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Andrea McLean says divorce 'broke her world apart' in tearful confession
Former Loose Women star Andrea McLean has been divorced twice and opened up about how those experiences made her feel on Channel 5's talk show Vanessa Andrea McLean became emotional during an appearance on Channel 5 talk show Vanessa yesterday as she reflected on the painful aftermath of her divorces. When asked whether divorce makes people happier, the Loose Women star gave a painfully honest response, saying her world"broke apart" after her first marriage ended. She appeared to tear up as she tried to answer the question, before saying : "I was sitting here quietly thinking, oh boy, oh boy. I've been married three times. On the current Mr McLean — sorry Nick, I'm only joking — he's currently the longest-serving husband, so I'm doing really well with this one." McLean, 54, explained that while she can joke about it now, divorce has been one of the most painful experiences of her life. "It's awful. It's really awful," she said. "I married my childhood sweetheart the first time around. We met at school. I sat behind him in geography and thought he was lovely. We were together for a really long time, and when that ended, my world broke apart. It was horrific. I became agoraphobic, I couldn't leave the house. I felt such a sense of loss." Her second divorce, from Our House co-presenter Steve Toms, also left her with deep emotional wounds. She added: "There was such a sense of shame because I'd done it again, you know?" In the end, McLean met her current husband Nick Feeney on a blind date she hadn't wanted to go on. "I thought, I'm clearly not cut out for this, so what's the point? I'd rather be at home," she confessed. But over time, and after turning to practical methods for healing by enrolling in an agricultural college for a garden design course, she started to rebuild her confidence. The presenter spoke about why going back into education helped her so much, explaining: "It was something physical, it had nothing to do with romance. That massively helped. By the time we met, I was me." Many fans praised McLean for her vulnerability after the clip was posted on Instagram. One person wrote: "Divorce broke apart my world too — you lose every sense of yourself and have to work so hard to find out who you are now." Another encouraged her, saying: "You two are such a lovely couple... the other two rings were just warm-ups for the main event." Andrea has previously opened up about how her health affected her relationships. On Giovanna Fletcher 's Happy Mum Happy Baby podcast, she recalled being diagnosed with endometriosis in her late 20s while in a long-term relationship with Nick Green. When she brought up the possibility that she might be infertile, he responded saying he wasn't even sure if he wanted to marry her. After 11 years together she decided that wasn't good enough and gave him six months to decide whether to commit to her or walk away. They married in Kenya in 2000 and welcomed their son Finlay in 2001, but later divorced in 2005. Now McLean has been happily married to Feeney since 2017.
The Irish Sun
25-05-2025
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- The Irish Sun
Emmerdale star Charley Webb enjoys theatre trip with close friend Sheridan Smith after pair were spotted holding hands
EMMERDALE star Charley Webb enjoyed a theatre trip with her close friend Sheridan Smith after the pair were spotted holding hands on a night out. In April, The Sun revealed Advertisement 6 Charley Webb enjoyed a theatre trip with her close friend Sheridan Smith Credit: Instagram 6 They were recently spotted holding hands on a night out Credit: Click News and Media Since then, Charley and Sheridan have struck up a budding friendship, with the Gavin & Stacey star receiving a visit from Charley while filming BBC drama The Cage in Liverpool. Now, the duo have enjoyed a night at the theatre, posing for a selfie from their seats. Sharing the moment to her Instagram Story, Charley wrote: 'Excited. Our House,' alongside a performing arts emoji. The show in question is thought to be a local performance of Our House: The Madness Musical - which features hits by the ska band Madness. Advertisement read more on Charley Webb Their friendship seems to have blossomed just as both women navigate new chapters in their personal lives. Charley shares three sons, Buster, Bowie, and Ace, with Matthew, her co-star and now estranged husband. Though they split in 2023, the pair remain committed to co-parenting. Sheridan, meanwhile, has a four-year-old son named Billy with her former fiancé Jamie Horn, from whom she separated in 2021. Advertisement Most read in Soaps Exclusive After Charley moved out of her £900,000 Yorkshire home in late 2023, she stayed with Sheridan, finding comfort with her fellow single mum. Their bond grew further last summer when they Sheridan Smith glams up tiny black dress on holiday as she parties with Emmerdale's Charley Webb The two even 6 Their bond grew further last summer when they jetted off to Greece Credit: instagram Advertisement 6 The pair even spent Christmas together Credit: Instagram / @miss_charleywebb 6 Charley and Matthew Wolfenden announced their marriage had ended in November 2023 Credit: Getty 6 In April, The Sun revealed Sheridan had split from ex-boxer Dave Ryan Credit: instagram
