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Coleen Nolan isn’t a fan of the London Tube for this reason ( Image: Instagram)
Loose Women star Coleen Nolan revealed she suffers badly with loud noises and called for Transport for London to do something about the Tube
Coleen Nolan has shared the worst thing about travelling on the London Underground.
The Loose Women star took to Instagram as she was so “offended”. Sharing a clip of herself on the Tube, she asked her 357,000 followers: “I know the Tube is really quick and very handy – but why does it have to be so loud? It’s so loud.”
Covering her ears as the Tube got going, Coleen continued: “Put some oil on it because it’s honestly bursting my ear drums. I can’t stand it. I have noise, what’s that thing, about loud noises? I have that. It’s not a phobia, but it really offends me.” Over the top of the clip she tagged Transport for London and wrote: “Love the Tube, but please sort the sound. Love Col xx.”
Earlier on in the day when she appeared on the Loose Women panel the 59-year-old opened up about her own terrifying stalker experience as her and her fellow hosts discussed new Netflix show Baby Reindeer. The show follows the real life story of Richard Gadd, who was stalked by a woman and sent hundreds of messages and correspondence after meeting in a pub.
Coleen has something to say about the London Tube ( Image: Instagram)
She revealed she suffers with loud noises and urged TfL to ‘put some oil on it’ ( Image: Instagram)
Coleen explained that her and her siblings had been stalked during their singing career but she was also left terrified when the police feared she would personally be targeted by someone else after their release from prison.
Describing the experience as the “scariest thing”, she shared: “They were worried I was going to be [stalked]. So they found out someone who was about to be released, who was obsessed, and six months before, they came to me and said they think this is going to happen. They had this amazing person, who gave me advice about what I should do.
“It was really, really scary – and you do have that constant looking over your shoulder. It was the scariest thing and it happened obviously a few times within my career. Me and my sisters had a really scary guy that was stalking us.”
She added: “He had this thing that we were all married to him. He’d kick off when he found out we had boyfriends and he’d threaten to put a bomb in one of the theatres we were in, and the bomb squad came out and actually caught him. There was another part of me – and he had severe mental health issues – there was an element with me where [I sympathised with him].”
Paul O’Grady’s widow Andre Portasio also appeared on Tuesday afternoon’s show in his first TV appearance since the much-loved presenter’s shock death at the age of 67 last year. Discussing how he had been coping since Paul died, Andre said: “I love watching him and to me, now I’m sort of accepting he’s gone. It took me quite a long time to get to this position I think.
“To begin with, it was really a shock. I stayed in the house. I was getting letters and flowers and it was too overwhelming. In hindsight now, I see how much it has really helped me and the support, and I want to thank everyone that wrote to me. It was just the kindness of everyone that will stay with me forever.”
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