Months apart, kids questions & ‘crisis’ rumours… how Michelle Keegan & Mark Wright proved doubters wrong with pregnancy
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THEY have been one of the most glamorous couples on telly, ever since they got together in 2012 – now Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan have cemented that status after announcing they’re having a baby. The couple, who once confessed they want four kids, shared a touching post on Instagram, announcing the happy news, with a photo of the former Coronation Street actress cradling her growing baby bump on the beach.
![[Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan have cemented their glamorous celebrity status with pregnancy news - and proved the doubters wrong]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/michelle-keegan-mark-wright-attend-790166179.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
They captioned the picture: “2025 is going to be a special one for us . . . ”. But it hasn’t been all plain sailing for the pair after their careers forced them to spend months apart and they faced constantly having to bat away questions over why they had not had kids yet.
![[Mark and Michelle announced their pregnancy with a heartwarming Instagram post, featuring the actress cradling her baby bump on the beach]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/e901a291-699a-4ff2-88ba-b92b6b20ced6.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Plus rumours of “crisis talks” have dogged their decade-long marriage. Mark and Michelle — both 37 — met behind-the-scenes on the X Factor in 2011, while they were both engaged to other people. Michelle, who also dated Emmerdale actor Anthony Quinlan and X Factor contestant Brad Howard, was planning a £250,000 wedding to The Wanted singer Max George.
![[Mark and Michelle in the early days of their relationship, with the couple seen on a night out in 2013]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/uk-mark-wright-michelle-keegan-17978158.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Mark was with his on-off girlfriend of 12 years, Lauren Goodger — whose turbulent relationship was well-documented on The Only Way Is Essex. Mark and Michelle have told how they then bumped into each other at many events but it wasn’t until a year later, when they both were single, that Mark asked Michelle out.
![[Recently Mark and Michelle launched a new sportswear brand, Aytee7]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/mark-wright-michelle-keegan-modelling-727729154.jpg?strip=all&w=768)
