The Our Girl actress, 31, admitted the pair have mastered the art of seeing one another without the world knowing as she affirmed "my marriage is my business".
Speaking to the Daily Star Sunday's TV Life magazine, she confessed: "No one knows how much we see each other because we don't publicise it. People say, 'Ah, they haven't seen each other for ages,' but they don't know.
"Mark sometimes comes home for a weekend and no one know he's even there. Over the years we've learned how to do that."
Despite Mark and Michelle's marriage often being put under the microscope, the former Corrie star insisted she no longer cares about what people think.
She explained: "My marriage is my business. It's private and I don't care if someone thinks it's bad and that we've got different careers. Yeah we have, and I'm proud of that."
Mark has carved a lucrative career for himself in the US as the host of NBC show Extra – previously being papped rubbing shoulders with A-list celebrities at glitzy Hollywood premieres.
The role meant the couple, who married in 2015, were forced into a long-distance relationship – with Michelle remaining in the UK for her various acting and modelling jobs.
The Sun Online recently revealed that Mark is mulling over moving back to England so that he can spend more time with Michelle.
A source told us: "Mark has asked to leave EXTRA in the USA, as he wants to return to the UK and be with Michelle.
"He is also hosting The Bachelor here next year, and has other UK TV offers which he can’t do if he stays at EXTRA.
"Mark has loved doing EXTRA for 15 months, but feels the time is right to move on.
"But he has a dilemma now, whether to stay and help the sale of the show to a new network or leave and return to the UK.
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