Amanda Holden has revealed she spends most of her time at home without clothes, a habit that has drawn a complaint from her husband, Chris Hughes. The 55-year-old Britain's Got Talent judge and Heart Radio presenter made the confession during a live broadcast on Wednesday, November 11.
On-air confession about home habit
Speaking with co-presenters Jamie Theakston and Ashley Roberts, Holden said she frequently goes naked around the house before changing into pyjamas for bed. The discussion began after Theakston read a report that "sales of pyjamas are soaring".
Holden said she "loved" pyjamas and now owns approximately 40 pairs. Theakston read that "evenings in, surfing the internet and the number of people working from home has apparently fuelled this rise", prompting Roberts to remark: "Listen, it's not sexy out there."
Husband's Elmo comparison
Holden agreed, saying "you need to be warm", before disclosing that Hughes had raised a complaint after her latest purchase of a new pyjama set.
"Chris my husband was actually having a go at me [about the amount of pairs of pyjamas she has]," she explained. "Literally, I go naked around the house most of the day and then I wear pyjamas for bed and he says, 'You're like Elmo, Elmo is naked all day long and then puts pyjamas on for bed, why do you do it?'"
She confirmed: "But I think I probably have about 40 pairs of pyjamas. I like to have bottoms on, even if they're shorts." She then quipped: "Good morning at 6.40!"
Previous candid admissions
This is not the first time Holden has made a candid admission on air. In July, she described how her husband filmed her in the nude while on holiday as she tried to retrieve her moisturiser.
She recounted that, while unclothed and partway through applying the moisturiser, the bottle slipped and fell behind a piece of furniture. "I was heaving and heaving this chest of drawers and I had to get behind the chest of drawers, literally by straddling it and climbing over it, I was fully naked," she said.
Holden said she recovered the moisturiser but then struggled to get out, having to manoeuvre backwards with her posterior emerging first. She later learnt that Chris had filmed the whole incident, which she posted for her Instagram followers after covering her intimate areas.
Marriage and humour
Holden has previously credited her husband's sense of humour for maintaining their marriage. She told Hello! Magazine: "Chris is very funny and errs on the side of lightness."
"We can make jokes out of any situation throughout the best and darkest times of our lives. He's rubbish at romance, but he's there for the solid things – such as keeping my car clean and making sure I relax. He's a proper bloke who looks after me. I'm a strong, opinionated woman, but he helps steer the Mandy ship," she added.
