Gogglebox stars Giles and Mary have secret ‘normal’ day jobs and children – and reveal they could have split before fame

MARY Killen and Giles Wood have become fan favourites thanks to their funny quips on Gogglebox.

But the couple don’t just watch TV all day – and do in fact have secret jobs they rarely mention.

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Giles contributes to online magazine The Oldie and is a successful artist.

He sells framed prints for up to £250 and specialises in taking pictures of people’s homes.

Mary is also very busy as  The Spectator’s agony aunt as well as writing coloumns for the publication.

She is credited as being an etiquette expert and in 2012 she published a book called How The Queen Can Make You Happy.

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The couple are parents two adult daughters who prefer to stay out of the limelight.

Giles was due to appear on the show originally with one of them, but she pulled out and Mary stepped up to the plate.

Giles and Mary met when they were just 21, when Giles was studying at Wimbledon Art School and Mary was working as a model.

Mary previously told how show saved the couple's marriage.

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They were like "were like ships that pass in the night" with the marriage teetering on collapse before appearing on Gogglebox.

"Giles and I were like ships that pass in the night. I got up early, he went to bed late and we rarely even ate together," Mary told The Daily Star.

"Sitting down and watching television reminded us how much we enjoyed the same jokes."

The couple joined Gogglebox in 2015 for the fifth series and have been an integral part of the much-loved Channel 4 show ever since.

They can regularly be heard on-screen referring to each other as 'Nutty' during Gogglebox episodes.

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"We call each other 'nutty', because we both consider the other to be a bit mad," Mary told .

"Certainly Giles has multiple personality disorder so he's all sorts of people and one of them is a bit of a genius. The truth is we're a bit neurotic."

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