Joe Thomas moans about living with his Inbetweeners star fiancé Hannah Tointon in rare interview

Daily Mail​

23-04-2025

Joe Thomas has given a rare insight into his relationship with his fiancé Hannah Tointon, as he admitted that he's been left unimpressed by her home management skills.
The Inbetweeners star, 41, got together with his sitcom co-star Hannah, 37, in 2012, after meeting on the set of the hit E4 drama.
The pair moved in with each other two years later and are still going strong 15 years later.
But despite getting engaged in 2017, and welcoming their first child in 2022, it seems living under the same roof can be a challenge for even the strongest of couples.
Joining his former Inbetweeners co-star James Buckley, 37, and wife Clair on their podcast The Buckley's on Thursday, Joe said: 'I am going to do a little moan about Hannah, she's not here, she'll never hear this.
'But Hannah won't put things in specific places. I'll say something like, 'Where's the phone charger? ' and the only thing that Hannah will ever say is "Look for it" But I am like, "It would help me if there was a starting point".'
He added: 'When you go on Google, it works because they've organised it, they don't go, "Oh it's all on there somewhere, have a root around."'
The Cambridge-educated actor admitted that he doesn't always spend time searching for lost items but continued to blame the lack of a 'system.'
He said: 'The implication is that I don't look for things, but the starting point, cannot be, 'It could be literally anywhere and it's your fault because you're not looking for it.
'That is a job for a specific part of the police and it's 8 or nine people and dogs and I cannot do that if I'm looking the phone charger.
'Like help me out. Sometimes she will say, "It's in here" which is just a lie, she's only saying it to get me out of the room.
'It's a way of saying, if you want to, you can start your search there, even though I f***ing know it's not there.'
The Celebrity Bear hunt contestant finished his rant by saying that creating systems are essential for the smooth running of a home.
He explained: 'Human beings are fallible, we forget things, that's why we have systems.
'A system is an unsexy term, but it takes responsibility away from the individual that says, "look we're going to forget things but let's have a place where it goes. Like passports for example.
'You don't just have them somewhere in the house…'
Both from Essex, Hannah and Joe met after she played his character Simon Cooper's onscreen girlfriend, Tara during series 3 of the Inbetweeners.
After confirming their romance, Joe admitted that he was surprised that romance blossomed between the pair after some 'icky' scenes together.
He said: 'I really can't see how those scenes kindled romance because they were all her being sick into my mouth, but I am obviously really into that so it was fine.'
Back in 2018 they starred in the summer comedy The Festival together. At the time Joe told Christine Lampard on ITV's Lorraine that he loved acting opposite Hannah, eight years after first working together.
He said: 'I've got to the stage like she's in everything, I think it went very well.'
Last year, Joe, who is still great friends with his Inbetweeners co-stars, confirmed that a re-boot could well be underway.
The star said all of the main cast are on board to get back together, a decade after the last film was released.
The actor suggested that another movie is more likely than a new TV series and would follow the group of lads away from school.
Speaking on the Always Be Comedy podcast, Joe was asked whether conversations have taken place regarding a comeback, he said: 'Yes, it's happened in various forms. All of us feel it would be nice to do.'
The comedy, which also starred Emily Atack as Charlotte, ran for three seasons between 2008 and 2010, but it was the two films in 2011 and 2014 that gave the franchise it's biggest boost with widespread popularity.
The Inbetweeners 2, which followed the infantile foursome's adventures Down Under, broke the first movie's box office record by taking £2.75million on its opening day.