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Coleen Nolan opens up about Loose Women feuds saying ‘certain people behind the scenes weren’t being nice’
Coleen Nolan has been a near-permanent fixture on the ITV series - but at one point quit the series for unknown reasons.
COLEEN Nolan has spoken out about life behind-the-scenes of Loose Women - cryptically hinting at bitter feuds.
The star, who has been a near-permanent fixture on Loose Women throughout its 24-year run, has hinted there were backstage issues that has tainted her time on the show.
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However, despite initial thoughts, she insisted she has no ongoing 'feuds' with fellow panellists - even if they do have the odd disagreement live on air.
Speaking to , Coleen admitted she 'fell out of love' with the show for a bit, and said: “It was because certain people behind the scenes weren’t being nice and I wasn’t enjoying it.
“Then those people went onto other things and great people came in, and I’ve loved it ever since.”
Coleen joined the show in 2000 - less than a year after the show began.
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However, she quit the series in 2011, with the team throwing her a massive farewell episode to mark over a decade of discussions.
But by 2013 she had been persuaded to return, with fans confused about the prior fanfare considering she'd come back.
Loose Women has never been shy to have an on-screen fight, with some of the moments going viral for their vicious head-to-heads.
Panelist Nadia Sawalha told The Sun in 2021 that the ladies were prone to having "the most enormous arguments - not even necessarily on air," adding: "I mean when we're having the pre-meeting, when we're deciding what we want to talk about".
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Coleen was also at the centre of Loose Women’s most infamous showdown ever, when an interview with Kim Woodburn went off the rails in 2018.
The Nolans sister was forced to deny being a bully after she and her sister Linda were accused of ganging up on her former Celebrity Big Brother co-star.
The interview ended with Kim storming off the set, shouting: “I wouldn't want to sit and talk with lying trash. She's a horrible person. You are trash, you're a piece of filth!"
Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV.
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