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Michael Flatley is lectured by his wife after drinking – for reading too much James Joyce

Michael Flatley has revealed he is given out to by his wife when drinks – for reading too much James Joyce.

The Riverdance star admits he ends up heading to his custom-built three-story library in CastleHyde “after a couple of martinis”.

And the 56-year-old admitted that wife Niamh O’Brien isn’t too happy when he visits his collection of 3,000-plus volumes, including signed Irish classics.

“My wife has to stop me. Especially after a couple of martinis,” he said.

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“She’ll say, ‘You’re not going to read that James Joyce book again are you? You’ve read it 400 times!'”

And Michael insists that whenever the couple are at their majestic €4 million four-story mansion in Co Cork they have a formal reception every Friday.

The US-born sensation makes sure to wear a “suit and tie or tuxedo” – adding he doesn’t understand people who “get home and throw on sweats”.

“Niamh and I will have dinner in the formal dining room every Friday night when we are in CastleHyde,” he explained.

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“I will wear a suit and tie or a tuxedo. We really dress up. I don’t understand people who say they can’t wait to get home and throw on sweats.

“I married my wife because she is the most important person in the world. If there is every a time to dress up, it’s for your wife.

“I get out some gin and take my time preparing the perfect martini and listen to some Frank Sinatra and wait for her to come downstairs.”

Meanwhile Michael told Hello! that he feels the birth of Michael Jnr in 2007 has improved him as a person.

“I think it’s made me a better man. It’s been very grounding. I have learned much more from my son than he has learned from me. He takes after his mummy,” he said.

But Michael insisted that despite signs of interest in dancing from the seven-year-old, he won’t be pushing him to follow in his footsteps.

“He dances. He imitates me, flying around the house with his arms, which is beautiful,” he said.

“He does everything from Michael Jackson to break dancing. He is non-stop… [but] I don’t want to push anything on him.

“He has to find his own level there. I will support my son in anything he has a passion for.”

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