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Saturdays star Una Healy has rubbished reports that she is due to walk down the aisle in 2010.
The flame-haired Tipperary native was at the London premiere of Clint Eastwood's new movie Invictus last night with her rugby star beau Ben Foden.
The smitten couple mingled with A-listers including Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman at the screening, but denied they are due to walk down the aisle.
"I saw that an Irish bookie was taking bets about us maybe getting engaged over the New Year but imagine how cringe-worthy that would be if we went ahead and did it after a bet?," Una told the Diary.
"We'll do it in our own time and we're happy with where we are. Hopefully, I'll always feel this way about him but you just have to take each day as it comes.
"We've just bought a lovely house together -- things are going great."
Her other half is one of the star players on English side Northampton and she admits that it made for a sticky situation last weekend when his team took on Munster in a Heineken Cup clash.
Foden is also expected to be picked to play for the England squad, which means he may well be lining out against Brian O'Driscoll and the boys in green in the next international game at Twickenham on February 27.
One of our best-known musical exports, thanks to her chart-topping success with The Saturdays, Una now spends most of her time in Britain touring and working with her fellow bandmates Mollie King, Frankie Sandford, Rochelle Wiseman and Vanessa White.
The latest arrivals in the girl group universe, the Saturdays have racked up five hit singles and a platinum debut album since forming two years ago, making them one of the most successful manufactured bands since Girls Aloud. So what’s their secret? Hard work, high heels and a huge appetite for life, they tell Benji Wilson over a large chocolate cake and cups of tea
Irish Una Healy is the oldest Saturday but the years between her and the others have been wholly dedicated to music. She was born in Thurles, Co Tipperary, went to her local school, then began a teacher-training course, but dropped out to focus on music.
‘I bought a PA system, started gigging with musicians, in restaurants and hotels. Always practising. When I was 25 I decided to leave Ireland, and the first audition I went for was for this band.’
Una on Una
‘Gigging on my own in Ireland was tough, so I’m very appreciative of the position I’m in – I’ve worked hard to get into this band.
‘I’ve been nicknamed Fierce by the fans. I’m not sure why. I think it’s because of how I look in pictures sometimes [she pulls a sultry face].
‘And yeah, I do like the dressing up. I’ve done modelling part time in the past, so our fashion and our image is very important to me.’
The girls on Una
‘She’s the expert at the look-behind-the-shoulder shot. I watch her for tips. She’ll be walking down the street and if there’s a pap there…off she goes.’ (Mollie)
‘Una’s great to have a night out with. The girl knows how to have a good time!’ (Frankie)
Love life
‘My boyfriend is Ben Foden, a rugby player for Northampton Saints. We’ve been going out for a year now.’
Bags and shoes
‘The bag I’ve been going out with lately is an Alexander Wang one with studs. My favourite shoe shop is Kurt Geiger – it’s not too expensive and the designs are edgy.’
Last weekend got off to an exciting start for me, given that my boyfriend Ben Foden's team were playing against Munster in the Heineken Cup.
He plays for Northampton and as I'm from Thurles, in the heart of Munster, it always makes for a tricky encounter!
It was quite tough for me seeing them compete against each other and one radio station did call me up and asked if I would go on and talk about it. But I didn't want to upset anyone, so I said no. Of course, I'm 100pc loyal to my province and I'm very proud of where I'm from, but I'm also very in love and of course you want to see your boyfriend do well. I'm happy enough to sit on the fence and cheer on both teams.
They'll be going up against Munster again in April and that will be a very exciting game. They are both very strong sides and Munster have such a massive support network, it always makes for a brilliant atmosphere.
Before I met Ben, I'll happily admit I didn't have a clue about rugby but I'm getting much better now. The only part I don't enjoy is watching the scrums as when he's suddenly brought down you just think, 'I hope they're okay' and you're holding your breath waiting for them to get up again -- it's such a scary feeling. Luckily, the position he plays in means he's not in those dangerous situations too much -- he hasn't got cauliflower ears either, thank God!
I'm really in the nesting stage at the moment, given that we have moved into our new house. The past few days I've been all domestic and doing things around our home. The washing machine broke down so I called up the plumber to ask him to fix it.
But when I told him the brand, which was probably the cheapest one in Argos, he told me it would probably cost more to repair it than buy a new one! So instead, I treated myself to a brand new washer and dryer and solved the whole problem.
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