Alex Bain is engaged to Mollie Lockwood.
Alex Bain is engaged
The 20-year-old actor - who has played the role of Simon Barlow on 'Coronation Street' since 2008 - popped the question to Mollie over a year ago but has kept the news a secret until now and admitted he was getting increasingly "nervous" as the time came for him to get down on one knee.
He said: "We’d been on a romantic night out in Chester for our two-year anniversary, on October 4 last year. We had a lovely meal, then went back to our hotel, took a couple of bottles of bubbly up to our room and watched the sunset from the balcony. That’s when I just asked her. I thought, ‘If I don’t do it now, I’ll keep getting more and more nervous!’ I was pretty certain she’d say yes, but I was still bricking it!
Alex - who has three-year-old daughter Lydia-Rose with Mollie - added that he has known almost since "the day [they] met that Mollie is the "right person" for him and "cannot imagine" being with anyone else.
He said: "My family absolutely love Mollie to pieces. My mum and dad could just see how happy I was when I was around her. I’m a big believer in making that move as soon as you know it’s the right person, and I’ve known that Mollie is my person pretty much since the day we met. She’s got my heart and soul already, so why not seal the deal? I can’t imagine spending my life with anyone else."
Alex added that while Mollie is keen to have a wedding at home in the UK, he is tempted by the thought of a wedding abroad for the hot weather.
He told OK! Magazine: "[Molie] pretty set on having the wedding in the UK. Because then we can invite a lot more people and we won’t have the stress of having to fly people out. But I’d quite like a wedding abroad. It’s about the weather for me. I’d consider rearranging my wedding on the day of if it rains!