Line of Duty’s Vicky McClure has revealed her fiancé Jonny Owen left her engagement ring in a pub when he was drunk before he proposed.
The actress, 37, said that producer Jonny, 49, was out with his friends drinking and had the expensive jewellery in his pocket.
He then decided to give it to a bar man to keep it safe, but ended up forgetting about it.
Oops! Line of Duty’s Vicky McClure has revealed her fiancé Jonny Owen left her engagement ring in a pub when he was drunk before he proposed
She told The Nottingham Post: ‘He got the ring, then met his mates, and it was Christmas time, obviously, because we got engaged on Christmas Day.
‘And he got absolutely wasted and was like, ‘I’ve got this b***** expensive ring in my pocket, so he gave it to the barman who put it in the safe.’
At the end of the night out he forgot the bar man had taken it and left to go back to the couple’s Nottingham home on the tram.
Vicky went on to explain: ‘And then he remembered and got the tram back. Yeah, he made it. It made it in one piece.’
Careless: The actress, 37, said that producer Jonny was out with his friends drinking and had the expensive jewellery in his pocket
Earlier this month Vicky joked that she and her fiancé could end up getting married at Gretna Green after her nuptials were put on hold due to the pandemic.
The actress got engaged to Jonny in December 2017 but has admitted she still hasn’t even booked a venue for the big day.
Speaking on the Graham Norton Show about putting off her wedding plans because of lockdown she said: ‘We didn’t get married, but we haven’t even booked it.’
She added: ‘I’d marry him tomorrow, but we’ve never got around to cementing the plan. We will probably end up at Gretna Green!’ – referring to the Scottish village which is famous for runaway weddings.
The star announced her engagement to Jonny three years ago after meeting while shooting his film Svengali in 2012.
Cosy: The star announced her engagement to Jonny three years ago after meeting while filming his film Svengali in 2012
Last November, Vicky shared a sweet snap with her love after three months apart after she had finished filming the sixth season of Line Of Duty.
In her caption, Vicky admitted she hadn’t found it ‘easy’ being away from Jonny for so long, but hailed her fellow cast and crew for their hard work on set.
She gushed: ‘Home❣️ 3 months away from home not easy…but we have the BEST crew who’ve kept each other safe, kept spirits high, couldn’t of been on any other job through this. I love you all LOD lot!!!!!’
In 2019, Vicky spoke candidly about her love life while on Elizabeth Day’s How To Fail podcast, as she admitted she ‘just knew’ her fiancé was the one when they first met.
The star revealed: ‘When we first spoke it was on the phone. I came off the phone and I just knew. I absolutely know.’
Career: Last November, Vicky shared a sweet snap with her love Jonny after three months apart after she had finished filming the sixth season of Line Of Duty
Following their conversation, Vicky explained that she googled her future husband-to-be and discovered he was married, but said that when they met ‘he was in the middle of a divorce.’
She said honestly: ‘It was tricky. I thought ‘I am scared now, I genuinely feel something I’ve never felt before. He’s a proper man. He’s a grownup.”
The pair were set to appear in the film Svengali together, and the This Is England actress revealed: ‘We got to talking about love. And just the way he was describing it: I was like ‘Oh My God. He’s the man for me.”
Vicky went on: ‘We literally lived together from a week of meeting. We have basically stayed together from that time until now. We’ve never lived apart. Seven years in March. I am not sure about fate but I couldn’t see my life without him.
Work: Vicky is currently starring in season six of Line of Duty on BBC1 where she plays Kate Fleming
‘I’ve never loved anyone more than I’ve loved Jonny. It sounds cheesy but I love him more and more every day. Things get better and better. Seven years with someone – I feel really lucky. I’ve had relationships where I didn’t have that.’
Saying that she struggled with other relationships as she wasn’t ‘grown-up enough’, Vicky added: ‘When you finally meet someone who gets you, lets you fly, loves you for who you are and you can have that genuine laughter’ it’s amazing.
The couple got engaged over a morning cuppa during a romantic stroll in Nottingham but waited until a few days later to make the happy announcement.
Opening up to the Nottingham Post about the proposal Vicky said: ‘We stayed at home for the first time together on Christmas Eve so had Christmas morning together.
‘He popped the question over a cup of tea – we moved onto the bubbles by 8.30am.’
As well as Svengali, the pair appeared together on-screen when Jonny took on the role of Taff in This is England 90.