How the Curse of Loose Women hit the TV hit’s stars… and the VERY public way they talked about their lost loves on the show
Whether going through break-ups, divorce or marital struggles, the show has seen them all
LOOSE Women is loved by thousands for the stars talking candidly about topical issues and revealing personal details about their own lives.
Whether going through break-ups, divorce or marital struggles, the show has seen them all, and as another star reveals she is getting divorced, could there be a thing as a Loose Women curse?
Here we look at the regularly-featured women on the show to see who might have fallen victim to the curse…
Coleen Nolan
Time on the show: 2000, 2004–2011, 2013
Partner: Ray Fensome 2007 - 2018 (separated)
Coleen Nolan announced in February 2018 she is divorcing her husband Ray Fensome after a "hellish" 12 months.
The Loose Women star has confirmed that her marriage of ten years is over and she has decided to end the relationship after "fighting with every fibre of her being" to make it work.
The singer - who has sons Shane Jr, 29, and Jake, 25, with her ex-husband Shane Richie - admitted she believed she would “grow old” with the 60-year-old guitarist.
At Christmas, she said: "My marriage is in crisis and I won't lie about it.
"We're going to do a lot of talking over the next couple of weeks, but if we can't fix it then I want us to have counselling. The next step is a trial separation."
In the past she admitted the pair suffered a blip when Ray got a touring with Rick Astley and Peter Kay and said: "I started thinking, ‘He hasn’t rung or texted me... he’s going to meet someone’.
“Eventually we talked about it. All I wanted was a hug now and again that told me everything was fine. Now it’s fantastic. He goes off, he’s loving the work and it’s given him a whole new lease of life. And I love that for him.”
Katie Price
Time on the show: 2015-present
Partner: Kieran Hayler - 2013-2017 (divorced)
Last year she announced she was divorcing husband Kieran Hayler after he admitted a year-long affair with their kids’ nanny.
She said on the show: "It is what it is, and what you've read. Years ago I caught Kieran cheating. I paid for therapy to get him help.
"As far as I knew our marriage and sex life was perfect, our family unit was perfect."
She added: "Here I am again! I think when someone stabs the knife in the first time and they twist it, I was literally distraught."
Sherrie Hewson
Time on the show: 2003-2016
Partner: Ken Boyd - 1983-2011 (divorced)
Although she had been married to Ken Boyd since 1983, and the pair had a daughter in 1984, it emerged the couple were splitting following Ken admitted he had an affair.
Sherrie broke the news they had divorced on the show in 2011.
She described her marriage as "toxic" in her autobiography and said: "My only regret in life is that I didn't leave him earlier."
Speaking to , Ken said he was sick of “being blamed for everything” that went wrong in Sherrie’s life, including her battle with alcoholism and her bankruptcy in 2007.
Andrea McLean
Time on the show: 2007-present
Partner: Steve Toms - 2009-2012
Presenter Andrea joined the ITV panel in 2007, just after the split from first husband Nick Green, who she was married to for five years.
Fans of the show followed her journey as she later Steve Toms in 2009 – which again wasn’t to last.
Talking about the breakdown of her second marriage in 2012, Andrea admitted: “Steve and I had grown apart and we both knew it. We’d tried so many times to make it work, but it was hopeless.
“We held it together over Christmas for the kids but then on Boxing Day I took them to stay with my parents – and that was the end.
“I’m still in shock. When I hear myself talking about ‘my first marriage breakdown’ then ‘this time round’ the words are like a stab in the heart. Because I simply can’t believe I’m in this position again.
"People think I’m Snow White... the most boring person in the world! I’ve only ever slept with two men and I married them both."
Thankfully the star has since found happiness and is now married to businessman partner Nick Feeney.
She recently told Hello: "I never thought I'd feel like this again, that I'd fall in love and get the chance to start a new life."
Denise Welch
Time on the show:2002, 2005–2013, 2017
Partner: Tim Healy - 1988-2012 (divorced)
Her second married to Tim Healy took place in 1988, and the couple have two kids together 1975 band member Matthew Timothy, born in 1989, and Louis Vincent, born in 2001.
Denise was full of emotion as she revealed in 2012 that she separated from Benidorm star Tim “some time ago”.
She said in February 2012: “Tim and I separated some time ago. I’m not having an affair – we’ve been living our own lives for some time now.
“Tim and I feel a sense of relief that we don’t have to hide this any more. We’ve actually become better friends since we made the decision. But we wanted to have Christmas with the family without telling anybody."
Partner: Lincoln Townley - 2013-present
She admitted third husband Lincoln Townley saved her after she was ‘self-medicating’ on drugs and alcohol and she only managed to get herself out of the cycle when Lincoln threatened to leave her.
Denise told the : “The first time I had a serious episode we were in between moving houses.
“Lincoln looked in my eyes and saw the deadness. He was absolutely incredible, especially for someone who has had no experience of mental illness, and remains wonderful to this day.”
Nadia Sawalha
Time on the show: 1999-2002, 2013-present
Partner: Mark Adderley - 2002-present
Nadia Sawalha has revealed she has "problems" in her marriage because of the menopause.
The Loose Women star said she felt "rubbish" before teasing: "You know it's night after night, I'm lying in bed and nothing happens...it's causing problems between me and [husband] Mark."
She admitted last month the problems reached a boiling point after Mark Adderley threatened to divorce her twice for being “difficult” during menopause.
She said: "I've come in here into the bathroom so that Mark can't hear me but we were just filming our podcast and he said that there was a point in my menopause where he thought about divorcing me.
"Apparently I was being very, very difficult. Me? Difficult? In my menopause? What the hell does he mean?”
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Kerry Katona
Time on the show: 2003-2004, 2016-present
Partner: Brian McFadden - 2002-2016 (divorced)
Kerry first appeared on the show as Kerry McFadden, and said she constantly spoke about her husband.
The singer said: "And this one time Brian said to me 'I'm going to go and record this new single with this girl called Delta Goodrem'..."
She added: "I said, 'I can't, I'm doing Loose Women'. Can you imagine if I didn't come on this show?! I'd have still been married!"
Putting a hand on her hip, she joked: "Loose Women ruined my marriage!"
Partner: George Kay - 2014-2017
Kerry was served divorce papers by her bad boy husband George Kay after they split over the summer in 2017.
She said: "I'm single and I think that's what I've got to concentrate on, my needs, my children. I feel strong, I feel sexy, I feel power."
Asked if she'd rather date a woman than a man, she said: "I'd definitely become a lesbian rather than a man."
She added: " I can't continue to help someone when I need help myself and to take responsibility for my actions.
"I got to the point where I said enough is enough. I'm drained but I'm not sad, I'm excited about my future, and I feel empowered I walked away from a relationship that wasn't a right one to be in."