Ryan Thomas and Lucy Mecklenburgh look happy as they enjoy a pre-Valentine’s date night in Manchester
NEIGHBOURS star Ryan Thomas and his fitness guru girlfriend Lucy Mecklenburgh were all smiles as they enjoyed a pre-Valentine’s day dinner in Manchester.
The couple wore co-ordinated ripped jeans and white sneakers for the Monday night date.
Ryan kept things casual in a blue bomber jacket teamed with a baseball cap to protect against the harsh February temperature.
And Lucy stalked the streets in a black biker jacket with a white jumper peeping out underneath.
The pair had dinner at Manchester’s Rosso restaurant, where a three-course Valentine’s meal which includes a bottle of Laurent-Perrier Rose costs a cool £300 “per booth”.
It is unclear how many the booth seats.
Ryan and Lucy began dating in early 2017 after meeting during filming of Bear Gryll’s Celebrity Island.
Ex-Towie star Lucy dated Mark Wright when she first appeared on the show that launched her TV career in 2010.
Mark once called his ex-girlfriend a “kiss and tell girl” but Lucy has recently spoken of her pride in Mark’s US career.
Lucy said: “What Mark has done shows that hard work pays off if you have goals. Everyone's smashing it in their own way.
“Everyone from the original Towie cast is doing really well.
"People have a stereotype about Essex, it makes me feel really proud. We’re all really hard workers.”
And, while she’s ruled out returning to The Only Way Is Essex, she has not bitten the hand that fed her.
Praising Towie, she said: “I’ll always be thankful to the show for the opportunities it has bought me. I do watch it as much as I can. I was only 19 when I did the series, I’m a different person now and grew up in front of the nation.”
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