Television personality Coleen Nolan has shared a deeply personal and heartbreaking confession about a past relationship, revealing that a former partner's bedroom behaviour left her feeling profoundly insecure.
A Revealing Podcast Discussion
The Loose Women panelist made the emotional disclosure during a recent episode of the Loose Women: Just Between Us podcast. The conversation was prompted by a listener's question about their own partner wanting to watch pornography in the bedroom.
Coleen, 60, revealed that she had personal experience with this situation, explaining that a former partner wanted to watch x-rated videos 'every time' they were intimate. She described how this consistent demand eventually eroded her self-confidence within the relationship.
Finding Strength in Solitude
This bedroom revelation comes as Coleen reflects on a significant personal transformation. She recently confirmed that the past few years have been 'some of the best' of her life since learning to be on her own again.
The TV star split from her ex-boyfriend, Michael Jones, almost twelve months ago and has since made a major life change by relocating to the countryside. She now resides on a farm in North Staffordshire, embracing a new chapter away from her previous relationships.
Prior to her relationship with Michael Jones, Coleen had been married twice - first to EastEnders actor Shane Richie from 1990 to 1999, and later to Ray Fensome from 2007 to 2018.
Navigating Intimacy and Insecurity
Coleen offered a nuanced perspective on the sensitive topic of pornography in relationships during the podcast discussion. She suggested that context matters greatly, noting that occasionally introducing adult content without making it a spectacle could be acceptable for some couples.
However, she emphasised the crucial difference when it becomes a regular expectation. 'If every time you go, which was happening to me at the time, he'd put porn on, and I'm thinking, 'Oh I'm just the vessel that's here while you watch that',' Coleen explained. This pattern made her question whether intimacy was possible without the additional stimulation, leading to significant feelings of insecurity.
The media personality stressed the importance of communication and compromise in such situations, acknowledging that while some people might enjoy incorporating adult content, others might find it uncomfortable or damaging to their self-esteem.
In her recent writing for the Daily Record, Coleen expanded on her personal growth journey, noting that being alone in her sixties had 'forced me out of my comfort zone.' She addressed a reader who felt a 'giant hole' in their life from not pursuing romantic relationships, encouraging them that at 60, it's not too late to make changes and discover new passions.
Coleen's life continues to flourish with family joy as well. Last month, she celebrated becoming a grandmother for the third time when her daughter, Ciara Fensome, gave birth to a baby boy named Sidney Ray Innes. The newborn joins Coleen's other grandchildren - son Shane Jr's daughter Amelia, born in 2016, and her younger son Jake's baby boy, born last year.
