The ‘world’s most identical twins’ share a bed with their joint boyfriend… and take it in turns to SLEEP with him
The twins have had the same cosmetic surgery, shared a job and refuse to be separated - even for ONE HOUR
LUCY and Anna DeCinque, both 31, are getting ready for bed.
After showering together and putting on matching blue and grey pyjamas, the pair climb into the super-king-size bed they share with their boyfriend Ben Byrne, 33, before switching off the lights and taking it in turns to have sex with him.
Welcome to the weird, and completely inseparable, world of Australia’s infamous plastic fantastic twins.
Since becoming local celebrities in their hometown of Perth, Western Australia, four years ago after being interviewed on local TV about their intertwined lives, the pair are now a global phenomenon.
“We never imagined an interview would lead to all this, but we’re loving being celebrities,” admits Anna.
“People stop us for autographs and no one has been negative to our faces. We’ve had some trolling online, where people have said we’re ‘fake’ and called us ‘blow-up Barbie dolls’, but we block them.”
The pair are surprisingly likeable due to their teen-like excitement about life, and it’s easy to see why they’ve captured public curiosity.
Not only do they dress in matching outfits, they’ve also had the same surgery to achieve their look, eat exactly the same number of calories as each other every day and exercise for the same length of time.
On top of that, they go to the toilet at the same time, share a partner and refuse to be more than a few feet from one another.
What’s not to be intrigued by?
“We may as well be conjoined,” admits Lucy, the eldest by one minute.
“We have two bodies, but feel we’re the same person and live side by side.”
They haven’t always been this way, though. Until 2009, they were pretty normal, if very close, twin sisters.
“Mum dressed us identically when we were little, but as we got older we chose to wear the same clothes, just in different colours. As we grew up, we dated different guys and sometimes squabbled – as sisters do,” says Lucy.
“But we’ve always known what the other was thinking and feeling. I hurt my back once and she had to have the same painkillers because she felt my pain.”
When their dad Luigi died from cancer in 2009 aged just 58, the twins became closer than ever.
“Losing him was traumatic,” says Lucy.
“Because he’d been the breadwinner – our mum Jeanette, now 72, had always looked after us and our sister Vanja, 42 – we had little money. We also had to move out of our family home.
“It was a very dark time. We never had a specific conversation about becoming more identical, but the more we did it, the better we felt. It helped us to cope.”
So as well as dressing, doing their make-up and eating identically – down to the exact same number of crisps – that same year the twins had breast augmentation surgery.
They spent £17,000 of their savings and inheritance from their father to take their A-cup boobs to a D cup.
They also began having facial peels and lip fillers, and have now spent £140,000 on their image, using savings and money from media work.
Despite dating different guys in the past, Anna and Lucy had all but given up hope of finding love because of their refusal to be separated.
“We’d date best friends or brothers, but they wanted to do things separately, while we wanted to double date so we could be together,” says Lucy.
“Relationships just never worked out – until we found Ben.”
Ben, a mechanic, met them via a mutual friend on Facebook four years ago, shortly before they found fame.
“We messaged and chatted on the phone for six months,” remembers Anna.
“We were upfront that we came as a package, and he insisted that was fine with him. Being a non-identical twin himself, he said that he understood our bond.”
“We were still nervous, though,” interrupts Lucy.
“We knew some guys might think it was kinky to date twins and see us as a trophy, so we had to feel sure that Ben genuinely liked both of us before we agreed to meet him.”
The trio began dating in 2012 and Ben – who lived a 40-minute drive away – moved in with the girls and their mum a year later.
Some parents might baulk at their daughters being in such an unconventional relationship, particularly when it is played out in the family home.
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But according to the twins, if they are happy, so is Jeanette.
Their mum and sister have never judged them and have always been understanding of their decision.
Lucy and Anna also share the same supportive friends, who know they always do everything together.
“Ben treats us completely equally. If he kisses Anna, he kisses me right after, and holds both our hands when we’re out,” explains Lucy.
“We never feel jealous because we know he loves us the same.
“We all sleep together, but it’s not like a threesome as we don’t get involved with each other. Some people say it’s disgusting, but it works for us.”
In fact, they’re even considering parenthood.
“We want babies, but have to get pregnant at the same time, even if that means having IVF,” says Anna.
“Of course, because they’d share a dad, it means our children would be half-siblings as well as cousins – which we know we’ll be criticised for – but no one should judge what a ‘normal’ family is these days. We’d love to marry Ben, too, but as it’s not legal, one day we’ll have a commitment ceremony instead.”
Apart from the couple of hours when they had breast augmentation surgery, the twins haven’t been more than a few feet apart in years.
“We feel physically sick just thinking about it,” admits Anna.
“We get really anxious.”
Which is why they used to share the same job – caring for elderly people with Alzheimer’s at a nursing home.
With only one role available, the pair both applied, offering to share it and take home one salary.
“One of us was working for free, but as finding separate jobs wasn’t an option, we didn’t mind,” explains Anna.
“As very caring people, we really enjoyed being with the people we looked after. They said we brightened their day. Sadly, we got made redundant six months ago because of cuts and now we’re looking for another job to share. People assume we don’t need to work these days, but we don’t earn half as much as they might think.”
Which could be a problem, as it seems more cosmetic surgery is on the cards following a surprise discovery.
When the twins appeared on US TV show Botched earlier this year asking celebrity plastic surgeons Terry Dubrow and Paul Nassif to increase their boob size, they got the shock of their lives.
“As well as saying it wasn’t safe for us to go bigger, they also told us that our faces weren’t exactly the same – something we had always believed,” confesses Lucy.
“We’ve been devastated ever since. We’re considering facial surgery in the future to fix it.”
All too aware their extreme surgery doesn’t sit well with everyone, they refuse to let criticism get to them.
“Some might say we’re self-obsessed and money-grabbing, but there’s a lot more to us,” explains Lucy.
“We are saving most of our earnings to buy a house for our mum. And being the way we are is not an act. Even if all the attention went away tomorrow, we’d carry on living like this. Like it or not, it’s what makes us happy.”
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