The Sun
25-05-2025
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- The Sun
Emmerdale star Charley Webb enjoys theatre trip with close friend Sheridan Smith after pair were spotted holding hands
EMMERDALE star Charley Webb enjoyed a theatre trip with her close friend Sheridan Smith after the pair were spotted holding hands on a night out. In April, The Sun revealed Sheridan, 43, had split from ex-boxer Dave Ryan while Charley, 37, and her actor husband Matthew Wolfenden, 45, separated last year. 6 Since then, Charley and Sheridan have struck up a budding friendship, with the Gavin & Stacey star receiving a visit from Charley while filming BBC drama The Cage in Liverpool. Now, the duo have enjoyed a night at the theatre, posing for a selfie from their seats. Sharing the moment to her Instagram Story, Charley wrote: 'Excited. Our House,' alongside a performing arts emoji. The show in question is thought to be a local performance of Our House: The Madness Musical - which features hits by the ska band Madness. Their friendship seems to have blossomed just as both women navigate new chapters in their personal lives. Charley shares three sons, Buster, Bowie, and Ace, with Matthew, her co-star and now estranged husband. Though they split in 2023, the pair remain committed to co-parenting. Sheridan, meanwhile, has a four-year-old son named Billy with her former fiancé Jamie Horn, from whom she separated in 2021. After Charley moved out of her £900,000 Yorkshire home in late 2023, she stayed with Sheridan, finding comfort with her fellow single mum. Their bond grew further last summer when they jetted off to Greece for a sun-soaked holiday. Sheridan Smith glams up tiny black dress on holiday as she parties with Emmerdale's Charley Webb The two even spent Christmas together, which Charley called her 'favourite Christmas yet', sharing joyful snaps of their celebrations. 6 6 6 6
Scottish Sun
25-05-2025
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- Scottish Sun
Emmerdale star Charley Webb enjoys theatre trip with close friend Sheridan Smith after pair were spotted holding hands
Their friendship seems to have blossomed just as both women navigate new chapters in their personal lives what a pair Emmerdale star Charley Webb enjoys theatre trip with close friend Sheridan Smith after pair were spotted holding hands Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) EMMERDALE star Charley Webb enjoyed a theatre trip with her close friend Sheridan Smith after the pair were spotted holding hands on a night out. In April, The Sun revealed Sheridan, 43, had split from ex-boxer Dave Ryan while Charley, 37, and her actor husband Matthew Wolfenden, 45, separated last year. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 6 Charley Webb enjoyed a theatre trip with her close friend Sheridan Smith Credit: Instagram 6 They were recently spotted holding hands on a night out Credit: Click News and Media Since then, Charley and Sheridan have struck up a budding friendship, with the Gavin & Stacey star receiving a visit from Charley while filming BBC drama The Cage in Liverpool. Now, the duo have enjoyed a night at the theatre, posing for a selfie from their seats. Sharing the moment to her Instagram Story, Charley wrote: 'Excited. Our House,' alongside a performing arts emoji. The show in question is thought to be a local performance of Our House: The Madness Musical - which features hits by the ska band Madness. Their friendship seems to have blossomed just as both women navigate new chapters in their personal lives. Charley shares three sons, Buster, Bowie, and Ace, with Matthew, her co-star and now estranged husband. Though they split in 2023, the pair remain committed to co-parenting. Sheridan, meanwhile, has a four-year-old son named Billy with her former fiancé Jamie Horn, from whom she separated in 2021. After Charley moved out of her £900,000 Yorkshire home in late 2023, she stayed with Sheridan, finding comfort with her fellow single mum. Their bond grew further last summer when they jetted off to Greece for a sun-soaked holiday. Sheridan Smith glams up tiny black dress on holiday as she parties with Emmerdale's Charley Webb The two even spent Christmas together, which Charley called her 'favourite Christmas yet', sharing joyful snaps of their celebrations. 6 Their bond grew further last summer when they jetted off to Greece Credit: instagram 6 The pair even spent Christmas together Credit: Instagram / @miss_charleywebb 6 Charley and Matthew Wolfenden announced their marriage had ended in November 2023 Credit: Getty
Irish Examiner
23-05-2025
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- Irish Examiner
There are bigger teams than Northampton but are there happier ones?
