Loose Women’s Carol McGiffin, 62, reveals she and husband Mark Cassidy, 40, sleep in separate beds
‘We sleep in separate beds!’: Carol McGiffin, 62, of Loose Women, reveals she’s happier not sharing the sack with husband Mark Cassidy, 40.
Separate beds are the secret to a happy marriage, Carol McGiffin has revealed as she prepares to celebrate her fifth anniversary.
The 62-year-old Loose Women star met her husband Mark Cassidy, 40, in 2008, when she was 48 and he was just 26, before marrying in a secret ceremony in Bangkok in 2008.
speaking to Sun He said he thinks many couples would agree with his theory, however they don’t like to admit it.
Secret: Carol McGiffin, 62, has revealed that the secret to a happy marriage is separate beds, as she prepares to celebrate her fourth anniversary.
‘Sometimes I snore a lot. I snore and Mark takes up too much space, so from time to time we slept in separate beds.’
“And I think a lot of people do if they have the room, but they just don’t like to admit it.”
Elsewhere in the chat, she told the publication how the 22-year age difference made people think they were mother and son.
The Lovebirds: The Loose Women star met her husband Mark Cassidy, 40, in 2008, when she was 48 and he was just 26.
She quipped: “It doesn’t happen very often anymore because Mark is 40 now so he’s getting a bit better so he needs to be traded.”
It comes after Carol called her boyfriend her ‘absolute rock’ during her battle with breast cancer.
In a chat with OK! Magazine, Carol said of her battle with cancer: ‘I don’t think I would have made it without him. Mark was my absolute rock.
The presenter revealed that she found out she had cancer in early 2014 when the couple was vacationing in Thailand.
Coping together: It comes after Carol called her boyfriend her ‘absolute rock’ during her battle with breast cancer (pictured in 2019)
She said: ‘I knew immediately what it was. As soon as I got home I had it checked out, I wouldn’t let Mark come with me.
“I knew in my heart the diagnosis and it was good to hear it.”
After doctors confirmed what she suspected, she and Mark went to the pub and got ‘drunk like crazy’.
In terms of treatment, Carol explained how her mastectomy came first, before she received chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Talking about how it felt when her hair fell out, the presenter explained that she tried the ‘cold cap’ at first, but it was too uncomfortable.
Carol soon decided to embrace the process, knowing that her hair would ‘grow back’ and said that as soon as her hair started to fall out, Mark shaved it off.
The couple met at a Loose Women wrap party, with Carol acknowledging that things “moved pretty quickly” from that point on.
Mark revealed that although they met in August, they moved in together in December, just four months later.
The couple got engaged in 2008 but waited ten years to get married, which they did in secret in Bangkok.
Their 22-year age difference had a lot of people talking when they first went public with their romance, with Carol admitting, “It’s nice to prove everyone wrong.”
Cougar! Their 22-year age difference got a lot of people talking when they first went public with their romance, with Carol admitting, “It’s nice to prove everyone wrong” (pictured in 2010)