“In this day and age you shouldn’t ask questions like that.”
Michelle Keegan has slammed “horrible”, intrusive questions about when she is going to become a mum – as “it’s no-one else’s business”.
The former Coronation Street actress told The Sun how she was frustrated by “everybody’s obsession” as to when she is going to become a mum.
Talking about the questions, she said:
“It’s horrible. It’s like, ‘You’re 32. Are you not planning to have a baby yet?’
“People don’t know if we’re trying. They don’t know the background of what’s happening. It’s no-one else’s business. In this day and age you shouldn’t ask questions like that.”
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The actress, who is currently starring in Sky One’s Brassic, added she gets “so frustrated” by the questions – especially as her husband, Mark, never gets asked the same.
She continued:
“I’m asked purely because I’m 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, as it’s no-one else’s business.”
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Michelle and Mark Wright got married in 2015. And while the pair spent a few years living on opposite sides of the world – Michelle in South Africa, to film Our Girl; Mark in Los Angeles, filming E!’s Extra – they are now back living together.
Recalling people’s reactions to their long distance relationship, she said:
“Everyone was like, ‘Oh my god, how did you manage?’
“But again, because we’re so used to working separately, it was fine and we’ve got FaceTime — you can be so close to your loved ones without even being there now.”