COLEEN Nolan has split from her boyfriend Michael Jones after three years together.
The Loose Women star, 59, has revealed why she and her man, who worked as a supermarket logistics manager, decided to go their separate ways.
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The pair met on Tinder and have been dating since 2021 but the daytime favourite has told that she realised they were better off as just mates.
Breaking her silence
Speaking to OK! magazine, Coleen said: “We’ve decided that we would rather just stay friends, take it as a friendship.”
The singer and presenter continued: “And, you know, it’s nothing to do with anyone else, it’s nobody’s fault.
“But I’m really busy and when I’m not really busy with work I’m busy on the farm and I feel personally that I can’t give time to everything.
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“We still get along great and hopefully we can continue to be friends, who knows?”
Coleen added that she believes a milestone birthday coming up played a factor in her decision.
Birthday trigger
“With it being my 60th next year I think, ‘I haven’t got time, life’s too short.’ I mean, I hope I have lots of time but I’m not 20 any more, I don’t want to wait for two years and see what happens.”
She also admitted that the break-up was “sad” but she is choosing to focus on the positive.
“I really hope that once that sadness goes away we can continue to be friends. I don’t regret any of it, it was fabulous.
“Michael came along at just the right time for me and I think over the last three-and-a-half years we’ve helped each other grow”.
Coleen has previously been married twice.
Coleen’s love life
She tied the knot to EastEnders star Shane Richie in 1990, divorcing nine years later.
The pair share two sons, Jake and Shane, together.
Coleen later married musician Ray Fensome in 2007, six years after they welcomed their daughter Ciara.
Regular Loose Women panellists
Katie Piper – Former Strictly Come Dancing star, activist, model and author
Sunetra Sarker – Also a former Strictly Come Dancing star, and known for acting in Casualty
Kaye Adams – Scottish journalist and one of the original Loose Women
Christine Lampard – ITV presenter
Ruth Langsford – Presented Loose Women on and off since 1999
Jane Moore – Former columnist for The Sun
Coleen Nolan – Became known for her family girl band called The Nolans and went on to compete on Celeb Big Brother
Nadia Sawalha – Former EastEnders star and Celebrity MasterChef winner
Stacey Solomon – Known for her reality show Sort Your Life Out and winning series 10 of I’m a Celeb
Janet Street-Porter – A journalist and president of the Ramblers’ Association
Brenda Edwards – Came fourth on the X Factor and went on to become a pop star and act in hit musicals such as Hairspray
Charlene White – Lead presenter at ITV News London
Kelly Bryan – Former EastEnders star and was in a girl group called Eternal alongside her sisters. Currently part of the cast of Hollyoaks
Frankie Bridge – Participated in Strictly Come Dancing and came third place on I’m A Celeb in 2021
Judi Love – A stand up comedian and radio presenter, who has also made a variety of TV appearances in shows such as Strictly Come Dancing, Celebrity MasterChef, and Taskmaster
Linda Robson – Played iconic character Tracey Stubbs in Birds of a Feather
Denise Welch – A soap queen, she starred in Coronation Street, Waterloo Road and Hollyoaks. Also the mother of Matty Healy, the lead singer of pop rock group the 1975.
They divorced in 2018 but remain good friends.
Coleen recently announced she is a grandma again as her son Jake welcomed a little boy into the world.
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