Ferne McCann has admitted that she and her fiancé Lorri Haines rarely get a chance to be intimate together now they have children.
The couple share daughter Finty, two, while Ferne, 35, is also mother to daughter Sunday, seven, from a previous relationship and Lorri has son, Noah, with an ex-partner.
But the former TOWIE star admitted that their priorities have changed after having Finty and the pair don’t often have a chance to have intimate time together anymore.
Insisting that she ‘really does fancy him’, Ferne explained they schedule time together and date nights, but they were no longer in their ‘honeymoon period’ and now have a ‘different kind of love’.
She told OK! Magazine: ‘Don’t worry, I think Lorri is okay. I’m not depriving him [of sex]! But yeah, it is what it is. Isn’t it the same for most couples with young children? We’ve gone through our honeymoon period.
‘Of course we do date nights. But the last one, by the time I got home, my head had to hit the pillow because I had an early flight to Budapest the next morning, so there was no sexy time.
Ferne McCann has admitted that she and her fiancé Lorri Haines rarely get a chance to be intimate together now they have children
The couple share daughter Finty, two, while Ferne, 35, is also mother to daughter Sunday, seven, from a previous relationship and Lorri has son, Noah, with an ex-partner (pictured together in March)
‘We do have to schedule time and prioritise intimacy. I really do fancy him, but it’s a different kind of love as you evolve and have children.’
Ferne went on to explain that she also didn’t use any type of birth control, so limited having sex to her non-fertile days, which she confessed were ‘few and far between’, adding: ‘Poor Lorri.’
While reflecting on Lorri’s thoughts about their current level of intimacy, she admitted that her love of walking around in the nude while at home makes it even harder to for him.
She quipped: ‘I am a very naked person. I do walk about not dressed in anything. I’ve always been that way. He probably does want sex more. But what man doesn’t?’
Lorri popped the question to Ferne in July 2022 during a romantic holiday in France, just seven months after they first met.
However, more than three years later and the couple are still no closer to walking down the aisle, with Ferne confessing they ‘still have no plans to get married’ and predicting they will have ‘the world’s longest engagement’.
At the start of the year, the Dancing On Ice star previously revealed she was not in a rush to tie the knot, explaining that 2025 was already shaping up to be a ‘big year’.
She insisted that couldn’t take on the ‘added stress’ that came with the ‘mammoth task’ of planning a wedding, but suggested their nuptials could come in 2026.
Insisting that she ‘really does fancy him’, Ferne explained they schedule time together and date nights, but they were no longer in their ‘honeymoon period’ and now have a ‘different kind of love’
However, more than three years later and the couple are still no closer to walking down the aisle, with Ferne confessing they ‘still have no plans to get married’ and predicting they will have ‘the world’s longest engagement’
Last year Ferne candidly revealed that she and Lorri had previously sought help from an intimacy coach.
Calling it ‘really insightful’, she explained how they did a lot of non-sexual activities that were focused on helping them improve their communication as well as other skills that can be transferred to the bedroom.
Ferne insisted that most parents would agree that once a baby is born sex is out the window, and also cited her pets, business, and TV projects as barriers to her being able to find the time and energy to be intimate with Lorri.
While she also revealed that the couple sleep in separate bedrooms, telling Closer Magazine she thought he would ‘irritate’ her if they shared a bed and insisting it was ‘healthy for our relationship’ because ‘we need out own time’.
But by January, she confirmed that the couple are ‘back in the same bed’ and have been ‘getting the intimacy back’ in their relationship.
Ferne explained: ‘You really have to prioritise it when you’ve got children, it’s easy for it to be bottom of the pile. We had a baby and are very busy.
‘But now we prioritise intimacy, and communication is key. You get those rare moments where you can have quality time together.’
But she confessed she had been dismayed after a flurry of speculation that the couple had parted ways in November, after a reported ‘big blow out over something and nothing’.
Addressing the split rumours, Ferne said: ‘My heart sank – I even had family members messaging me and asking what had happened. We feel like we have to justify ourselves sometimes because, you know, every couple has their ups and downs.
‘I think this is my first proper relationship and we are juggling so much with businesses and raising our children together; we’re a blended family, with lots of different personalities.
‘Don’t get me wrong, we’re not constantly upbeat and positive, but we’re very much together and doing life together.’
