It's a balancing act

JUGGLING HECTIC SCHEDULES HAS  BEEN TOUGH ON THE COUPLE – SO THEY’RE MAKING A BIG MOVE

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Georgie Tunny and her fiancé Robert Mills are extremely good at making each other laugh. It happens a lot during WHO’s exclusive chat and photoshoot with the pair, as they engage in that witty, good-natured banter and the kind of gentle ribbing that happy couples can get away with. What they’re not good at is being apart, something their demanding careers force them to endure on a regular basis.

“We are terrible at long distance and we have to get better at that,” Tunny says before Mills cheekily chimes in with: “I’m not as needy.” The comment make Tunny laugh – “It’s true,” she concedes. “We’re both still learning how to do [long-distance]. We both lead independent lives and for the majority of our lives, we’ve always put career first so we are both still learning to prioritise us. It’s a conversation every day. “

The couple live together in Melbourne, where Tunny films The Project, but Mills is often away for extended periods of time touring with the latest musical stage show he’s starring in. At the moment, it’s & Juliet and he’s recently returned from a month in Singapore and will soon hit the road again with the hit musical, heading to Perth in December before an epic four-month run in Sydney from February. It has forced the duo to take stock and put their relationship first. Tunny will move with Mills to Sydney during the show’s season and will commute back to Melbourne when necessary for her The Project commitments.