Will Mother McKellen get married? Oh no he won’t!

THE heart-warming relationship between Sir Ian McKellen and his co-star Oscar Conlon-Morrey seems to be progressing apace — there is even talk of an engagement.

Sir Ian, 83, is playing Mother Goose in panto at the moment. Conlon-Morrey, 29, appears as his son Jack in the touring show (pictured right). They spent New year’s Eve together and Conlon-Morrey told his followers on Twitter: ‘I saw in 2023 at the house of the new love of my life.’

However, one well-known actor who has shared the stage with Sir Ian has his doubts. ‘Oscar has been telling friends and family of his big plans with McKellen. He’s even said he thinks they’ll get engaged.’

But he cautioned: ‘ McKellen hasn’t had a boyfriend in 20 years. He is really not a marriage man. He doesn’t want a man living in his home. He enjoys having someone when he is on tour.’

He continued: ‘McKellen gets infatuated; then as quickly as he is into them, he’s fallen out with them. There is no way when he is out of the bubble of doing this panto that he is going to have this guy with him in East London, rattling around.’