Coleen Nolan to come face-to-face with ex-husband Shane Richie on Loose Women in their first TV appearance together since they divorced 18 years ago
The TV stars ended their marriage in 1999 over claims Shane had cheated on Coleen
COLEEN Nolan is to come face-to-face with her ex-husband Shane Richie on Loose Women in their first TV appearance together since they divorced 18 years ago.
The TV stars ended their marriage in 1999 over claims Shane had cheated on Coleen.
The former couple, who are parents to sons Shane, Jr. and Jake, are to be brought back together on live TV for the first time since they parted ways almost two decades ago.
Shane, 53, is going onto the show to promote his new country music album, and he will come face-to-face with Coleen.
But the EastEnders star is said to be on good terms with his ex-wife and has even insisted he is looking forward to their joint TV appearance.
He told : "I’m looking forward to going on.
"The girls are great, and I’ll be seeing the ex-wife… remember me?
"I love watching Loose Women. I like to see what I’ve been up to.
Coleen previously opened up about Shane's cheating in an emotional episode of Loose Women.
The former singer insisted she was devastated by his affair and it look her a long time to get over it.
Coleen explained: “It’s humiliating, for a long time even when I did find out I wanted to try and fight for it.
“People thought I deserved everything I got.”
“It’s when people know and your close friends know. You dread it coming out and it’s the moment that everyone knows. I’d go out supermarket shopping and everyone was so lovely.
"But I’d be like, ‘Don’t hug me else I’ll cry’... It's been 20 years since me and Shane split up.
“I feel sorry for him because every time people say she was married to Shane Richie, 'who cheated on her'...
"It's like OK move on, we've moved on.”
