Coleen Nolan has heartbreakingly admitted she feels ‘redundant’ in her family now that her three children have all moved out.
The Loose Woman star, 58, said that she feels like she ‘doesn’t have a purpose anymore’, during an interview in this week’s New magazine.
Coleen spoke about how she was suffering from empty nest syndrome now that children Shane, 34, Jake, 31, and Ciara, 22, have all moved out.
She said: ‘Empty nest is a real thing…who knew? When the children were younger I thought I’d be thrilled when they became independent – but it’s the opposite.
‘I’ve been feeling so redundant like I don’t have a purpose anymore.’
Family: Coleen Nolan has heartbreakingly admitted she feels ‘redundant’ in her family now that her three children have all moved out (pictured L-R Jake, 31, Ciara, 22 and Shane, 34)
Aw: The Loose Woman star, 58, said that she feels like she ‘doesn’t have a purpose anymore’, during an interview in this week’s New magazine
Helping her through this is her partner Michael Jones, who Coleen first began seeing in 2021, before the couple split in 2022 and reunited this year.
Coleen was rumoured to have got back with Michael over the summer and did confirm she was in a relationship again, but refrained from saying who with.
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.’
She said: ‘Empty nest is a real thing…who knew? When the children were younger I thought I’d be thrilled when they became independent – but it’s the opposite’
A representative for Coleen Nolan declined to comment when contacted by MailOnline at the time.
Coleen and Michael – who works for a supermarket in its logistics arm – met on Tinder in 2021, with Coleen introducing him to the world during a joint appearance on Loose Women in January last year.
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.’
