Coleen Nolan has revealed she has split from her partner of three years, Michael Jones.
The Loose Women star, 59, began dating the supermarket logistics worker in 2021 after meeting on Tinder, and the pair will have an on-off relationship in which she dumped him three times.
However, in a heartbreaking update on her love life, Coleen told how the couple decided to split for good and remain friends, while also revealing the reason for the split.
she said OK! Magazine : ‘We have decided that we prefer to remain friends, take it as a friendship and, you know, it has nothing to do with anyone else, it’s no one’s fault.
‘But I’m very busy and when I’m not really busy with work, I’m busy on the farm and I personally feel like I can’t make time for everything. We still get along very well and hopefully we can still be friends, who knows?’
Coleen’s decision to remain friends with Michael comes amid her close friendships with ex-husbands Shane Richie and Ray Fensome, with Coleen noting that this attitude comes with “age and experience.”
Coleen Nolan has revealed she has split from her partner of three years Michael Jones (pictured in 2022)
In a heartbreaking update on her love life, Coleen told how the couple decided to split for good and remain friends, while also revealing the reason for the split.
The singer noted that as she turns 60 next year, she doesn’t have “time” to wait to see “what happens” in a relationship like she might have done when she was in her twenties, commenting that “life is too short.”
About their breakup, he added; ‘I’m not going to say it wasn’t sad, because of course it was. But I really hope that once that sadness goes away we can still be friends. I don’t regret anything, it was fabulous. “Michael came along at the right time for me and I think over the last three and a half years we have helped each other grow.”
Reflecting on her love life, the television personality told how she always chose to focus on ‘the moments that were great’ and not the ‘sad ending’, recalling that even though the last two years of her two marriages were ‘horrendous’ ‘, she won’t forget the ‘fantastic’ 10 years she had before that.
Despite the sadness of their separation, Coleen is looking forward to and focused on running her dream farm, which she shares with her daughter Ciara Fensome and Ciara’s fiancé Max, with Coleen calling the farm her “happy place.” “.
Earlier this year, Coleen had hinted at a possible engagement to Michael. after admitting she is ‘obsessed’ with looking at diamond rings while showing her fans a typical afternoon after hosting. loose women.
Sharing a clip on her Instagram page, the TV personality, who had recently moved in with her partner, explained in the caption: “What I do after work while I’m in London xxx.”
In the revealing video, the former singer gave her followers a glimpse into her retail therapy as she wandered Westfield in west London, admitting she missed the last time she visited the huge shopping centre.
After browsing a few shops, Coleen missed a stunning jewelery display and stopped to admire a stack of sparkling rings as she told the camera: “Come here.” I’m not saying I’m getting engaged or married, but if I were, I’m obsessed with looking at diamond rings. These are a little expensive.
The Loose Women star, 59, began dating the supermarket logistics worker in 2021 after meeting on Tinder, and the pair will have an on-off relationship in which she dumped him three times.
She said OK! Magazine: ‘We have decided that we prefer to remain friends, take it as a friendship and, you know, it has nothing to do with anyone else, it’s no one’s fault’
‘I’m very busy and when I’m not really busy with work, I’m busy on the farm and I personally feel like I can’t make time for everything. We still get along very well and hopefully we can still be friends, who knows?’
The Loose Women star couldn’t resist the beauty and cheekily said ‘I’m not going in’ as she entered the store.
However, the TV sensation later insisted that she will not marry Michael unless he signs a prenuptial agreement.
Speaking to Kaye Adams on her podcast, Coleen said: “I think Michael would really like to get married at some point.” If it meant a lot to him, maybe I would do it, but I would make him sign a big paper before I did it, because I won’t go through that again.
‘I have investigated it. 100 percent. It is ordered from there and is a reference point; Nobody believes they are going to separate.
She continued: “I’ve always been against prenuptial agreements, because I find them very unromantic and very much like you think, ‘Well, it probably won’t work, so sign this.'”
“Hopefully it works out and we never have to look at that piece of paper again, but what I went through in my last divorce I never want to go through again.” Even though I didn’t hate Ray, there were times when I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is so unfair.’
In February, Coleen revealed that she left her boyfriend Michael three times after cheating on her ex-husband Shane Richie left her with relationship “problems.”
Earlier this year, Coleen had hinted at a possible engagement to Michael L after admitting she is “obsessed” with looking at diamond rings.
In February, Coleen revealed she had dumped her boyfriend Michael three times after her cheating ex-husband Shane Richie left her with relationship “issues.”
Shane Jr’s mother, Coleen and Shane Richie, married in 1990 and had sons, Shane and Jake, before separating in 1997 and divorcing two years later (pictured while married in 1997).
Coleen split from her second husband, Ray Fensome, in 2017 after 11 years of marriage. They share their daughter Ciara (pictured in 2013)
While preparing to move in with Michael, Coleen She admitted that she had previously pushed Michael away, after being hurt in the past when her ex-husband Shane cheated on her.
she said The mirror: ‘I may get engaged, but that doesn’t necessarily mean I’ll walk down the aisle.
I know Michael would like to marry me and to be fair to him, it’s probably out of insecurity because I’ve broken up with him three times since I met him.
“It was all my problems, what I’d been through, so I pushed him away thinking I couldn’t deal with it. I’ve had therapy, I’ve got my life together and I’m very open to everything he’s giving me emotionally, and it’s fantastic. So let’s not try to fix something that isn’t broken.’
She was previously married to EastEnders star Shane for nine years between 1990 and 1999. He is the father of her two sons, Jake Roche and Shane Roche Jr.
Coleen split from her second husband, Ray Fensome, in 2017 after 11 years of marriage. They share their daughter Ciara.