Michelle Keegan previously revealed her ‘frustration’ at the constant questions she received about her plans to have a baby.
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 how endless speculation about the couple’s plans during their nine years of marriage has left her upset.
Speaking to You magazine in 2021, she also said: ‘I’m used to people asking me, but it’s no one else’s business.
‘No one else knows what happens behind closed doors. I think that’s why that question affects me so much: it’s very private!
“Mark gets asked about this from time to time, but I get asked about it all the time.”
Michelle Keegan previously revealed her ‘frustration’ at the constant questions she received about her plans to have a baby with Mark Wright.
When asked if his family still asked him about his plans, he confessed: “Not anymore!” People mean no harm by this, but they know what the response will be.
During a 2019 interview, Michelle, who was 32 at the time, spoke of her “frustration” with being constantly asked, saying, “Nowadays, you shouldn’t ask questions like that.”
She said: ‘They don’t know the background of what’s happening. It’s no one else’s business.
‘I feel very frustrated. They ask me simply because I am a woman. But now I’m immune to it; It’s like a reaction and as soon as I hear it I dismiss it as it’s nobody else’s business.’
The actress and Netflix TV host confirmed the happy news in a joint Instagram post on Sunday, sharing a sweet photo of Michelle cradling her burgeoning baby bump.
They captioned the post: ‘2025 will be special for us…’
Former Coronation Street star Michelle married Mark in May 2015 and the couple live together in an Essex mansion they built from scratch.
Heart Radio presenter Mark, who rose to fame on ITVBe series TOWIE, is already an uncle to footballer brother Josh’s two children, as well as his sister Jess’s son, and has spoken out over the years about his desire to become a father one day.
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 the Netflix drama Fool Me Once, which became one of the 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 most-watched shows of all time.
Harlan Coben’s adaptation saw Michelle play military pilot Maya Stern and was an instant global hit, with over 98,200,200 views in its first 91 days.
She began her career on ITV’s Coronation Street, where she played Tina for six years before leaving the Cobbles in 2014.
Her first serious post-soap role was in the BBC drama Our Girl, which aired the same year she married her husband Mark, who left TOWIE in 2011 after three seasons.
In recent years he has also starred in the historical drama Ten Pound Poms, filmed in Australia, and the Sky TV comedy Brassic.