Stacey Solomon is reportedly "desperate" to have couples therapy with husband Joe Swash, but the actor is apparently uneasy about the prospect and has even point-blank "refused" the idea. Stacey - who married the EastEnders star in 2022 and with whom she shares kids Rex, four; Rose, two, and Belle, 14 months - is currently making headlines thanks to her new BBC reality show 'Stacey and Joe'. The behind-the-scenes series gives fans a glimpse into their private lives and life inside their home Pickle Cottage.

Last week, the power couple shocked fans when they had a huge clash over the phone with Joe eventually hanging up on his wife after allowing their kids to eat baked beans on the sofa. The pair rowed over the potential for the furniture getting dirty, but things escalated when Joe told Stacey he expected her to phone him back and apologise. She fumed: “Wow. The argument was I came home and thought I’m going to tidy the front room because the front room is a sh**hole and all over my sofa was beans!”

Stacey said she found “about 10 baked beans” smeared over the couch – but Joe wasn’t having any of it. He argued back: “I’m not you! You go on as if you’ve never ever given those kids food in the front room, which would be a lie!” He went on: “Your reaction to me giving the kids beans on toast on the sofa is an overreaction. You’re out of order Stace. I spent the day looking after the kids. I cooked them lunch…” Stacey shot back that as a dad, that’s a “normal thing to do” with the kids.

At the time, Joe was away from Pickle Cottage filming another TV show, and was forced to stay in a hotel miles from his family home. The argument ended in a tense moment, with Joe telling his wife to “have a lovely evening” as an emotional Stacey aired a confessional to cameras, calling the baked beans “just the icing on the cake”.

Now, according to Heat Magazine, a source has revealed that Stacey is "desperate" to take their marriage one step further and go through couples therapy. The insider said, "Stacey is desperate for her and Joe to have couples therapy. She doesn’t think of it as a bad thing and instead believes it will make their marriage stronger. Joe is refusing at the moment as he’s quite scared of what it will open up. But Stacey thinks it could eliminate some of the arguments at home if they aired their issues on a weekly basis."

Stacey has previously shared that the duo get into arguments, which is the secret to a long and successful marriage in her opinion. She said on the Newlyweds podcast, "Always have an argument if there's something on your mind. The worst thing we could do, the thing that splits us apart the most, is building resentment and not saying what we're thinking. As soon as we have it out and say, “I hate this, this is p***ing me off”, that's when you can reset, and be back on the same page again."

Express Online has contacted Stacey and Joe's representatives for comment.