Ryan Thomas has revealed that he and his fiancée Lucy Mecklenburgh sleep in separate beds at their Manchester home, joking that they 'don't really like each other'. The couple, who have been together since 2017, share two homes with their children.
Separate living arrangements
Speaking on his podcast At Home With the Thomas Bros with his brothers Adam and Scott, Ryan explained: 'In Manchester, we stay in separate beds and we have separate living rooms.' Adam, 38, replied: 'Which I think is f****d up personally as well. You need to stay in the same bed as her.'
Ryan said they 'haven't got enough rooms in London' for separate quarters, but their Manchester home has ample space. He quipped: 'Two living rooms. We watch telly separately. We don't really like each other… I try and spend as little time with Lucy as possible.'
Frisky encounter
He recalled a moment when he was 'feeling a little frisky' and tried to instigate sex in Lucy's living room. 'I stand over her growling like a little puppy dog. I started stroking her and she just looked at me like “what are you doing”,' he said. 'She's like Ryan “can you at least sit in the same room as me and watch a series with me”. I'm like “I don't really want to watch the series with you, you know exactly what I want and I'm here”.'
Ryan added that in London, the family 'have to watch telly together' due to lack of room. He joked: 'I'm sitting there thinking “this is a bit weird”. We don't sit in the same room together. We only had sex twice and got two kids.'
Lucy's explanation
Lucy previously explained on the podcast: 'Basically we sleep in separate bedrooms because Ryan is a nightmare sleeper. Ryan snores, he sleep talks, he whacks me in his sleep.'
A 2025 study by Bedstar found that one in five couples in the UK sleep in separate rooms, with about two-thirds doing so every night. More than 40% cited sleep issues.
