Heart Radio presenter and Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden made the admission, while also expressing hopes of welcoming a new addition to her and her husband’s family
Amanda Holden has amusingly opened up about the numerous innocent activities she has done behind her husband’s back. The 54-year-old’s admission came earlier this week after her colleague Jamie Theakston informed listeners about his wife’s choice to rescue two additional cats, while he was away.
Having encountered the same scenario before, Jamie quipped that he can no longer take holidays for fear his house will become a “cattery”.
“She smuggled two in when I was away last time,” he told listeners on the Heart Radio Breakfast Show. “What she does is uses the cover of me going away so that I can’t stop her.”
After Amanda suggested that his wife Sophie must meticulously plan her actions while he is out at work, Jamie agreed.
“Yeah, she’s got a whole double life that she leads,” he joked.
“And then if I’m on a golf weekend or away with my mates, she feels, ‘Well if he’s doing that, I’m going to get more kittens’.
“So now, I can’t now go away or she’s going to have a cattery.”
Amanda then confessed that she had a comparable approach, acknowledging the frequent times she has performed a task while her husband, Chris Hughes, is away.
“I love that she does that, it makes me feel better because when Chris goes away, I decorate a room or clear out his awful t-shirts, burn the crocs,” she shared.
“I do so many things behind his back like that, innocent things, but things where he’d get cross if he was at home or he’d say, ‘We don’t need to do that’.
“I really do want to rescue another puppy you see, but Chris is putting his foot down at the moment,” she added, before joking: “When is he going away?”
Later on in the show, she added: “I think he thinks he’s alone and that I’m just this wife that does all this stuff behind his back and he’s not alone Jamie, you’re there with him.
“There must be loads of people whose husbands and wives that do this sort of thing,” she added.
Looking back on previous choices, which have included her rescuing their latest furry addition from Greece, she continued: “Chris always says, ‘I don’t know why you’re asking me because you’re going to do it anyway’.”
Last month, Amanda informed listeners she was eager to welcome another puppy into the household.
The couple already have a bustling home with their two daughters, Hollie and Lexie, rescue dog Rudie, and cats Muffy and Bolt.
And while her husband has made it clear he doesn’t want any additional pets, Amanda isn’t giving up.
In a light-hearted on-air appeal during a recent episode, she said: “[We’ve got] lots of furry babies, I’m going to have to talk to Chris because I really want to rescue another puppy and if he’s listening and it goes out on air, it’ll be very difficult for him to turn me down.”
Trying to persuade him further, Amanda added: “Darling, I love you.”
Amanda and Alan’s Greek Job continues tonight at 7.30pm on BBC One.