January 24, 2022 – 10:41 GMT
Nicholas Murphy
Loose Women’s Coleen Nolan and her Tinder friend Michael Jones have spoken out about the marriage, but she revealed she almost didn’t meet him on the dating app.
seven months ago Coleen Nolan56, was ready to ditch dating apps when she first met now-boyfriend Michael Jones, 57.
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The Loose Women star revealed she’s been on several dates without finding a connection and was ready to delete Tinder just before her match with Michael – but her first impression wasn’t as magical as you’d expect! She opened up about how she almost didn’t meet her partner, she told him daily mirror: “I was about to exit the app when I spotted Michael and swiped right.”
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Coleen added: “I got sick of it but then Michael showed up. I was like ‘oh he’s nice’ and something stopped me from deleting my account.
“Looking back it wasn’t even a pretty picture of him, he looked like he just got out of bed but something caught my eye and that was it.”
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Coleen was married to Shane Richie for nine years
After Coleen tried to postpone their first date while she was cruising with the Nolans, Coleen met Michael at a Cheshire pub where they chatted for six hours.
Seven months later, Coleen and Michael, who works in logistics at a supermarket chain, are still in a strong relationship and have met each other’s children. Coleen shares Shane Jr., 33, and Jake, 29, with her first husband Shane Richie and Ciara, 20, with her second husband Ray Fensome, while Michael is a father to a 20-year-old son from a previous relationship.
Coleen and her ex-husband Ray have one daughter, Ciara
Coleen has largely kept their relationship out of the public eye and has revealed that she likes the fact that he doesn’t work in the same industry as her former husbands. She said he was “completely different” from their previous relationships, describing him as “quiet and relaxed” and “very intelligent”.
The couple have even spoken out about marriage, with Coleen confessing, “I said I’d never get married in a million years. But Michael has said a couple of times that it’s just inevitable, so who knows. The bond we have feels like we’ve been together for much longer than seven months, and while we’re still separated, we’re together most of the time.”
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