Denise Welch has vowed to keep wearing bikinis and said trolls will not stop her feeling comfortable in her body at 60.
The former Coronation Street and Waterloo Road actress celebrated the milestone earlier this year.
This week, Denise shared a bikini picture on Instagram to illustrate her weight loss from five-and-a-half years ago, when she shed more than two stone.
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Denise, who has two sons including The 1975 frontman Matthew Healy, told the Mirror social media trolls do not deter her from stripping down online.
She said: “I don’t care about the knockers – no pun intended. I’m not going to have anyone tell me that I can’t wear a bikini at 60.
“I’ve got a wobbly arse, my boobs aren’t in the right place. I’ve got bumps and lumps and a tummy and I’ve had two children. But I don’t look bad for an old bird.
“I’m proud of how I look at 60 and I’m not trying to look 30. That’s the message I’m trying to deliver. So if I’m still getting my kit off at 90, so be it. Sorry children.”
Loose Women panellist Denise has been open about her battles with drink and drugs before getting sober in 2012.
She wed the artist Lincoln Townley, 45, in 2013, and was married to actor Tim Healy for 24 years before they divorced in 2012. She has a 29-year-old son Matt with Tim.
Last month, Denise emotionally opened up about her son’s own battle with drugs during an episode of Loose Women.
She said she was “extremely proud” when Matt confided in her about his heroin addiction.
The star revealed she was visiting her son – the eldest of her two children with Tim – while his band The 1975 were touring in America last year, and said she felt “touched” when he told her about his struggles and plans to go into rehab.
Denise also admitted she has “shame and guilt” about some parts of Matty’s childhood, which was very different to the one her other son, 17-year-old Louis, has had with her and her second husband Lincoln.
She said: “Because I’ve had issues over the years, even though I didn’t talk about them much, my life was spiralling out of control. Louis has pretty much grown up in a sober household but I do have shame and guilt with regards to some of the things Matt had to see.
Thank you @RealDeniseWelch for talking so openly about your son Matt’s drug addiction and decision to go to rehab – ‘I’m very proud he decided to tell his truth’
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“I wasn’t staggering round the house with a vodka bottle, but if I could redo parts of his childhood, I would do that. So to hear he’s had issues with drugs has been very difficult for me. As a mum, you always look to yourself to see if there is anything different you could have done.
She added: “I’m incredibly proud, he’s completely clean now, his third album is coming out, he’s a wonderful young man, wonderful son and wonderful brother and he’s coming back from LA this week and I can’t wait to see him.”
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