Coleen Nolan was on the verge of deleting her dating apps when she decided to give Tinder one last swipe, leading her to match with her current partner, Michael Jones. The 65-year-old Loose Women panellist, who split from her ex-husband Ray Fensome in 2018, told the Daily Mirror she had grown frustrated with online dating before finding Michael.
Nolan, 56 at the time, had been on several dates but failed to find a spark. One man struggled with her high-profile career. Just as she was about to give up, she spotted Michael, 57, and swiped right. 'I was fed up with it, but then Michael popped up. I thought, "Oh he’s nice" and something stopped me from deleting my account,' she said.
The pair met at a pub between Nolan's home in Cheshire and Michael's in Warrington. Despite her initial hesitation due to a scheduled cruise performance, Michael insisted they meet beforehand. Seven months later, their relationship is going strong, with Nolan describing Michael as 'the most laid back, calm, takes everything in his stride guy I've ever met.'
Nolan admitted that her daughter Ciara, 21, found the relationship challenging at first. 'It was hard to see a man come in and do everything with me. Her dad wasn't like that really,' she said. Nolan, who has been married twice before, noted that this time she took things slowly, which helped them get to know each other better.
