At 58, Coleen Nolan is living her best life. She’s about to tour the UK with her onewoman show, Naked… And In The Mood For Dancing, and, after two divorces, she’s found love again with partner Michael Jones, who she met on dating app Tinder.
But the Loose Women star admits her fifties haven’t been plain sailing. At 51 she hit the menopause as her 10-year marriage to musician Ray Fensome headed for divorce.
“I struggled quite a lot,” says Coleen, who shares daughter Ciara, 22, with Ray, and sons Shane, 34, and Jake, 31, with her first husband, EastEnders star Shane Richie. “Menopause made me feel redundant, like nature was saying, ‘You’re done’. My kids were older and doing their own thing, and I thought, ‘Is this me for…