We’re in a lockdown love-in... by Peter & Abbey

WHEN it comes to life in lockdown, Peter Crouch and Abbey Clancey would be the first to admit they have been stockpiling.

Not loo rolls and pasta, but loads of love and laughter.

Because in these social-distancing times, the former footballer turned BBC Radio Five Live podcast funnyman and his model wife have revealed they’ve become even closer than ever.

Holed up with their four “feral” kids in their Surrey mansion, Abbey, 34, says lockdown has made her fall in love with ex-England ace Peter, 39, all over again.

“I couldn’t live without Pete,” she says, during a live Instagram chat with Love Magazine. “God, I feel a bit emotional – I feel like he’s part of me, especially having the kids as well. It feels like our world, and that’s love to me – and I am always laughing.”

Peter, who fell for Abbey 14 years ago, adds: “I’ve found out in this lockdown what’s important. You realise the only people you’ve got are your family – and that’s all that matters.

“That sort of love to me is having everyone around me. Happiness definitely starts at home.”

It’s touching stuff – but then the 6ft 7in striker, who bagged 108 Premier League goals with a string of clubs from Liverpool to Stoke, gets back to what he does best nowadays – nodding home wisecracks with that sense of fun that runs through their love match.

Asked what he likes 34-year-old Abbey to wear, he says: “As little as possible.” One-nil.

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Abbey responds: “I know he doesn’t like my favourite item of clothing, which is my fleece dressing gown. He absolutely hates it.”

Then Peter, 39, bangs in another winner: “It’s like having a Porsche in the garage and never seeing it. She’ll go on a shoot and I’ll look at the pictures and go, ‘Oh my God, she looks incredible!’

“And then she gets back home, takes her make-up off and puts on the bloody fleece dressing gown.”

But it’s not all one-way traffic in this ding-dong giggles game.

When the light-hearted chat turns to Abbey’s choice of who would play her in a film of their lives, she says: “I’d like 80s Goldie Hawn to play me, love her. I just think, nothing better.”

Then she adds: “Maybe Rodney from Only Fools and Horses for Pete.” Back of the net. Stunned Crouchy protests as if to a referee: “I was going to say Bridget Bardot or someone amazing for Abbey, but she’s gone for Rodney for me, I can’t believe it.”

Then Abbey starts fantasising about her favourite screen heart-throb, saying: “Has to be Jack Dawson in Titanic. I love Leonardo DiCaprio.”

Peter tackles that with: “I think she’d trade me in for Leo.” Er, that’s offside. They both know she wouldn’t. The pair met in 2006 in a Liverpool bar, when Peter, born in

Macclesfield and raised in London via Singapore, was playing for the Reds. Liverpudlian Abbey was then competing in Britain’s Next Top Model.

“I saw Pete and I knew he was the one for me,” she tells Love Mag, while Peter admits he thought she was out of his league. They’ve been inseparable ever since, marrying in June 2011, and going on to have Sophia, nine, Liberty, who turns six tomorrow, Johnny, two, and Jack, nearly one. And while their famous parents are taking looking after

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