Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright have announced they are expecting their first child together
Michelle Keegan and her husband Mark Wright have announced they are expecting their first child together. The former Coronation Street star, 37, and the TOWIE favourite, who married in May 2015, shared the joyous news on Instagram on Sunday night.
“2025 is going to be a special one for us… [baby emoji. love heart emoji],” read the caption of a post featuring a picture of Michelle showing off her baby bump on the beach, with Mark looking on lovingly.
Among the first to congratulate the couple was Mark’s best friend James Argent, who commented: “I love you and I’m so happy for you both,” adding that he couldn’t wait to become an uncle.
This announcement comes after years of speculation about when the successful pair would start a family. In 2020, Michelle revealed that her family had finally stopped asking her about plans for a baby.
“I get asked about children whereas Mark wouldn’t for example,” she explained to Women’s Health. “Why haven’t I had a child? When am I going to have a child? ‘ I don’t know what they want me to say. I don’t know what the right or wrong answer is.”
Laughing off the family inquiries, she told them: “Not any more! … People don’t mean any harm by it, but they know what the answer’s going to be.”, reports the Mirror.
The Fool Me Once star has voiced her objection to being constantly questioned about her plans for starting a family, describing such probes as ‘horrible’. In conversation with The Mirror on the topic of baby plans, she remarked: “It’s horrible. People don’t know if we’re trying. They don’t know the background of what’s happening. In this day and age, you shouldn’t be asking questions like that. 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.”
Back in 2018, she expressed to Women’s Health her desire for a large family: “I’ve always been broody. I love kids, and I want four, so hopefully in the near future.”
Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright have been open about their family planning choices, with Michelle previously stating: “With kids, I used to want three or four. But now, I’m 31, we’re not having kids any time before 32. I think we could have two or three. Twins would be great because you’re getting two out of the way at once.”
However, in April 2023, the couple faced a wave of invasive comments on social media after sharing a photo of themselves with their premature nephew, Dustin Wright. The commentary reportedly left Michelle “furious” and “incredibly angry”.
The couple first met in Dubai at the end of 2012 and confirmed their relationship at the 2013 National Television Awards. Just nine months later, Mark proposed to Michelle during a trip back to Dubai.
Mark Wright shared his emotions with The Mirror following his engagement, saying: “I’ve got now, for the first time in my life, what I’ve always wanted and what every boy dreams of – affection in a relationship, love, best friend, a girl I fancy… everything rolled into one.”
The couple then proceeded to have a fairy-tale wedding at St Mary’s Church in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, celebrating afterwards at the grand Hengrave Hall.
Following their opulent wedding, Michelle Keegan joined the cast of Our Girl, which took her to various exotic locations such as South East Asia and South Africa. This required the newlyweds to endure a long-distance relationship.
Mark Wright, known from TOWIE, landed his ‘dream’ job in America on E!, resulting in him shuttling between Essex and Los Angeles.
On the Jonathan Ross show, Michelle Keegan spoke about the struggles they faced being apart: “We were apart for about four months. It was really tough. People said how did you deal with it and stuff. Thank god for FaceTime and things like that. You’re on a countdown the whole time just to get home. I had six months off when I went home, so I went to America.”
Having left Our Girl and the States behind in 2019, the pair settled back in Essex, spending considerable time creating their dream home before moving into their luxurious mansion. Now, the pair are welcoming their next chapter as parents in 2025.
