Amy Huberman has revealed how she got cold feet ahead of her first date with Brian O'Driscoll and almost didn't show up.
The 41-year-old actress, who is expecting her third child with the former Irish rugby captain, recalled how she was a bundle of nerves during the car journey to meet her now husband for the first time.
"In the car on the way I started to feel like I can't go through with this," the Finding Joy star told Lucy Kennedy on Lodging With Lucy.
Huberman said it didn't take long for her nerves to settle, saying: "But as soon as I met him I remember how lovely he was."
"Just so humble and sweet and kind, not that I was expecting him to be brash but you have these preconceptions in your head about sports people."
Huberman also opened up about going into labour with the couple's first child Sadie during a big rugby match day for O'Driscoll.
"Brian was still playing for Ireland and he said, 'You better not go into labour the day England play Ireland'. And, of course, I did.
"He arrived in his full kit. She was born and then he went off and played and they lost. He said it was the only time that they lost and he went, ‘Meh’."
"I was as high as a kite, giddy and probably drugs, and I was roaring at the telly in the maternity ward watching the match," she added.
Huberman and O'Driscoll walked down the aisle in July 2010 in Lough Rynn Castle, Co. Leitrim. They have two children together - daughter Sadie and son Billy.
Lodging with Lucy continues Monday at 10pm on Virgin Media One.
