It's been revealed that on-screen companions Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner have turn into a couple in actual life.
The pair starred as Pete and Sue Brockman in all 5 sequence of Outnumbered, the BBC sitcom about a couple mentioning three kids.
Dennis confirmed the connection to the Mail on Sunday, saying: "I am very, very happy, we are so very happy... It's nice and yes, it's so lovely."
Dennis, 56, and Skinner, 53, have each had earlier long-standing marriages.
Fans of their present took to Twitter to say how joyful the information had made them.
Twitter put up by @zoepalmer_29
I've simply heard that the mother and father from Outnumbered are actually collectively and I do not assume I've ever been happier in my life
— Zoe Palmer (@zoepalmer_29) June 30, 2018
Twitter put up by @samjxnes
The mother and father from outnumbered are actually DATING IN REAL LIFE after each of their marriages broke down and I don’t know why this makes me so joyful pic.twitter.com/vRtEB12tNf
— sam (@samjxnes) June 30, 2018
Skinner and Dennis first met on the set of Outnumbered, the place they performed the frazzled mother and father to a few kids.
Despite working collectively since 2007when the present first airedthe couple solely received collectively within the final yr.
During the filming of the present's 2016 Christmas particular, Skinner and Dennis had been each single. Within six months, Outnumbered's mum and dad had been an merchandise in actual life.
Here are six different couples who knew one another earlier than their relationship blossomed into one thing more.
1. Cheryl and Liam Payne
Cheryl and Liam, who have simply introduced they're separating, first locked eyes in 2008 when the previous Girls Aloud star was a choose on The X Factor.
Payne, aged 14, turned as much as audition for the truth present however did not get put via.
"I think you've got charisma," Cheryl informed him after he carried out jazz customary Fly Me to the Moon, including: "I think you're really cute."
Eight years and two marriages later, the pair formally introduced they had been a couple by posting a image of themselves on Instagram.
They went on to have a son named Bear in 2017.
2. Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher
Kunis and Kutcher met on the set of sitcom That '70s Show, which first aired in 1998.
But they did not formally begin relationship till 2012, after Kutcher's eight-year marriage to actress Demi Moore broke down.
The pair had been engaged in 2014 and welcomed their first baby, Wyatt, later that yr. The stars reportedly tied the knot in 2016.
three. Judi Dench and Michael Williams
Dench and Williams starred collectively in ITV sitcom A Fine Romance, about two folks who reluctantly fall in love as they strategy center age.
In actual life, Dame Judi and her late husband had a related story of slow-blooming love.
As said by Dame Judi, they first met in a London pub in 1960 whereas they had been performing in separate performs. Their paths crossed usually for the subsequent 9 years.
But it wasn't till they each did a stint on the Royal Shakespeare Company within the late 1960s that they lastly began relationship, marrying in 1971.
The couple had one daughter, Finty Williams, additionally an actress. Michael died in 2001, aged 65.
four. Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck
Affleck and Garner first met on the set of Pearl Harbor in 2000. At the time Garner was married to fellow actor Scott Foley.
Two years later they made Daredevil, their subsequent movie collectively, and a romance started.
"We met on Pearl Harbor... but we fell in love on Daredevil," Affleck mentioned in a 2014 interview.
This was regardless of the very fact Affleck was in a relationship with singer Jennifer Lopezeven going on to suggest to her later in 2002.
By 2004, nonetheless, the engagement was off and Garner had cut up from her husband, paving the way in which for the pair to get collectively.
Affleck and Garner had been married in 2005 and went on to have three kids. They later divorced in 2017.
5. Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell
Hawn and Russell met on the set of 1968 movie The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band, when she was 21 and he was a fresh-faced 16-year old.
But the duo did not start relationship till 15 more years had handed.
Their paths continued to cross and they finally labored on Swing Shift collectively in 1983. By this time Goldie had cut up from her second husband, and the pair have been collectively fortunately single ever since.
On the concept of marrying Russell, Hawn has beforehand mentioned: "I might have been lengthy divorced if I received married. If it's essential to be certain to somebody, then it is necessary to be married.
"If you are independent, then it's important to not be married. We like the choice and we chose to stay."
6. Michael J Fox and Tracy Pollan
Fox and Pollan first met on the set of Family Ties in 1982. Although they'd an on-screen romance, the pair did not turn into a real-life merchandise right away.
It wasn't till laterafter Pollan ended her relationship with actor Kevin Baconthat the celebrities received collectively whereas working on Bright Lights, Big City in 1987.
They tied the knot in 1988 and have a good time their 30th marriage ceremony anniversary this month. They have 4 kids.