Mark Wright’s dad demands son and Michelle Keegan to ‘make him a grandad’ as they look broody with friend’s newborn baby
MARK Wright’s dad has begged him and his wife Michelle Keegan to “make him a grandad”.
The ex Towie star’s dad, Mark Wright, Sr, made the comment beneath a photo of Mark craddling Michelle’s newborn baby nephew on Instagram.
The Towie star looked happily at the sleeping baby perched in his arms and posted more than one photo on his grid.
Mark, 33, captioned his last shot: “Another one (wont be the last) just because I cannot cope with this little man…. I must say, he took to uncle Mark like a duck takes to water !! Brody Allen welcome to the world little fella !! Another hammer to join the clan !!
And his dad wrote beneath it: “Lovely baby and it’s about time you made me a grandad and your mum a grandma”
Michelle posted similar photos of baby Brody and looked completely in love.
She wore a knitted turtleneck with little Brody – the baby of her cousin Katie – as she cuddled up to the tot on the sofa.
Mark has constantly fielded questions about when he and the former Corrie star will start a family of their own.
The pair who married in 2015 have said they do want to have children, but Michelle is keen to focus on her career for the timebeing.
While plans to have a baby might not be in the couple’s immediate future, they have already started thinking about names.
Mark opened up about their choices in an interview with singer Robbie Williams on his Heart radio show.
“I’ve got something to ask you actually, in case this happens,” Mark started.
“Me and my wife, we’re not trying for kids yet, I’m gonna state that, however we hopefully one day will have kids and she loves both ‘Teddy’ and ‘Theodora’, right, and said – I mean she saw a picture I think of you and the family – and said ‘Oh I love that name so much’.
“I’m asking you, if it comes to it and she wants to call the kid Theodora or Teddy, are you gonna be alright with that?”
Robbie gave him the all clear, admitting he’d stolen the name himself from Keith Richards.
But for Michelle, the constant questions about when she’s starting a family are “frustrating”.
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The Our Girl actress, hit back at sexist double standards, insisting “nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors”.
Speaking in the August issue of Cosmopolitan UK, the 33-year-old said: “A few years ago it didn’t bother me and I answered the question, but now I think, ‘I don’t need to answer that because nobody knows what goes on behind closed doors’.
“I know for a fact if Mark finished a job, nobody would ask him if he was going to have a baby. It’s not fair. It does make me feel frustrated.”