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Gogglebox's Giles Has A Successful Second Job Alongside His TV Work

Gogglebox's Giles Has A Successful Second Job Alongside His TV Work

Wife Mary is involved, too

Googlebox favourite Giles Wood's has a successful side hustle alongside his TV career.

Giles who appears on the show alongside his wife Mary Killen, is actually a talented artist with an impressive portfolio of paintings. 

His artwork is so good, in fact, he can flog them for £250 each - not bad, eh?

Much like on TV, Mary is right by his side - she manages his commissions and looks after his website. 

On his website, Giles explained: “I like the contemplative aspect - sitting for several days in a room, watching the light change.

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"There are as many changes as with a landscape. I always work in oils as they give more depth. The finished painting should offer an insight into the painter as well as the subject."

And it was art that first brought the couple together they met when Giles was a student at Wimbledon College of Art and Mary was being paid £4.50 to pose as a model, where she turned down an offer of an extra 25p per hour to pose nude.

More than three decades later, the couple are still very happily married, and they say the show has helped improve their marriage as it made them spend more time together.

Speaking to the Daily Star, Mary said: "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.

"I know a few couples who have split up because they have decided they can't stand one another.

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

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Opening up about the key to their marriage success she told the publication: "You have to understand all men are really annoying one way or another.

"Would you prefer one of your friends' husbands?

"I've thought about each one in turn and concluded their habits are even more irritating than Giles'."

The star also revealed why her and her other-half affectionately refer to each other as 'nutty'.

She explained: "We call each other 'nutty' because we both consider the other to be a bit mad.

"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 both neurotic."

Featured Image Credit: Channel 4

Topics: TV and Film, Gogglebox