. It was like a little bottle. My first alcoholic drink, I was 19.

Oh, God bless you. That's very good. Yeah, when I used to go 17, if I used to go to the light disco in the afternoon, they won't serve you alcohol. We used to have fake IDs. Yeah, you could have fake IDs, but they will check them on you. You won't get away with it now. But we used to get fake areas.

Oh, there was a local man. We used to buy him a chippy. The thing is, you could have, for example, in Spain, if you were going out to the light discos, yeah, which is until like midnight, yeah? You could have a fake ad to go in because you have to be under 16, yeah? But even if you have fake a day, in the bars,

they won't sell alcohol until midnight. That makes sense. Well, in the UK, it was completely different. I've never drank or been drunk in my house. He was only like the bottle was about this big. and then so me and Marissa would drink it and then we used to spin around and everyone from school

it was like 15 of us and we're all still mates in fact the girl Carly who when we went to see the Strictly show she came and chatted to me she used to do it with us throwing everybody under the bus but we took these two P coins walking home thinking yeah

no one's gonna know we're drunk and remember my mum once she said to me after like years and years I said do you know we used to suck two P coins so you wouldn't know who were drunk because you wouldn't smell it. And she said, I didn't need to smell it, Gemma.

I could tell you a piss because you couldn't walk straight. And it dawned on me and I was like, oh yeah, it might get rid of the smell, but we could still, she said I used to stand like

just swaying, looking at her, like with a two-be coin in my mouth. And all this time, her and Beverly knew what we were doing, but she was like, it was so different then. As long as I was on that 5 to 10 bus home,

it didn't matter. I think at my first, like, drink, alcoholic drink, it was probably like 19-20. Really? Yeah, I'd never really drink until then. And I've never... But not are your friends?

Yeah, some of them drink, but I never drink. And I even, like, have in mind, when I was like your age that you were saying, I wasn't going out, I was going with my mom and dad to the ballroom evening, to dance ballroom. Do I mean? So I only started to go out when I was like 18, 19, I'd go out and come home, maybe like at 1 a.m. 2 a.m. When I was, like, a high school, if I was going out with my friends,

like for the light discos, at 10.30, have to be home. Oh, my mom used to be... Yeah, same for me. I had to be on five to ten hours. My dad used to pick me up to go to the dance, ballroom dance. But I'd never drink in that way when I was young. Who used to have cap of pants, a bottle of white lightning and a chippy. In Friday night. Being on my 20, when I was on my 20s, before I went away or whatever, I still living

with my mom and dad. And I used to go out and come home maybe like 4 a.m. I've never come home drunk or feeling like you're going to throw up. Never. So when you first did drink, did you enjoy it or did you feel like absolute crap? No, because I had one drink or I had one drink or I just. gin and tonic or two gin and tonics but never like go like I'm gonna get drunk yeah no we didn't we never had hangovers I mean a little bottle of 2020 share between like four people it's probably

about that much each yeah because we were young at the time we were like yeah we're cool and no but it not even like on the like some people drinking get drunk I've never been one of those people they would like to get to the point of like being like drunk no people they knew oh he's dry and needs to go home um anyway let's move on to the game so this week's game is called You Laugh, You Lose. Because it is April Fool's Day, we're going to be taking it in turns to read out dad jokes, and the first person to laugh loses. If we don't laugh at all, then producer Henry's dad jokes are just really, really bad. Okay, so should I read out my joke first, or do you want to? So you can go, yeah. Okay, so my joke is,

why do bees have sticky hair? Do you know? No. Because they use honeycombs. I think I'm not going to laugh in any of the jokes. Just because I'm Spanish and doesn't make sense. And you don't get them? Yeah, so I think I'm going to win it anyway.

How does a penguin build its house? With ice? It glues it together. Okay. Do you get it though? Yeah, igloo. A glue. I'm Spanish, no stupid, Emma.

Okay, do you want to do one? How do you make a snook table laugh? How do you make a snooker table laugh? Yeah Tickle its walls Hmm, that's funny Tickle It does it

I didn't know what tickle meant What do cats eat for their breakfast What do cats eat for their breakfast It's not cat nap Miss crisps Mice Krispies? Mice Krispies Mice Krispies Why do skeletons fight each other

I don't know Why don't skeletons fight each other? I don't know that? They've not got the guts. There you go. It should have made me laugh with the face. Why did the guy get fired from the Calender factory? Miss the month.

Missed the month? I don't know. He took a day off. What do you call a warm puppy? A warm puppy? A hot dog. Yes. Why does Sander have such a big sack? Because he's got a fill it.

with a whole toys. This is going to be funny. Why does he have such a big sack? Because he only comes once a year. Oh no! You've dutted my wholesome time of year. Why did piglet have his head in the toilet? Piglet?

Yeah. I don't know. He was looking for a poo. Oh, poo bear. You never has pants on poo. Have you noticed? We need the poo. He wears a t-shirt, but no pants.

Yeah. That's weird, isn't it? Who designed it? Oh. What kind of bees produce milk? Like a bee? Yeah, like a bumblebee. Milk.

A booby. I knew that. That's why I'm looking at them. It's yours. As if you have to make it dutty again. I'm me. Yeah. You went out looking at them.

Any more? Or is that all we've got time for? Yeah. I think that's a draw. Yes. Because you laughed at some even though you didn't. understand them. It's just

those dad jokes it's like Neil Jones doesn't make me laugh. No offense Neil but the

dad jokes are like you. No I mean like when Neil Jones made the jokes I don't get them I think

you'll stop being okay that's all we've got time for for this week thank you

very very much if you've got to this point my back is wrecking you've been standing in this chair

today he's got a bad back from that flight who does a 30 mile run and then sits

for hours on a plane Half in mind, the guy was with me, yeah? He's told me he's doing a marathon, by the way. Maybe. Not too busy. The guy who was with me, yeah, and the Irish guy, Sean, he flew. I flew on a Thursday, yeah.

He landed on a Saturday because he was working. He worked for Air Lingus. So he's a cabin crew member. So he flew from Ireland to New York on Saturday. Land there. On Sunday morning at 3.30, he met us to do the half marathon. he ran it in one hour and 17 minutes went back with us

we went for lunch and then he got on a flight back to Ireland yeah so well done well done Sean I don't know who you are but well done I think he's Sean by the way you hope he's called Sean as always thank you so much for listening we are back again next week and if you do want to get in touch

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