It may sound strange but the moment that best reflects Northampton's collective mindset took place late at night in their club captain's bedroom the other week. George Furbank was fast asleep in bed when, suddenly, he awoke to find several uninvited 'guests' in his house and a video camera filming his reaction. Saints' backs have been playing a game called Our House, based on the television show Through the Keyhole, and their senior coaches have also been joining in the fun. Even on the eve of a massive final, Sam Vesty, Northampton's head coach, needs little encouragement to tell the story. 'We broke in at one o'clock in the morning. Fraser Dingwall, Fin Smith and myself, filmed by Dingers' girlfriend, went in and shocked him. Boom. We woke him up and he had to do this quiz. Fin came in and he had another challenge. I came in with my tennis balls and said: 'Right we are going to get better, Furbs.' We took a video of it all and showed it around.' Typical 'sports jock' humour? Or something much more fundamental? If Saints can delight their travelling Shoe Army fanbase by waltzing past Bordeaux-Bègles in the Champions Cup final in Cardiff, they will argue that enjoyment and a close squad bond have been essential ingredients. There may be bigger, better resourced teams but none that are happier in each other's company. You can tell simply by watching them play. Many finals – as underlined in Bilbao this week – are cagey and dull. This one has the ingredients to be a free‑wheeling riot. Bordeaux, with Louis Bielle‑Biarrey and Damian Penaud lurking on their wings, need no second invitation to run. Northampton, though, are wired up similarly. Any side capable of scoring five tries against a full‑strength Leinster in Dublin in a huge semi-final can really play. The only question is whether they can conjure something equally magical in Cardiff. Which is where Vesty comes in. There are several reasons why the 43-year-old former England international – he won two caps on tour in Argentina in 2009 – is among the country's most enlightened attacking thinkers and his self-titled role as 'space coach' is just one example. For him, even the biggest games ultimately hinge on mental freedom and coaches empowering gifted players. Or as Vesty puts it: 'Imagine telling Lionel Messi how to pass the ball. It's just stupid. Alex Mitchell is that good. Why would I try and tell him?' Woe betide anyone, certainly, who solely praises the tactical masterclass Saints produced to confound Leinster's blitz defence without also citing their all‑important can-do attitude. 'It's so interesting the way everyone talks about the tactical bit. If you've got good decision-makers throughout the team that's way more powerful than any move or coach-driven tactic. That's all crap … it's about them being really good rugby players. 'I just think it's arrogance as a coach to think: 'Oh yes, I came up with this.' It's great in the paper because you can draw a diagram of it but it's short-lived. Actually, it's Alex Mitchell making really good decisions at the line, Henry Pollock seeing space and backing himself to go and take it, Fin Smith seeing space on the edge, calling for the ball and then executing his skills. It's not a tactic.' By now something else should be clear: Saints are not tiptoeing towards Cardiff, where they lost to Leinster in the 2011 final. While they are desperate to lift the coveted trophy for the first time since 2000 – their former captain Pat Lam and a host of other players from that era will be in attendance – retreating into their shells would run counter to everything they hold dear. 'Ultimately we're going to win a game by being the best of Northampton Saints,' Vesty says. 'That's what we pride ourselves on, that's the way we attack every game.' Easier said than done for most coaches in weeks such as this but Vesty and his co-conspirator Phil Dowson, having guided the club to last season's Premiership title, believe a large chunk of their job is knowing when to take a step back and allow the players to chase their own destiny. 'It's 100% about decluttering players' minds and not getting in the way,' Vesty says. 'That could sound quite laissez‑faire but it's not. I'm hard on some elements but on others there has to be room to make mistakes. No one is going to learn to drive a car without stalling it, are they? So why on our rugby journey do we expect everything to be executed perfectly? It seems mental.' It clearly helps to have four British & Irish Lions on the team sheet in Mitchell, Smith, Tommy Freeman and their resident boy wonder Pollock but Dingwall's unselfish example and smart leadership in Furbank's absence has also proved pivotal. This season alone Saints have won away in Loftus Versfeld, Thomond Park and the Aviva Stadium, three of rugby's most daunting venues. Keeping calm and carrying on has become their super skill. Not that it will be remotely easy against Bordeaux, who swept past the holders, Toulouse, in this month's other semi. This may be their first Champions Cup final but few sides are more lethal off turnover ball. Courtney Lawes, the now departed Saints legend, recently popped back from Brive to warn Vesty that French flair is enjoying a renaissance. 'He said the skill level of the kids coming through is phenomenal because they see the spaces and play with that joué mindset.' Vesty is not entirely clear on the precise East Midlands equivalent of joué – 'Play, mate? Get up, me duck?' – but he does know cool heads will be needed when the going gets tougher. 'The boys now have had collective experiences of these pressures, be it at Croke Park [in last year's semi-final] or in last year's Premiership final where we perhaps went into our shell a little bit. We are a more mature group now. So I think we'll be able to handle the perceived pressures better and be in a better position to back ourselves.' And in those pin-drop moments, do not underestimate a team who, insists Vesty, perform better because they have fun together. 'Rugby is a game of enjoying yourself and connecting. Then we work harder for each other. We are serious when we are serious but it is mandatory that we have fun. That is one of our absolute super‑strengths.' Strike early and stay positive and the Shoe Army could yet have the last laugh. NORTHAMPTON SAINTS: G Furbank, T Freeman, F Dingwall (c), R Hutchinson, J Ramm, F Smith, A Mitchell; E Iyogun, C Langdon, T Davison, T Mayanavanua, T Lockett, A Coles, J Kemeny, 8. H Pollock. Replacements: C Wright, T Haffar, E Millar-Mills, E Prowse, A Scott-Young, T James, T Litchfield, O Sleightholme. BORDEAUX-BEGLES: R Buros, D Penaud, N Depoortere, Y Moefana, L Bielle-Biarrey, M Jalibert, M Lucu (c); J Poirot, M Lamothe, S Falatea, A Coleman, C Cazeaux, M Diaby, G Petti, 8. P Samu. Replacements: C Sa, U Boniface, B Tameifuna, P Bochaton, B Vergnes-Taillefer, M Gazzotti, A Retiere, R Janse van Rensburg. Guardian
