Former Coronation Street star Ryan Thomas has always kept his romance with ex-TOWIE favourite Lucy Mecklenburgh relatively low-key.
The couple, who struck up a romance on Bear Grylls’ Celebrity Island, have only ever shared a handful of pictures to social media and don’t really talk about each other in interviews – even though it’s clear they’re super happy and smitten.
And in a new interview with Now magazine, Ryan, 33, finally explained just why he won’t chat about Lucy, 26, in public.
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When asked if Lucy missed him while he filmed Neighbours in Australia, he said: “It’s so difficult because every time someone asks me about a relationship it takes away from what I’m trying to do.
“I’d love to sit here and talk about Lucy all day long, but it takes away from what I’m doing.
“I’ll happily have a drink with you and talk about it all day long, but not today!”
Ryan jetted to Oz last year to film a guest appearance on legendary Aussie soap Neighbours, although Lucy was in the country with him part of the time.
She even joined him on set as she shared a picture to Instagram showing her posing with Neighbours icons Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy) and Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson).
While Ryan wasn’t keen to talk about Lucy in the recent interview, she was more than happy to big up her man’s debut in the soap yesterday.
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