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Gogglebox star Marcus Luther's life with Mica off-screen and his real job

Marcus Luther and Mica Ven became fan favourites on Gogglebox after joining the show in 2018. The couple is known for their hilarious takes on hot topics.

Gogglebox viewers also love their relationship and how caring they are to one another. Marcus and Mica live in South London and have full-time jobs away from the show.

Marcus is a businessman, boxing coach and gym owner. He trained his son Shiloh, who is now a professional boxer under the alias 'Sugar Shy' reports the Liverpool Echo.

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He founded TM Boxing Gym in 2009 initially to work with 'disadvantaged youths from the local community.' On his website, Marcus said: "The main focus of the gym was to work with disadvantaged youth from the local community. We then went on to running sessions for the general public in the evenings as interest quickly grew.

"TM Boxing then started offering morning sessions to stay at home mums and people with weight and confidence issues. We now have over 200 keep fit members, 80 youth boxers and numerous schools that educate disadvantaged youth who use our services daily."

Marcus and Mica have been in a long-term relationship for several years. Mica has two daughters from a previous relationship, called Sachelle and Shuggy.

They have previously appeared on Gogglebox with Marcus and Mica. Marcus is father to son Shiloh Defreitas also from a previous relationship and the couple share one son, Yash, together.

It was love at first sight for Marcus as he fell head over heels for Mica at church. Devising a plan, Marcus joined a class Mica was taking about the basics of Christianity.

Speaking to Heat Magazine, Marcus said his plan nearly backfired. He said: "She was doing this thing called Alpha course, so I signed up for it, too, but then she tried to set me up with some other girls from the course. She wasn’t interested."

But Marcus continued with his plan and visited her home with a bottle of wine for Bible study. Mica said: "He turned up to mine one night to do Bible study with a bottle of wine.

"We were sitting opposite each other and I’m thinking ‘Footsy? Wine? We’re supposed to be doing Bible study here! He told me it was fine because Jesus drank wine."

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