A year after confirming their relationship, Max George and Maisie Smith are still going strong – despite admitting they are “homeless”. The couple competed against each other on Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, but it wasn’t until months after they both took part in last year’s arena tour that love blossomed.
Fast-forward to today and the pair are owners of their own Manchester property, with big plans for their future. But their first challenge is to finish renovating their pad, which Max says is more like a building site than a home.
Speaking exclusively to new, the couple confess they’re like “two 50-year-olds” who are busy arguing over shades of paint.
“We haven’t got a kitchen and the sofa is thick with dust, so we’re literally at his mum’s house,” says Maisie, who previously played Tiffany Butcher in EastEnders for 10 years off and on. “That’s why we go on holiday so much, because we haven’t got a kitchen at home. We’re like, ‘We’ll go to Dubai’ just so we can have something to eat.”
While fixing up the new place is an exciting time for the couple, it has also been a source of conflict. “We’re like a little married couple – we’re like two 50-year-olds who don’t leave the house any more,” says Maisie. “I want pink walls and he wants white ones, so that’s pretty much the depth of our arguments. And he tried to put a shelf up with Super Glue, so that speaks for itself.”
For the record, Max reveals the couple now have pink walls – not that he’ll be living with them for long. “No doubt, as soon as it’s done, Maisie will be at the theatre and we’ll have to come back down to London, so we’ll never live in it!” he jokes.
When the couple first announced they were official, their 13-year age gap – Maisie is 22 and Max is 35 – raised a few eyebrows. But The Wanted singer says he doesn’t care about the critics. “I don’t know if we proved anyone wrong – we’ve just proved us right, I guess,” he says. “We’re still here, so I think we’re doing alright.”
As well as designing the perfect home with Max, Maisie has been busy making waves in the world of musical theatre.
She impressed us all on the Strictly d...
Fast-forward to today and the pair are owners of their own Manchester property, with big plans for their future. But their first challenge is to finish renovating their pad, which Max says is more like a building site than a home.
Speaking exclusively to new, the couple confess they’re like “two 50-year-olds” who are busy arguing over shades of paint.
“We haven’t got a kitchen and the sofa is thick with dust, so we’re literally at his mum’s house,” says Maisie, who previously played Tiffany Butcher in EastEnders for 10 years off and on. “That’s why we go on holiday so much, because we haven’t got a kitchen at home. We’re like, ‘We’ll go to Dubai’ just so we can have something to eat.”
While fixing up the new place is an exciting time for the couple, it has also been a source of conflict. “We’re like a little married couple – we’re like two 50-year-olds who don’t leave the house any more,” says Maisie. “I want pink walls and he wants white ones, so that’s pretty much the depth of our arguments. And he tried to put a shelf up with Super Glue, so that speaks for itself.”
For the record, Max reveals the couple now have pink walls – not that he’ll be living with them for long. “No doubt, as soon as it’s done, Maisie will be at the theatre and we’ll have to come back down to London, so we’ll never live in it!” he jokes.
When the couple first announced they were official, their 13-year age gap – Maisie is 22 and Max is 35 – raised a few eyebrows. But The Wanted singer says he doesn’t care about the critics. “I don’t know if we proved anyone wrong – we’ve just proved us right, I guess,” he says. “We’re still here, so I think we’re doing alright.”
As well as designing the perfect home with Max, Maisie has been busy making waves in the world of musical theatre.
She impressed us all on the Strictly d...
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