Miranda Hart has confirmed she is married, announcing the news live on The One Show on Tuesday night after a flurry of rumours.
The comedian appeared on the BBC show to promote her new book I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You, in which she writes about her mystery new husband.
Speaking to Alex Jones and Alex Scott, Miranda, 51, declared ‘someone’s put a ring on it’ as she revealed she met ‘my person’ at the age of 49.
‘I’m married, I got married at 51 and it’s just so lovely! I’d written Gary for onscreen Miranda and it wasn’t until I was 49 that I met my person,’ she declared, but insisted she would keep her husband’s identity a secret.
Miranda Hart has confirmed she is married, announcing the news live on The One Show on Tuesday night after a flurry of rumours
Speaking to Alex Jones and Alex Scott , Miranda, 51, declared ‘someone’s put a ring on it’ as she revealed she met ‘my person’ at the age of 49
‘It’s a little undercurrent in the book, I’m not going to reveal how we met because that’s a little bit of a twist. He’s my best friend, we had the best fun and I’m just thrilled to be a young bride at 51.’
The star added that she hoped readers of her book will feel hope from her love story, explaining; ‘The fact that I met someone during a pandemic, during chronic illness, when I couldn’t get out of bed or out of the house… I really, really wanted to meet someone, I didn’t want to do life on my own anymore.’
‘The fact that I could meet somebody, it’s not some some of romcom story but it’s hope. Whatever situation you are in, there is always hope, things really do change.’
The star first set tongues wagging about the new man in her life during publicity for the memoir, teasing in her inimitable style that she ‘couldn’t possibly say if there is a love story in it… (There is – shush) Exciting.’
She has also been spotted wearing a wedding band in recent videos and snaps posted on Instagram, where she has a million followers, whilst locals near her £2million West London home have seen her with a mystery man.
Miranda catapulted to fame with her self-titled BBC sitcom in 2009, in which her fictional mother Penny exclaims ‘Such fun!’ whenever she thinks her daughter is about to bag a boyfriend. It follows her quest to find ‘the perfect man’ and her dalliance with dishy chef Gary.
‘I’d written Gary for onscreen Miranda and it wasn’t until I was 49 that I met my person,’ she joked of her onscreen persona (pictured with Tom Ellis , who plays Gary, in Miranda)
Miranda set tongues wagging after she was spotted wearing a wedding band in recent videos and snaps posted on Instagram
The comic, whose father was commanding officer of HMS Coventry, sunk by Argentina in 1982, has previously joked about her love life, saying:
‘I was very naive sexually. My first boyfriend asked me to do missionary and I buggered off to Africa for six months.’
The actress, who played nurse Chummy in Call The Midwife and Miss Bates in Emma, revealed over the summer that she has had been battling a chronic illness for years.
Speaking about her years spent housebound by her illness, Miranda told The One Show on Tuesday: ‘It’s not been the most pleasant few years, I’ve mainly been in bed or housebound with chronic illness, so it’s been a tough few years, nearly decade, which is what my book is charting.’
‘It’s so nice to be back in the television, I’m so excited to be here. Once you have been bed bound with a fatigue-base chronic illness which takes a long time to diagnose, you miss life a lot so I’m thrilled to be here. ‘
‘Part of the story of the book is the discovery of what could help. I needed to research this whole wellness expertise which is out there.’
The actress, who played nurse Chummy in Call The Midwife and Miss Bates in Emma, revealed over the summer that she has had been battling a chronic illness for years
Miranda pictured in a wedding dress in one of the episodes of her hit comedy
‘I was in bed at home alone and doctors didn’t know what was wrong with me. I couldn’t have a yoga retreat so what are the universal truths. I did years of research. . In the book there are ten keys, which I call my treasures, for living well.’
‘I’m living a life of joy and meaning and fulfilment which I never had before.’
As for what’s next for the star, she told The One Show that after her book ‘I’m really keen to get back to some silliness now. I miss laughter, I don’t have any ideas yet, they haven’t percolated through. But I miss fooling around.’
In a video promoting the book in August, she revealed she had been battling a secret illness which has caused her to ‘gain weight’ over the past few years.
The comedian said that she has ‘felt shame’ from gaining weight, not because she is striving for an ‘aesthetic ideal’ but because she doesn’t feel like herself.
In the video Miranda said she has worked hard to remove the negative feelings about her body.
The caption of the clip, read: ‘I have found it incredibly hard not to feel shame from gaining weight over the last three years.
Miranda Hart at the ‘Spy’ film premiere in London in 2015
The front cover of Miranda’s new book ‘I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You’
‘Not because of striving for an aesthetic ideal but because it doesn’t represent me and who I naturally am. But life happens. Illness happens.
‘And it’s a great way to keep focusing on the greatest healer – self-compassion. If I lose it or not I know I am loved. Peace out.’
The TV star, who was wearing a T-shirt which was branded with the word Proud, held up her book and joked she had ‘lost all of the midlife weight that was lumped on’.
She whispered ‘I haven’t, before pointing to the title of her new memoir.
Miranda continued: ‘But can I just say I’m actually really quite proud of the fact that I’ve dismantled quite a lot of shame about my weight gain, not that because I don’t think bigger is beautiful, but because it isn’t quite me and I feel really uncomfortable and it’s one of the things I talk about in there.’
The comedian said that she has ‘felt shame’ from gaining weight, not because she is striving for an ‘aesthetic ideal’ but because she doesn’t feel like herself
Miranda told her fans she had been diagnosed with an ‘illness’ but did not disclose what she had been suffering from
Miranda’s fans flooded her comments section with messages of support after she candidly spoke about both her illness and weight gain.
They said: ‘Weight gain is horrendously misunderstood, and people can be terribly judgemental. Learning to accept yourself is a really good place to start. Looking forward to reading the book!’; ‘I’m in my 40s, and the last three years have been a nightmare for weight gain, no matter what I do. THANK YOU for being real on here’.
‘You have achieved all of these amazing things in life because of who you are, not because of what clothes size you are. You have a whole lot of love around you.’