MICHELLE Keegan announced she is expecting a baby with husband Mark Wright – after years of being questioned on her plans for motherhood.
The Fool Me Once star, 37, shared her happy pregnancy news on Instagram tonight.
She showed off her baby bump in a cream jumper and skirt, while beaming at husband Mark.
It comes as honest Michelle previously revealed years of frustration over her future with Mark, and friends and family questioning whether they wanted to have kids.
She said family eventually stopped asking after she slammed the question as sexist.
She spoke out in 2020 after five years of marriage, and said she was asked about children regularly despite no-one broaching the subject with her husband.
When she called out the questions, it prompted her loved ones to rethink their approach.
Michelle told Women’s Health: “I get asked about children whereas Mark wouldn’t for example.
“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.”
And asked whether her family ask the question, she laughed: “Not any more!”
Speaking to You magazine, she also said: “I’m used to people asking me but it’s no one else’s business.
“Nobody else knows what goes on behind closed doors. I think that’s the reason that question affects me so much – it’s very private!
“Mark is asked about it occasionally but I’m asked every single time.”
Asked by the interviewer whether the family still quiz her about it, she replied: “Not any more! People don’t mean any harm by it, but they know what the answer’s going to be.”
The couple’s family have longed for them to become parents.
The actress shared an adorable photo alongside her cousin Katie’s son Brody – who cuddled up to her on the sofa.
Mark’s dad Mark Snr commented on the snaps and begged the couple to make him a grandpa.
Reality and football star Mark, 37, had spoken about the couple’s desire to have kids, saying on his Heart Radio show that they have even picked out some names.
He told guest Robbie Williams, whose daughter is called Theodora: “Me and my wife, we’re not trying for kids yet, I’m gonna state that.
“However we hopefully one day will have kids and she loves both ‘Teddy’ and ‘Theodora’, right, and said – I mean she saw a picture I think of you and the family – and said ‘Oh I love that name so much.’
“I’m asking you, if it comes to it and she wants to call the kid Theodora or Teddy, are you gonna be alright with that?”
Actress Michelle left fans doing a double take over the weekend as she strode down the high street mostly in disguise.
She wore her cream knit beanie hat and red scarf over her face, and carried a bunch of parcels in her arms.
The TOWIE alum kept a serious expression as Mark led the way to the family’s breakfast venue before they announced their happy news today.
The couple – who married in 2015 – were joined by former Coronation Street actress Michelle’s mum Jacqueline and her step-dad Dave Thornton, to whom she recently paid a sweet tribute.
