Strictly fans were left very unimpressed after Karen Hauer and Gorka Marquez cancelled their performance in Cheltenham just hours before getting on stage.
The pro dancers admitted to be 'gutted' to disappoint fans with the last-minute announcement, explaining 'technical difficulties' would make it unsafe for them to perform.
Venezuelan dancer Karen, 42, and fellow Spanish star Gorka, 34, are touring the world with their dazzling Speakeasy tour, and on Thursday took to their Instagram sharing the news on a written story.
'We are so upset to have the curtain pulled down on tonight's show.
'We have been in the venue all afternoon with technical difficulties which have posed real safety concerns and have tried everything we can to be able to go on stage tonight.'
They continued: 'Of course the safety of our company comes first and this decision is beyond our control. We hope to see you very soon. The venue will be in touch with ticket holders.
Strictly fans were fuming when Karen Hauer, 42, and Gorka Marquez, 34, cancelled their performance in Cheltenham just hours before getting on stage (pictured in February)
The pro dancers admitted to be 'gutted' to disappoint fans with the last-minute announcement, explaining 'technical difficulties' would make unsafe for them to perform
'We are so upset to have the curtain pulled down on tonight's show.
'We have been in the venue all afternoon with technical difficulties which have posed real safety concerns and have tried everything we can to be able to go on stage tonight.'
'Of course the safety of our company comes first and this decision is beyond our control. We hope to see you very soon. The venue will be in touch with ticket holders.
'We are as disappointed as you are. K & G,' they finished.
Fans took to the comments to reveal their frustrations adn wrote:
'GUTTED. Got to the theatre to see Speakeasy and it's been cancelled last minute!!!
'My birthday ruined.'
Another added: 'Us too got the email when we were at the pizza restaurant.'
'This is such a shame.' Karen and Gorka are due on stage again tonight as they head to Ipswich's Regent theatre as part of their Speakeasy tour.
'Us too got the email when we were at the pizza restaurant.'
The cancelled performance comes after Gorka's fiancée Gemma Atkinson insisted she has no regrets about her own wild past ahead of settling down with the Strictly favourite.
Karen and Gorka are touring the world with their dazzling Speakeasy tour, and on Thursday took to their Instagram sharing the news on a written story - but fans were left disappointed
The actress, 40, first rose to fame as sexy siren Lisa Hunter in Hollyoaks, and in recent years has become an advocate for fitness with her gruelling exercise regime.
Last month, Gemma confessed that during her 20s she was more preoccupied with her sexual conquests than staying in shape, telling Women's Health Magazine she was no stranger to the 'walk of shame'.
The star has also been engaged twice before, but hopes to make it down the aisle with Gorka, after they started dating on Strictly in 2017.
Gemma revealed: 'I've done the, people say walk of shame. I call it a stride of pride, across someone's landing, praying that their mum or dad doesn't come out of a bedroom.
'No interaction. Don't make eye contact — you don't want to know what I have just done to your son the night before. Don't look at me.'
Nowadays, Gemma is more focused on her fitness regime, after being surprised by how long it's taken to recover from her Caesarean section after having her second child, son Thiago, in July 2023.
She told the publication that she wakes up at 4.30am before throwing herself into a kettlebell-and-cardio routine designed by personal trainer Elliott Upton at her home gym in Manchester.
Last month Gorka's fiancée Gemma Atkinson insisted she has no regrets about her wild past ahead of settling down with the Strictly favourite (pictured together in October)
Gemma announced her engagement to Gorka in 2021, but the couple have been forced to push back their wedding multiple times due to work commitments. The couple are also parents to daughter Mia, five.
The star has previously confessed that she's been engaged twice, first to footballer Marcus Bent in 2008, and then Britain's Got Talent finalist and martial-arts expert Liam Richards in 2010.
Speaking about her exes on her podcast The Overshare, Gemma said: 'You are not always meant to be with that one person. I have been engaged before. This is my third engagement.
'Me and Gorka discussed it. He is the only person I said, "Yeah, I would love to marry you".'
'The other two just proposed. I was like, "Ahh, Yes". Six weeks later, I was like, "I can't do it". You just know.
'People do sometimes go through with an engagement or wedding knowing it is the wrong person — but a fear of, "How do you get out of it?" But imagine trying to get out of a divorce. It is even harder.'
