Coleen Nolan has opened up about sharing some awkward family stories on ITV’s Loose Women, which, in the past, has seen her family give her the silent treatment

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Coleen Nolan has opened up about the awkwardness she has faced at home(Image: REACH PLC / Alex James)

Coleen Nolan has revealed she’s gone home to silence after some Loose Women episodes. The singer and TV star is no stranger when it comes to opening up about her life on the ITV panel show.

But with this, Coleen, 60, says that by being so open, her family can often give her the silent treatment. However, she does warn them that when topics including children and divorce are set to be discussed, she won’t hold back.

However, the star who found fame in the chart-mauling sister-girlband The Nolan’s has revealed that she can hesitate when it comes to sharing some information about her life, as it may affect those closest to her.

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Coleen isn’t shy when it comes to talking about her family on Loose

“With personal stuff, I don’t share until it’s kind of settled,” she told the Mirror. Coleen went on to add: “As far as my break-ups from my husbands. Not Shane [Richie], because we’d already broken up before I started Loose Women – that’s how I got on Loose Women.

“But with Ray, there were a couple of years before I actually came out and talked about it. I’m always aware of the other person; it’s not fair on them. Obviously, when it’s all done, I’ll say, ‘Yeah, it was a hard couple of years,’ but not while we’re going through it – it was hard for him as well.”

Coleen is the first to admit she’s a “great talker” and would rather share than keep things bottled up – but reveals her brutal honesty has sometimes got her into tricky situations at home. “I’ve come home to silence sometimes,” she says, after discussing marriage and family on Loose. “I say to them, ‘Look, I do a show and if a topic about kids or divorce comes up, I’m going to talk about it.'”

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However, several years went by before she talked about her marriage to Ray Fensome, whom she split from in 2018(Image: Coleen Nolan Instagram)

Reflecting on dogged rumours of constant arguments and toxicity behind the scenes on the show, Coleen says defiantly, “On my children’s lives, that’s just not true. It’s not true. We are exactly like how we are on-screen. There are moments when you go, ‘You’re getting on my nerves, now,’ and I love that because we’re like sisters; it never lasts. It’s a shame. Loose is such a good show, we’ve achieved so many wonderful things and there isn’t anything else like it.”

Each day, she says with a sigh, panellists are subjected to some kind of trolling on social media, be it about their appearance or opinions. And as Coleen admits, it can get to her.

“It’s a shame that they’re trying to batter it down – and it’s normally women. Women should be championing women! But the genie is out of the bottle, with social media. The only time I go for trolls is if it’s going to really hurt people. It’s ridiculous.”

Coleen says she rarely sees any criticism of the male panellists based on their appearance or topics they talk about. “As soon as it’s women, it comes out. It’s bizarre,” she adds.

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Coleen was also quick to dismiss any rumours of a fued between herself and her Loose Women co-stars

Singing and performing from the age of two, Coleen – who moved to a six-acre farm in Dilhorne, Staffordshire, in 2024 to fulfil her dream of being surrounded by animals in the countryside – admits that she doesn’t feel much like a “celebrity”. “I think people have a certain impression of celebrities, and I’m not that. I’m not at every red-carpet event. I’m happiest at home, covered in horse poo and taking the dogs for a walk! And as far as being open, I’d rather be that way – I don’t think the public are stupid. If you go on air and deliver a fake persona, which a lot do, it’s hard to live up to.”

Coleen is on the road again for This Is Me , her second solo tour, promising a night of laughter, stories, surprises – and even a song or two. “I’m really excited! I’m a bit nervous because I haven’t put it together yet. I’m at that stage where I’m having sleepless nights thinking about how we’re going to do it!”

After recently performing on Loose Women , Coleen was flooded with comments from fans who had forgotten she was a singer first. “I very rarely sing any more,” she says coyly, adding, “When I do, I realise that’s what I was born to do, that’s all I’ve ever done really. It’s nice to be able to do both on this tour. I want it to be a Q&A with the audience, fun, taking them through my life story but interspersing it with songs.”

Her eldest son, musician Shane Nolan, will be joining Coleen onstage again, and she admits she’s “scared” of the stories he may spill. “When we did the last tour, Shane was my support, then came on during my set. I’m so comfortable with him, I can tell him to shut up because he’s my son!” she says.

“He knows me and I know him, we’ve got the exact same sense of humour, and he’s such an entertainer.”

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