Coleen Nolan has revealed she’s dumped boyfriend Michael Jones three times after cheating ex-husband Shane Richie left her with relationship ‘issues’.
The TV presenter, 58, was rumoured to have got back together with Michael last summer and did confirm she was in a relationship again, although refrained from saying who with’.
Coleen has now revealed she’s preparing to move into a new house with Michael, who she met on Tinder in 2021.
But the Loose Women star admitted she has previously pushed Michael away, after being hurt in the past when ex-husband Shane cheated on her.
She told The Mirror: ‘I might get engaged, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I’m going to walk down the aisle.
Coleen Nolan has revealed she’s dumped boyfriend Michael Jones three times after cheating ex-husband Shane Richie left her with relationship ‘issues’
The TV presenter, 58, was rumoured to have got back together with Michael last summer and did confirm she was in a relationship again, although refrained from saying who with’
‘I know Michael would like to marry me and to be fair to him, it’s probably from insecurity because I’ve finished with him three times since I met him.
‘It was all my issues, because of what I’d gone through, so I was pushing him away thinking I couldn’t deal with it.
‘I’ve had therapy, I’ve sorted my life out, and I’m very open to everything he’s providing me emotionally, and it’s fantastic. So let’s not try to fix something that isn’t broken.’
In August 2023, Coleen revealed she had ‘never been happier’ during an appearance on Loose Women earlier this month but didn’t confirm the identity of her new man.
According to new magazine, Coleen has reunited with Michael who she split from in July 2022 after a year-long romance.
A source said: ‘They are taking things slowly, not labelling it and just seeing what happens.
‘Coleen and Michael have been on and off since they broke up last year. In fact, you could say they didn’t completely call it off at all.’
The insider added the couple were in regular contact after their split but ‘hadn’t put a label on it’.
They said: ‘Coleen has often struggled with her confidence in relationships, but as she said herself, now she has truly opened herself up, she has never been happier. It is lovely to see her feeling this way.’
Shane Jr’s mother Coleen and Shane Richie married in 1990 and had sons Shane and Jake before they separated in 1997 and divorced two years later (pictured while married in 1997)
Coleen has now revealed she’s preparing to move into a new house with Michael, who she met on Tinder in 2021
However, a source later went on to reveal to The Sun that Coleen called time on the relationship back in April last year, with things said to have ‘fizzled out’ between the pair.
But earlier this month, Coleen divulged about her secret boyfriend as the panel discussed about how long should you give a new relationship, in the wake of Taylor Swift’s split with Maty Healy after just two months.
Opening up to fellow panelists Ruth Langsford, Jane Moore and Gloria Hunniford, Coleen admitted that she was initially ‘freaked out’ by the relationship after struggling to believe she was deserving of romance.
She also told how in the past she had rushed into new partnerships and purposely took things slowly with her newest partner.
She explained: ‘It’s always been in the moment and within a month or two months we’re living together. Well you know with Ray, I was pregnant… that was about five weeks! And then when I met Shane when I was younger, it was instant.
‘And then what’s happened since I’ve gone back on the dating scene is I’ve been affected by that. I’ve grown up thinking if it isn’t that, it’s not right. If you haven’t got that instant thing, it’s not right.’
Referring to her current romance, she went on: ‘And then gradually over time, with the person I’m with now… I hate talking about this. The person I’m with now, it has taken a longer time and it’s my fault.
‘Because I keep thinking “I’m not used to this, I’m not used to someone loving me the way you do”.
‘I’ve never believed I am because I’ve never been with anyone that makes me feel that 100%. And I’ve accepted that “I’m just super romantic and I want everything to be like a film” but it’s not.
‘And that’s why they don’t hold my hand or they’re not bothered or they don’t pay me compliments, and actually I’ve met someone now that does.’
Sharing how she feels about her boyfriend’s romantic traits, she said: ‘At first it freaked me out and now over the last couple of years I thought “actually, do you know what? Just accept it for once in your life and enjoy it because it’s what you’ve been looking for”.
‘Now that I’ve truly opened myself up to it, I’ve never been happier!’
Coleen split from her second husband Ray Fensome in 2017 after 11 years of marriage. They share daughter Ciara.
She was previously married to EastEnders star Shane Richie who is the father of her two sons, Jake Roche and Shane Roche Jr.
