MICHELLE TELLS MARK:
After Michelle Keegan admits to feeling homesick, insiders say there’s been tension between the pair
They recently moved into their £3.5m Essex mansion following a two-year renovation project. But last week, Stockport-born Michelle Keegan, 35, admitted she gets “itchy feet” down south.
Revealing how she pines for her northern comforts, the former Coronation Street actress – who married former TOWIE star Mark Wright, 36, in 2015 – said, “I don’t understand why you can’t get chips and gravy down south. I go for pie and mash but I don’t like the liquor, so I get gravy and I’m like, ‘Why has gravy not taken off here?’ It’s so much nicer!’”
DIVIDE
Despite her marital home being in Essex, Michelle revealed she still regularly visits friends and family, in addition to taking jobs in her native city, including comedy Brassic and her latest Netflix drama, Fool Me Once.
And since moving into their mansion in September, Michelle’s work schedule has meant she hasn’t spent much time there. The star spent four months in Australia filming BBC drama Ten Pound Poms, and has recently been in Manchester on-set of her new Netflix show. And sources say that while she loves her new home, her struggle to adapt to the southern lifestyle is creating tension between her and Mark.
A source says, “Michelle adores their house and what they’ve built together, but there’s a huge part of her that’s still pining to be close to her friends and family, which is understandably causing a divide between her and Mark.
“Essex has been her permanent base for a decade now but, as much as she’s tried to settle into life there, she feels like a piece of her is missing and part of her wishes they could move up north where she feels content and comfortable.
FEELING TORN
“Mark understands her wanting to spend time with her l
