Brookside star Tina Malone, 61, thanks family, friends and colleagues for their support as she speaks out on the death of her husband Paul Chase aged 42: ‘I’m totally exceeded”

Tina Malone has thanked her fans for their support following the death of her husband Paul Chase earlier this week.

The Brookside star, 61, broke her silence on X, penning an emotional message just days after her husband died aged 42.

She wrote on It’s a great comfort to us.”

“I will respond to everyone as soon as I can, the support and kindness here has touched me deeply too xx.”

Tina announced that Paul had died in a message on X on Wednesday afternoon.

Tina, 61, who is best known for her appearances in Brookside and Shameless, revealed she was heartbroken over the loss of her husband.

Tina was married to Paul for nine years before splitting in 2019, but they then got back together a few months later in February 2020.

Tina revealed the devastating news of Paul’s death on her X page on Wednesday evening, as she shared her devastation with her fans.

The statement read: “It is with complete sorrow that I write this, my husband Paul Chase Malone passed away this morning, we are totally devastated.” Tina did not reveal the cause of Paul’s death.

After their reunion in 2020, the soap star said their relationship was back to normal and said their “love never went away.”

The couple share a daughter called Flame, now 11, who they welcomed in 2013.

Tina is also the mother of her daughter Danielle, 41, whom she had at the age of 18 during a previous relationship.

Tina’s comments section was flooded with messages of support from her fans.

The Shameless actress explained in 2020 that they got back together because “the love never went away.”

She told Closer magazine at the time: “Love never went away, we’re working on things now, our problems have been compounded by depression, but I’ve learned that in tough times you have to stick together and not separate.”

“Either we were arguing, or bickering, or not talking at all, I ended up putting Flame to bed and falling asleep next to her.

“Paul and I always had a great sex life, but we barely touched each other. At one point we didn’t have sex for five months.

Before opening up about her relationship with her husband of 13 years, Tina revealed that they “always had this attraction.”

Speaking last year, despite being set to divorce in 2019, Tina assured that “things are good” now.

She explained: “Even in times when I hated him, and we all have that in our relationships, in the worst times he never turned me on. We always had that attraction.

“Sex gets better as you get older. I’m 60 years old so I’m comfortable with myself. I like to think that I’m accomplished in most things in my life now – and that applies in the bedroom too!

“Paul and I still have so much passion, after 13 years you know each other so well. It always gives me butterflies.

Tina appeared in prison drama Clink and even took part in Celebrity Big Brother in 2009.

Tina also made headlines when she lost 12 stone and went from a size 26 to a size six after gastric band surgery.

She has spoken openly about her weight loss, and in 2016 she spoke candidly about how she had been attacked online during her journey.

Tina said at the time: “I had more abuse with the last pound and a half weight loss than with my pregnancy, my nine operations or my gastric band.”

Following her weight loss, Tina spent £50,000 removing her excess skin in 2015 to maintain her new-found confidence.

In December 2017, Tina was fired from a pantomime after being found in possession of cocaine.

She claimed cocaine was hidden in her bag when she was arrested after her pantomime performance.

The relationship hit rock bottom in 2017 after Tina said she felt suicidal after being arrested and cautioned for possessing cocaine following her performance in the pantomime Sleeping Beauty.

Paul, meanwhile, lost his job caring for violent teenagers and the couple found themselves on the verge of bankruptcy.

Speaking in June 2018, Tina revealed she felt so depressed after her public drug arrest – which happened in front of her daughter Flame – that she considered suicide.

She told the Daily Star: “I felt like a burden on everyone so I wrote to everyone apologizing and planned my own funeral.

“I needed it to work. The panto thing killed me. It was the worst moment of my entire life.

The couple tried for 18 months to work things out, but Tina said she finally made the decision to divorce.

But after Paul got a job in the army, his mental health improved and they were able to work things out.

“Paul has learned that he has to recognize depression in himself and we are working on things, I tell him now, ‘I might want to kill you, but I will never divorce you,'” Tina said.

Former alcoholic Tina said she had “always been honest” about her past addictions – admitting she “smoked weed” during her college years – but that alcohol was her ” drug of choice.

The mother-of-two said she would admit if she had taken drugs, claiming her arrest was a set-up.

Tina became a mother to her daughter Flame at the age of 50.

Tina, who became pregnant after undergoing IVF treatment, married personal trainer Paul, 19 years her junior, in 2010.

Tina sparked controversy when she announced she wanted to become a mother again with Paul at the age of 54.

Speaking on Loose Women, she told the panel: “I always wanted a boy, and… (My daughter) Flame said she wanted a brother…”

Tina, who planned to use a surrogate, told the Sunday People: “Some will say I’m selfish and irresponsible to have another child at 54.

“They will moralize and abuse me – even more so for choosing the sex of our baby – and everyone is entitled to their opinion.

“But I don’t care what they think.”