Coleen Nolan has got two matching tattoos with her new boyfriend Ryan Brockbank after just a few months of dating. The Loose Women presenter, 61, found love with the 41-year-old fashion lecturer following her stint on Celebs Go Dating.
In the latest episode of Nolan's podcast, Nolans Uncensored, her daughter Ciara, 25, told listeners about the tribute tattoos and declared her mother had "lost the plot."
"Mum's got tattoos. Matching with Ryan! Show them the R and the heart on your t**s," Ciara said. Nolan replied, "No Ciara."
Ciara went on: "She's got two tattoos, she's got an R and a heart and 'Until the end' on her forearm. I want to kill myself. She sent it in our group and we all wanted to kill ourselves. We were all texting each other privately going 'mum's lost the plot'. She's lost her head."
Giggling sheepishly, Nolan replied, "I haven't though, just lost my heart."
Coleen Nolan's romance with Ryan Brockbank
Nolan last week joked that her hips were feeling much better since she began dating Brockbank. Speaking to Closer magazine, she said: "My hips are not what they used to be, to be honest - but they are probably better now I've met Ryan. They absolutely are!"
The presenter is thought to have met Brockbank after her appearance on Celebs Go Dating, which she previously described as a "disaster." Opening up about the rejection she faced, she said: "My ego was on the floor. It was mortifying when people did not put their hands up [if they wanted you]. It was a bit humiliating but you've got to take it. It is transparent and you learn along the way."
Nolan and Brockbank, who is 20 years her junior, are thought to have already enjoyed a romantic getaway together, and he has shared photos of the star on social media. Brockbank is a lecturer at the Fashion Retail Academy, the fashion school also attended by influencer Molly-Mae Hague.
A source told The Sun that Nolan was "pretty smitten with Ryan," adding: "She talks about him all the time - her kids know about him and things are moving pretty fast." The source went on: "He's very creative and a dad himself, so they have lots in common. She learnt about herself and dating when she did Celebs Go Dating and has really applied it to the real world."
Brockbank was seen arm-in-arm with Nolan over the weekend as she supported her sisters at their show An Afternoon With The Nolans.
Coleen Nolan's past relationships and weight loss
Nolan was previously married to actor Shane Richie from 1990 to 1999 and had two sons, Shane, 37, and Jake, 33. She had daughter Ciara with ex-husband Ray Fensome, to whom she was married from 2007 to 2018.
Reflecting on her earlier search for love on Celebs Go Dating, Nolan told The Sun: "It's just not happened for me. And then the one time when I thought, 'Oh I had a great date', he got rid of me. I think we both knew it was a friendship thing. But here's my issue, every date they've got me is from Essex, I live in bl***y Staffordshire. It's just too far, so that's been an issue but there's just no one with that [romantic spark]. But the agents, the therapy has been absolutely brilliant and I think from the start to the end, I've massively changed."
Nolan has also been showing off a 3.5-stone weight loss after partnering with weight-loss company Voy, which also promotes fat jabs. She has gone from a size 20 to a size 14.
Back in April, Nolan said she had more energy and her back troubles had improved, saying: "I feel so much better health-wise. My back's improved, I've got more energy. And confidence-wise, of course it helps." Only last year, she had said she wouldn't use weight loss drugs like Ozempic, saying: "I don't believe in any of that."
