Coleen Nolan has candidly discussed her ‘difficult year’ on Wednesday’s episode of Good Morning Britain. The Loose Women star joined Richard Madeley and Susanna Reid, reflecting on the past year following her milestone 60th birthday and the launch of the new Loose Women podcast.
Just last week, Coleen was taken aback when her Loose Women co-stars threw a surprise celebration for her 60th birthday. Richard asked her to share her thoughts on turning 60, asking, “Describe for me what you find being 60 is like, is it as bad as you expected? Is it better than you expected?” To which she replied, “I never expected it to be anything, I’m loving it so far, but I’ve only been (60) a week. Everyone keeps going, ‘Oh, 60!’ and I’m thinking, is it bad, 60? I found my 50’s hard, 50’s were really hard.”
Susanna chimed in with the sentiment that “age is a blessing”, a statement Coleen agreed with: “Well exactly, because everything I’ve been through recently, I’m just happy to wake up everyday and on days when I do feel a bit down, I just think my two sisters would love to be here feeling down or stressed so it’s an absolute blessing that you’re still here, you’re right.”
Coleen, who tragically lost her sister Linda Nolan earlier this year, opened up about the challenges she faced in her 50s: “My 50s were only hard because my second marriage was falling apart, I was going through the menopause, my kids were at an age where they were fleeing the nest… Now I’ve come through it, I’m living my best life,” she said, sharing her joy at fulfilling her childhood dream of owning her own farm.
In 2018, Coleen revealed she was divorcing her husband Ray Fensome. She admitted to ending the relationship after “fighting with every fibre of her being” to make it work, reports the Mirror.
In a Mirror article, she confessed: “Me and my husband Ray are divorcing. There is too much dividing me and Ray. We can’t go back. And my future is going to be very different to the one I’d imagined back then.”
During her GMB chat, Coleen also shared how the Loose Women delve deeper into their lives in their new podcast. “I’ve known Katie for years now and I found out stuff about her yesterday that I still didn’t know!” she exclaimed about her latest episode with Kate Piper.