Gorka Marquez wants Helen Skelton to "believe in herself".
Helen Skelton is competing on this year's Strictly Come Dancing
The 'Strictly Come Dancing' professional is worried his partner - who split from husband Richie Myler earlier this year - isn't able to "enjoy" the show as much as she could because her confidence is low at the moment.
Appearing on 'Strictly: It Takes Two', he said: "Obviously at the minute her confidence is not at her highest so I just want to work on building her confidence, and tell her she's a beautiful dancer, she does well, I believe in her, I just need her to believe in herself because this goes very quick and the quicker she does that, the more she's going to be able to enjoy it."
Gorka then turned to his partner and said: "Just believe in yourself! Because you work very hard and you do incredibly."
The former 'Blue Peter' presenter praised the dancer for his kindness.
She replied: "Everyone gushes about their teacher and you are a great teacher but you've been very kind to me as a friend."
Host Janette Manrara praised Helen for all the feats she has accomplished in her career so far.
She said: "You are not afraid of difficult things and I have a list of ridiculously difficult challenges from your career and I have a list of them here. You've run an ultra marathon - that's three marathons back to back in 24 hours - you've done a tightrope walk and you've kayaked solo down the Amazon. I mean, this must be a walk in the park for you."
Gorka insisted Helen has "a lot of potential".
He said: "I saw the potential from day one, when I met her and we had a little dance I thought she has a lot of potential, and I believe in her I thought she can go so far. When she step on the floor, she was just a beautiful dancer."
The 'Countryfile' star admitted being on the show has been like a "rollercoaster".
She explained: "I kept saying it's a bit like a rollercoaster. You're a bit nervous before you get on. But once you get on the rollercoaster you don't wanna get off it. As soon as we stepped off the floor I said 'can we do it again?' "
The pair will tackle one of the Latin dances this week and Helen admitted rehearsals have been "intense".
She said: "I was asked to do a fast Latin dance and I said if we get through this week will we get to do a ballroom.
"I love it but it's quite intense isn't it."
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