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Coleen Nolan has opened up about returning home to stony silence following certain Loose Women episodes. The singer and television personality is well known for being candid about her personal life on the ITV panel programme. However, Coleen, 60, admits that her openness sometimes results in family members giving her the cold shoulder. Despite this, she makes it clear to her loved ones that when subjects such as children and divorce come up for discussion, she will speak freely. The chart-topping star, who rose to prominence with sister-girlband The Nolans, has confessed she sometimes holds back from sharing certain details about her life if it might impact those dearest to her. "With personal stuff, I don't share until it's kind of settled," she told the Mirror . Coleen continued: "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.'" Reflecting on persistent 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 face 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 the topics they talk about. "As soon as it's women, it comes out. It's bizarre," she adds. Coleen, who has been singing and performing since she was two years old, moved to a six-acre farm in Dilhorne, Staffordshire, in 2024 to fulfil her dream of living in the countryside surrounded by animals. She confessed 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." She is currently preparing for This Is Me, her second solo tour, promising an evening filled with 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 a recent performance on Loose Women, Coleen was inundated with comments from fans who had forgotten that she started her career as a singer. "I very rarely sing any more," she admits shyly, 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 confesses she's "scared" of the tales he might share. "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."
