Seven years after Ryan Thomas popped the question to Lucy Mecklenburgh in the beautiful setting of Positano, Italy, the pair still haven’t gotten married.
Lucy Mecklenburgh and Ryan Thomas met and fell for each other in 2017 during the filming of Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls. They got engaged in June 2019, but their wedding plans were put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic and also the birth of their two children, Roman, six, and Lilah, three.
However, sources are now saying that Lucy’s wanting to retain her financial independence is actually the main reason for the prolonged waiting. Especially when you consider Ryan’s past financial woes. An insider told The Sun that Lucy’s family is well off-her father, Paul, owns a massive property portfolio, and she and her sisters are going to inherit quite a lot. Lucy is financially savvy and takes her father’s advice very seriously, which is why her attitude toward merging finances with Ryan is very cautious.
Reasons for Lucy Mecklenburgh and Ryan Thomas’s Wedding Postponement
One of Lucy Mecklenburgh came from a financially prudent background. Her father used to guide her towards wise investments when she first started to earn from TOWIE. On the other hand, Ryan Thomas has quite openly revealed his financial mistakes and lack of financial knowledge. A source revealed that even though Lucy is very much in love with Ryan, it simply wouldn’t make sense for her to legally combine her finances with his as they would do if married.
Despite the fact that the pair have a joint account and own properties together, Lucy is thought to be taking the advice of her lawyer to safeguard her financial situation. Ryan has made a lot of effort to sort out his previous financial problems and Lucy is delighted to see that. Still, if Ryan were to once more get into financial difficulties, it would be his credit rating that gets a hit, so indirectly Lucy’s finances and credit rating could be affected as well.
It is very much worth mentioning that even before Ryan met Lucy, he was declared bankrupt in 2013 although he was very well paid with £100, 000 per annum for Coronation Street at that time.
Ryan’s Financial Woes and Potential Future Revelations
Ryan Thomas was deeply in debt due to an unpaid tax bill of £40, 000 which resulted in him going bankrupt. Technically, the bankruptcy has been lifted but its shadow still haunts his finances, e.g. his company accounts for the year to January 2025 showed a balance of only £1 and more than £30, 000 owed under a Covid Bounce Back Loan.
Bankruptcy data in the UK usually stays on credit reports for six years, but certain bans can remain for up to 15 years. Besides that, a bankruptcy record must be disclosed when required in financial applications no matter how long it has been since the bankruptcy happened.
Nonetheless, some insiders think that the main reason Lucy and Ryan have not tied the knot yet could be that they are perfectly content the way they are, managing their professions and raising their children. Daily Mail has contacted their agents for statements.
Ryan Thomas Nearly Ended Romance with Lucy Mecklenburgh on Their First Date
Almost Didn’t Continue Dating Lucy Mecklenburgh after Their First Date
Ryan Thomas disclosed that he nearly ended dating Lucy Mecklenburgh on their first date itself. During their podcast with his brothers Scott and Adam, Ryan shared he was at first turned off to some extent by the fact that Lucy liked him and was even so scared of ruining the relationship that he considered breaking it off.
But Lucy came across as ‘amazing’ and ‘very nice’ to him when he turned up for the date and this led him to choose the relationship for the long haul.
Ryan and Lucy Tell a Funny Story about Their Early Days
On Ryan Thomas’s podcast, a teasing talk was going on about the time Ryan asked Lucy Mecklenburgh to be his girlfriend on their first official date, even though they had known each other for two months, and spent one month together on an island.
Lucy said that Ryan planned to tell her off when they met in Manchester, but after seeing her, he changed his mind. Ryan confessed that at first, he thought it was “kind of unattractive” that a person liked him, but after meeting Lucy, who looked “amazing” and “super cool, ” he was won.
The pair laughed about a significant moment when they kissed in Ryan’s sister’s car, Lucy’s foot was on the dashboard, Ryan’s brother Scott made a joke, “Ryan loves feet! That’s actually probably true.”
