Pregnant Michelle Keegan, 37, reveals her ‘frustration’ at ‘sexist’ questions about when she and Mark Wright would start a family
Michelle Keegan previously revealed her ‘frustration’ over the constant questions she received about her baby plans.
The actress announced the happy news on Sunday that she and her husband Mark Wright, both 37, are expecting their first child together.
But the star has said in the past that she was upset by the endless speculation about the couple’s plans during their nine-year marriage.
In 2021, she also told You Magazine, “I’m used to people asking me, but that’s no one else’s business.
‘No one else knows what happens behind closed doors. I think that’s why this question affects me so much – it’s very private!
“Mark gets asked about it every now and then, but I get asked about it every time.”
Michelle Keegan previously revealed her ‘frustration’ over the constant questions she received about her baby plans with Mark Wright
When asked if her family still asked her about her plans, she admitted: ‘Not anymore! People don’t mean any harm by it, but they know what the answer will be.”
During a 2019 interview, Michelle, who was 32 at the time, spoke of her “frustration” at constantly being asked, saying, “Nowadays you shouldn’t be asking questions like that.”
She said: ‘They don’t know the background of what’s happening. It’s no one else’s business.
‘I get so frustrated. I am asked purely because I am a woman. But I’m immune to it now – it’s like a reaction and as soon as I hear it I brush it off because it’s no one else’s business.’
The Netflix actress and TV host confirmed the happy news in a joint Instagram post on Sunday, sharing a sweet photo of Michelle cradling her blossoming bump.
They captioned the post: ‘2025 will be a special year for us…’
Former Coronation Street star Michelle married Mark in May 2015 and the couple live together in a country house in Essex that they built from scratch.
Heart Radio presenter Mark, who shot to fame in the ITVBe series TOWIE, is already an uncle to footballer brother Josh’s two children and sister Jess’s son and has spoken over the years about his desire to one day become a father himself.
The actress announced the happy news on Sunday that she and her husband Mark Wright, both 37, are expecting their first child together
Michelle’s pregnancy comes a year after she starred in Netflix drama Fool Me Once, which became one of the streamer’s most-watched shows of all time
Michelle’s pregnancy comes a year after she starred in the Netflix drama Fool Me Once, which became one of the streamer’s most-watched shows of all time.
In the Harlan Coben adaptation, Michelle played military pilot Maya Stern and was an instant global hit, racking up more than 98,200,200 views in its first 91 days.
She started her career in ITV’s Coronation Street, where she played Tina for six years before leaving the Cobbles in 2014.
Her first serious role after the soap was in the BBC drama Our Girl, which aired the same year she married husband Mark, who left TOWIE in 2011 after three seasons.
In recent years she has also starred in the historical drama Ten Pound Poms, filmed in Australia, and the Sky TV comedy Brassic.