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Kym Marsh slams Loose Women for ‘setting up’ Coleen Nolan to row with Kim Woodburn live on air
KYM Marsh has slammed Loose Women for 'setting up' Coleen Nolan to row with Kim Woodburn live on air.
The two women came face-to-face on the ITV panel show last month in a bid to end their 18-month feud, after initially butting heads on Celebrity Big Brother in 2017.
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However Kim, 76, stormed off the show in tears after Coleen made comments about her under her breath while sitting beside sister Linda and her Loose Women co-stars.
Viewers started a petition to get Coleen sacked for her part in the row, and despite apologising for any distress caused, last week the 53-year-old decided to cancel her solo tour and quit Loose Women.
Speaking about the incident in her OK! Magazine column, actress Kym, 42, feels it was unfair to put Coleen in that position in the first place.
She said: "‘I do think it’s unfair that people are pin-pointing Coleen specifically.
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Here's what Coleen Nolan muttered under her breath during Loose Women row with Kim Woodburn
"Kim had been invited on the show to see if they could end their feud, which started when they were on Celebrity Big Brother together last year.
"I love Loose Women but I think they should’ve just had their chat privately.
"It was silly – they weren’t going to kiss and make up.";
Kym also went on to say her namesake "knew what she was getting into" when she agreed to go on the show alongside her nemesis.
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She added: "If I were her, I wouldn’t have agreed in the first place to go on a live TV show with the person I’d had an argument with, her sister and her daily work colleagues!
"She clearly felt very upset but she set herself up for a fall."
In a statement released by her team, Coleen explained her decision to step out of the limelight for a while following the furore with Kim.
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Coleen Nolan breaks down in tears on This Morning talking about the Loose Women Kim Woodburn row
She said: "Following the constant online bullying, trolling and misrepresentation of her words and reactions, it is with sad regret that Coleen is taking an immediate hiatus from all her current commitments including Loose Women and postponing her Never Too late solo concert tour.
“Coleen is devastated to let her supporters and fans down, but is currently not strong enough to withstand this constant unfounded online abuse, so she will be taking time out and spending it with her children and family where she feels loved and respected.”
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