Loose Women star announces she's divorcing her husband after 11 years

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Author: Alex RossPublished 7th Feb 2018
Last updated 7th Feb 2018

Loose Women favourite Coleen Nolan has revealed she is divorcing her husband Ray Fensome after 11 years of marriage.

Coleen, who tied the knot with Ray back in 2007, revealed the upsetting news in her newspaper column, where she admitted she believes her marriage to be 'truly dead'.

Writing in her Daily Mirror column, Coleen wrote, 'There is too much dividing me and Ray. I can hardly sit here and keep dishing out advice if I’m not being totally straight about what is going on in my own life.

‘Once you know your marriage is truly dead you need to make your peace with that, bury the past and move on. After 17 years together that’s what I’m about to do.’

Admitting she's in bits about the separation, Coleen added, 'I’ve got tears pouring down my face as I write this. It’s hard to imagine that so much could have changed from that day when we married. On that day I thought there was nothing that could split us up.’

The former singer also revealed she's tried for a number of years to fight for her marriage, but she's now admitted to herself things are over.

‘For the last couple of years I’ve got up in the morning hoping desperately everything would be alright. Now I have to admit it’s not going to be alright, ' she wrote.

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Coleen's management also took to her social media accounts to reveal the news, writing, 'Sad to announce that after much hard work and many efforts to save her marriage Coleen has now filed for divorce - she'll be back on @loosewomen 2mro - tune in and her give your support #NoGoingBack #OnlyGoingForward #ColeenNolan ❤️💔❤️💔' sic

Coleen and Ray have been together for 17 years in total, with Ray proposing to Coleen on her 40th birthday in 2005.

After tieing the knot in 2007, the couple then welcomed a baby girl called Ciara in June 2001.

Coleen has two other children from her previous marriage to former EastEnders actor Shane Richie, 30-year-old Shane Nolan and 25-year-old Jake Roche.