Amy Huberman opens up on relationship with Brian O'Driscoll as they prepare to celebrate major marriage milestone
AMY Huberman has opened up about her relationship as she prepares to celebrate a major marriage milestone.
The popular actress is married to Irish
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Amy opened up about her relationship
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Amy and Brian are celebrating 15 years of marriage in July
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The happy couple are celebrating 15 years of marriage this year and Amy has opened up about how their relationship has evolved through the many stages of their relationship.
Their life is now completely different since Brian retired, although neither of them had regular 9-5 jobs, which worked to their advantage.
In a recent interview with
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"I always slag by saying it feels longer than 15 years [laughs]. We're great friends.
"I'm in no way sporty and I don't live in a sporty world, but there were strange parallels where your jobs were unsociable and we had to sacrifice things if I was filming or he was playing.
"Neither of us had regular 9-5 jobs and that helped a little bit. A lot of what you do in a marriage is wins and losses, and we understand that with each other. We're in a great phase where our kids are getting bigger and it's been so lovely to watch them grow.
"He is retired more than 10 years now, so our life is completely different. He's still involved in rugby and he's away at the weekends, but it's not like when the Six Nations used to come around and you'd be lost in that world.
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"He can come and go from rugby more now. When I look back at pictures of us, we look like babies."
Amy recently recalled the
Inside Brian O'Driscoll and Amy Huberman's stunning New York holiday from visiting Central Park to yellow taxis
The Irish comedian joined host Patrick Kielty in the hot seat on The Late Late Show last month, alongside her fellow funny lady Deirdre O'Kane.
Ahead of the release of their brand new comedy film Fran the Man, the two ladies sat down with Kielty to chat about their most recent project.
However, it didn't take long before Patrick asked
And in true Amy style, the
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The 46-year-old recalled: "Oh my poor dog and my poor husband. Yes Brian did pick up the wrong dog from the groomers.
"Sometimes I joke that if he had to pick me up from the hairdressers he would go home with another wife."
Patrick then revealed a photo of Brian holding their beloved pooch, Phoebe, in their family home.
Amy humorously remarked: "Brian is looking at it like, 'Hmm I kind of know that dog."
But, when it came to explaining the situation, the actress admitted she had to "save" her husband and highlighted that he was "in a rush".
She continued: "Basically I was like, 'Well I can't go, can you pick up the dog?'
"And so he was like, 'Okay yeah'. But there was loads of dogs there at the end of the day and he wasn't wearing his glasses, and also the dog had gotten a haircut."
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