Mark Wright branded 'liar' by wife Michelle Keegan as he confesses to Valentine's Day deceit
13.02.2024 - 18:29
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Mark Wright has confessed that he lied to his wife Michelle Keegan on Valentine's Day as he attempted to woo her with a romantic homemade meal. On his Heart radio show, Mark told listeners how Fool Me Once star Michelle had set the bar high with her cooking on their first Valentine's Day together.
Mark, 37, said the former Coronation Street actress, who shot to fame playing Tina McIntyre in the ITV soap, had made him 'the best rack of lamb' he'd ever tasted and so on their second Valentine's Day together, he said it was his turn to impress.
"I've got to do it for her," the former TOWIE star recalled thinking, adding: "It should be the man treating the woman, I believe in my old-fashioned ways. But it can happen the other way - Michelle did it for me."
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With Michelle, 36, working late, Mark saw it as the perfect chance to make a real effort. Thinking that he needed to do something to top, or at least match, Michelle's lamb dinner, Mark opted for lobster.
However, he decided to leave it to the professionals and contacted a local restaurant, who prepared the dish, which he plated up and tried to pass off as his own. He revealed that Michelle was impressed by his cooking skills, but it wasn't long before she figured out what had really happened.
Mark said: "She was gobsmacked but it was that good. She was like 'there's no way you cooked this' ... I was like 'I did'." He continued: "Anyway the next morning she woke up, came into the room and she said 'Mark you're a liar!. I said 'why? as she pulled the bag from the restaurant that I stupidly put in the bin.
"So basically, I got clocked! I don't think that's a bad thing.... at least I tried and she