Brian popped question while I was in my dressing gown; Actress Amy on life & love with Bod.

Byline: MAEVE QUIGLEY

ACTRESS Amy Huberman has revealed rugby ace Brian O'Driscoll proposed to her while she was wearing a dressing gown.

The 30-year-old said Bod popped the question completely out of the blue.

She added: "We had talked about it because we had been living together for a year but the actual day was a complete and total surprise.

"I was there in my dressing gown and all I wanted to do was go and get some fast food."

In an interview with the RTE Guide Amy said Brian was cool, calm and collected when he asked her to be his wife.

Coupled with her 30th birthday and Brian's Grand Slam victory with Ireland, there was a lot to celebrate.

Amy said: "That was the best week of my life ever."

The Clinic star also told how she's got used to being known as Brian's girlfriend, rather than for her own achievements.

Amy said: "It's not too bad being known as Brian's girlfriend. In any event that just happens and you can't do much about it.

"You know when you go to certain functions the cameras will be there.

"But you just stay away from the rest of it. You have to have your own life as well."

Although she admitted she didn't watch much rugby before she met Brian, Amy added she knew who he was when they met.

She said: "Of course I knew who he was - there were about three rugby players who I would have known from the news.

"Now that I am involved I've become an avid supporter."

Amy has just published her first book Hello, Heartbreak which is about the life of a young Dubliner called Izzy Keegan.

She added: "Izzy is a confident woman but sometimes s**t happens to her."

Amy gave just one mention to Brian in the book - but she warned him about it first.

She said: "I told Brian beforehand but it's just a humorous little nod to him."

The book is Amy's first attempt at fiction but Amy has spent four years writing it.

And she said it can be hard when people say she got a book deal just because she's a famous face. Amy added: "That comes with the territory and it's hard, especially as you've worked on something for so long.

"Of course there's an element of begrudgery but people can make up their own minds at the end of the day."

Amy was raised a Catholic but her dad Harold was born into the Jewish faith.

A few years ago she went to Auschwitz with her father, whose family came from Poland.

She said: "It was an assault on you senses. Seeing those rooms full of shoes and the suitcases they carried and the names.

"My father told me a story about a family relative who walked from Poland to France with a wheelbarrow just to disguise the fact that he was a refugee."

And Amy added she turned down an appearance on RTE show Who Do You Think You Are? as it would have been too difficult.

Amy said: "We knew it was not going to be good news so I absolutely appreciated my family did not want to go through that hurt."

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