Coleen Nolan wants a “friend with benefits” as she dips her toe back into the world of romance.
The Loose Women star split from second husband Ray Fensome – the father of her 18-year-old daughter Ciara – 18 months ago and she’s ready to date again but doesn’t want to marry again or even share her home with another man in the future.
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Coleen – who also has sons Shane, 30, and 26-year-old Jake with first husband Shane Richie – said: “I don’t want to get married again. I just want to meet someone I can have a lovely relationship with.
“I’d like it to be with someone who has his place and I have mine and when we want to see each other we do and when we don’t, we don’t. A friend with benefits.”
The 54-year-old star is “terrified” at the thought of going on a date.
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She told new! magazine: “It’s terrifying. It just mortifies me.
“It’s like, ‘How do you do it?’ ”
The I’m In The Mood For Dancing singer now believes she and Ray should never have married as they were better as just “friends”.
She said: “We’re really good friends and we get on better than we did when we were together.”
Asked if the romantic spark has gone, she added: “That’s definitely sailed and it’s made me realise that, apart from Ciara, we should have always just been friends.
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“Once we got married and got older, we were very different people.
“We tried to make it work and we could have settled… I think Ray would have settled.
Though she hasn’t been on any dates yet, Coleen thinks she’s easy to get along with in a relationship.
She said: “I’m not a dominant person in a relationship, I’m very placid and easygoing, plus I’m romantic. But I’m not willing to take any [bleep].”
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