AS the very first season of Love is Blind UK has taken the world by storm, the married show hosts have lifted the lid on their own relationship.
Matt and Emma Willis were delighted to be given the opportunity to get up close and personal with the reality show’s participants as they each went on a journey to find love.
In the Netflix series, singletons are introduced to each other while in pods, and have entire dates without ever seeing each other.
It is only after a couple gets engaged that they first clap eyes on each other, just in time to get whisked away for a pre-honeymoon holiday – and start planning their wedding.
Matt and Emma got married themselves 16 years ago, and have a major milestone coming up.
The pair shared that they had a vow renewal ceremony for their ten year wedding anniversary, and are hoping to plan another for their twentieth.
In an exclusive interview with the TV mag, Emma coaxed: “Matt said we can’t do it for 20, but I think we should.”
Matt responded: “I think with a renewal of vows, 10 years is a thing – and then 25 years is a thing…”
His wife immediately questioned: “Why do we have to be stereotypical?”
He eventually gave in, holding his hands up exclaiming: “Alright, fine, I’m in!”
Matt is most famous for his role as the co-founder of pop punk band Busted.
He has also starred in EastEnders as Stacey Slater’s ex boyfriend Luke Riley.
Meanwhile, Emma is a broadcaster who has worked with Channel 5, the BBC, and ITV.
Delving into their love story, Emma admitted: “We’d met a couple of times when I interviewed Busted, so the notes I had on a cue card back then were very different to the notes I would have had in a pod with him!”
Matt added: “When we first started dating, neither of us thought we would be together [long-term]. We were just having fun and having great times. We never thought we’d get married or anything.”
His wife agreed: “Even when I was a little girl, I didn’t dream of wedding dresses and getting married. It’s not that I didn’t want that, I just wasn’t one of those big dreamers about that big day.
“I quite like the fact that it was that way and we didn’t expect anything to happen – and then suddenly you’re like: ‘I can’t keep away from this person!'”
Read the full interview with Matt and Emma Willis in this week’s TV Mag, available for free every Saturday, only in The Sun
