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Coleen Nolan’s daughter told her to end her marriage to ex-husband Ray Fensome

Ciara said it was "hurting" her

Coleen Nolan’s daughter Ciara has revealed she told her mum to end her marriage to ex-husband Ray Fensome because their constant bickering was “hurting” her.

The Loose Women panellist and Ray announced their separation in February last year after 10 years of marriage.

During a joint interview with OK! Magazine, Coleen opened up about the breakdown of her marriage with her daughter.

Coleen Nolan and daughter Ciara for this week's OK! Magazine
Ciara told her mum to break up with Ray (Credit: OK! Magazine)

Read more: Coleen Nolan reveals struggles after divorce from Ray Fensome

Speaking about her relationship with Ray, Coleen told the publication: “We make really good friends but not necessarily a great husband and wife.”

Ciara added: “Mum was complaining about something and I went: ‘Will you stop [expletive] about each other and finally end it, because you’re hurting me.'”

Last year, Coleen revealed she and Ray were splitting “for the sake of both our future happiness”.

She said on Loose Women at the time: “It’s for the sake of both our future happiness, and for our children, especially our daughter Ciara.”

Ray and Coleen split last year (Credit: Wenn)

Meanwhile, during her interview with OK!, Coleen also revealed her children got her through the abuse she was receiving after her row with Kim Woodburn on Loose Women last year.

The pair fell out during Celebrity Big Brother in 2017 and clashed again when they were reunited on Loose Women last year.

Coleen, who took a three-month break from the daytime show following the row, later received death threats.

She told OK! Magazine that some people even told her they wanted her to “die like her sister”.

Coleen Nolan and Shane Richie Jr seen at ITV Studios in London
Coleen said she and Ray “make good friends” (Credit: Splashnews.com)

Bernie Nolan died of cancer in 2013 at the age of 52.

She admitted: “They affected me massively. I didn’t understand where so much hate was coming from. The fact people were threatening to kill me and saying, ‘I hope you die of cancer’, just floored me. My kids got me through it.”

Read the full story in this week’s OK! Magazine, which is out today

this week's OK! MAgazine cover - Feb 18th
Read the full story in this week’s OK! Magazine – out today (Credit: OK! Magazine)

In December, Coleen returned to Loose Women after taking a break from the show following her clash with Kim in August.

Kim’s interview was set up by producers in the hope that she and Coleen could bury the hatchet after falling out on Celebrity Big Brother in 2017.

But it didn’t quite go to plan and Kim ended up walking off set in tears and Coleen was branded a “bully” on social media, an allegation she vehemently denied.

Kim W on LW
Coleen and Kim clashed on Loose Women last summer (Credit: ITV)

Coleen announced her hiatus from the daytime show during the summer last year, as well as plans to postpone her solo tour that had been due to kick off in January following backlash from the Kim interview.

Her rep said at the time that Coleen was “not strong enough” to withstand the “constant” online trolling she’d received.

Kim told New! magazine at the time: “I don’t wish her any harm and I’m sorry she has no job on Loose Women. I can say hand on heart, I didn’t cause it and I hope, in time, she gets back on her feet.”

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Rebecca Carter
Associate Editor (News)