Michelle Keegan enjoyed a solo coffee date in Essex on Saturday after claims her family were left ‘upset on her wedding day over comments from her in-laws’.
The former Coronation Street star, 38, is married to TOWIE’s Mark Wright, 39, but it was recently claimed there is tension with her in-laws.
Brushing off the drama, Michelle grabbed a book and a set of earphones as she headed to a local coffee shop.
She stepped out in a white fluffy zip-up sweatshirt paired with skintight black leggings, crew socks and nude trainers.
Michelle slung a brown suede bag over her shoulder for the outing, where she read a copy of Harlan Coben’s The Woods – after starring in his Netflix adaptation of Fool Me Once in 2024.
During her coffee date, Michelle was seen sitting in a cafe having what appeared to be a tense phone call.
Michelle Keegan enjoyed a solo coffee date in Essex on Saturday after claims her family were left ‘upset on her wedding day over comments from her in-laws’
Brushing off the drama, Michelle grabbed a book and a set of earphones as she headed to a local coffee shop
Her outing came following reports that Carol Wright was the ‘mother in law from hell’.
The Daily Mail has since revealed the unpleasant wedding day comments from the Wrights that upset the Keegan family in an exclusive report. You can read it here.
It was claimed that Michelle’s mother-in-law Carol throws ‘subtle digs’ at Michelle who is married to her son Mark. However Carol has since shut down speculation of tension between her and Michelle.
The rumours claim to light after she shared a series of ‘terribly timed’ comments about women in bikinis on her family podcast, which horrified fans.
The 65-year-old suffered furious social media backlash for claiming thong bikinis and those who wear them are ‘gross and unattractive’ during a recent instalment of Wright At Home, the podcast she hosts with daughters Jess and Natalya.
Former The Only Way Is Essex star Jess and her younger sister, who both agreed with their mother, have since apologised, while the clip – branded ‘degrading and disrespectful’ by listeners – has been hastily removed from their social media channels.
But friends claimed the comments were a thinly veiled dig at Michelle who manages her own Orfila Bee swimwear range and typically fills her Instagram platform with bikini content.
A source told The Sun: ‘To put it bluntly, Carol is the textbook mother-in-law from hell. She is completely obsessed with her sons and is your stereotypical possessive boy mum.
She stepped out in a white fluffy zip-up sweatshirt paired with skintight black leggings, crew socks and nude trainers
Michelle slung a brown suede bag over her shoulder for the outing in Essex on Saturday
During her coffee date, Michelle was seen sitting in a cafe having what appeared to be a tense phone call
Her outing came following reports that Carol Wright, her husband Mark’s mum, was the ‘mother in law from hell’ (Pictured together)
‘The tension between Carol and Michelle is very subtle. Carol thinks she’s having a subtle dig, but Michelle sees straight through her, and everything is noted.’
But representatives have since refuted allegations of tension, and insist Carol has a ‘close, supportive relationship’ with Michelle.
Despite being removed, the clip has found its way onto TikTok – where listeners have reacted furiously to the discussion, during which Jess claimed her husband Will ‘hates’ thong bikinis, while Carol said husband Mark Sr finds them ‘unsexy’.
Jess, Natalya and Carol launched Wright At Home in November last year, and while the show has gained mild traction since its launch, the bikini discussion has stormed TikTok – despite the minds behind the Instagram page removing the clip.
The discussion began with Jess, who claimed: ‘I can’t stand how it’s acceptable to walk around on the beach in a thong.’
Natalya added: ‘Do you know what’s worse, these girls who do wear them, fair enough if you’re gonna wear them, at least if you’re gonna bend over and put your towel over your bed, put a sarong on!’
Joining the conversation, Carol said: ‘I really do think this is not sexy for men to look at.’
When Carol and Jess launched their podcast, Wright At Home, last year, Michelle appeared to keep her distance publicly
The family matriarch then regaled a story from a holiday with her husband, who she revealed weighed in on the look of three women with varied figures.
She said: ‘Me and daddy was walking along the promenade and there were three girls in front of us and they were all different shapes and sizes but they had their whole arses out and daddy was looking and he said: ‘It doesn’t even look sexy’.’
Many social media users shared throwback images of Jess in barely-there bikinis – many of which showed much of her bottom due to the size of the swimwear.
Those raising the hypocrite line wrote: ‘Did no one see Jess on Towie? She was always in this sort of bikini when it was pool parties etc xxx…
‘Literally. pot kettle black and all that xx… one rule for everyone else and their own rules for them, double standards at its finest lol.’
