Lucy Mecklenburgh says she sleeps in separate bed to Ryan as she fumes over pregnancy

Former TOWIE star Lucy Mecklenburgh has revealed that she is sleeping in a separate bed to fiancé Ryan Thomas, branding him a "nightmare". She has also spoken out about the real reason her wedding planning has stalled and admitted the situation had been "quite hard".

Lucy, 33, and former Coronation Street cast member Ryan, 41, who have been in a relationship since 2017, now live in Manchester with their two children. The couple, who got engaged two years after they began dating, gave an insight into their relationship whilst on a podcast together recently.

Ryan's fiancée was a guest on the latest episode of the podcast, which was released earlier today. Lucy spoke to Ryan and his twin brothers Scott Thomas and Adam Thomas, both 37, who co-host it.

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Asked about their sleeping arrangements at one point, Lucy said on the podcast: "Basically we sleep in separate bedrooms because Ryan is a nightmare sleeper." She went on to say that her fiancé snores and talks in his sleep.

Scott teased: "He always wants a cuddle." Lucy responded: "I mean, that is annoying." Sharing her reasons for sleeping separatedly from her partner, she then shared: "Basically, Ryan snores, he sleep talks, he whacks me in his sleep."

She added: "Just to get a good night sleep and that's just become normal now." Lucy later shared that she isn't always alone though, with her saying that she sometimes has the couple's five-year-old son in the bed with her.

Earlier on the podcast, Lucy said that she considers the couple's sleeping arrangements to be "normal". Speaking about sleeping separately from her partner, she said: "I've spoken to other people and it's pretty normal in their house [too]."

Later sharing his thoughts though, her brother-in-law Adam, who's been married to his wife Caroline Thomas for eight years, said: "I couldn't imagine not sleeping in the same bed as Caz. Like, I go to bed holding her hand sometimes."

Elsewhere on the podcast, Lucy was also asked about her wedding plans after getting engaged to Ryan in 2019 whilst on holiday in Italy together. She that they "do talk about" getting married but that plans got "pushed aside" once she realised that she was pregnant with their eldest child.

Lucy said: "Now we've got kids, it's valuing that money for other things more than a day. [...] I would love it but then, I don't know, I find it quite hard." Reflecting on their relationship, she said: "Well fell pregnant the night we got engaged."

The reality TV star continued on the podcast: "I was planning the wedding from then." Lucy recalled looking at venues and dresses for the special occasion shortly after getting engaged to Ryan six years ago.

She however said that it only last 10 days as she then halted her planning once she discovered she was pregnant. She shared that she had suspected she was pregnant on flight home from Italy, where they got engaged, after feeling nauseous.

She said: "That was it. So then my dream ... planning my wedding lasted 10 days and then I knew that once I had a child it wouldn't mean as much as I was really upset about it. I kind of just knew that everything would revolve around the kids after that and that's kind of what happened."

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