'We're just a normal couple,' says Michelle Keegan

'We're just a normal couple,' says Michelle Keegan
'We're just a normal couple,' says Michelle Keegan (Image credit: Channel 5)

Michelle Keegan has insisted she and boyfriend Max George, member of boyband The Wanted, are just a normal couple. The Coronation Street beauty has been dating the hunky popstar from The Wanted for several months, but insists they just like relaxing together in tracksuits in front of the TV. Michelle told More magazine: "We're just a normal couple who hang out in trackies, cooking and watching DVDs." The 23-year-old actress won't be spending Valentine's Day with her new man as she's filming Coronation Street and he'll be touring with The Wanted, but she revealed Max, 22, will have to be thoughtful and romantic to impress her. She said: "For me actions speak louder than words, so it's more about something he's thought about, rather than whisking me off to a posh place." Michelle gushed: "I've never been so happy. He's amazing. "It's early days, but it's going so well. We laugh constantly and he makes me very happy. We're trying to see as much of each other as possible before Max goes away touring for most of February." But she added: "I won't say he's The One, as he might run a mile! But we've met each other's families and it's going great."

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.