During a discussion about friendship, Loose Women stars Coleen Nolan and Brenda Edwards reacted to suspicions they didn’t get along off-screen, speaking of their real-life bond

Coleen Nolan was surprised when Brenda Edwards told her their differences had sometimes led people to believe they were embroiled in a full-blown feud.

Taking the helm of ITV’s Loose Women, Coleen, 59, hosted a special “prom” instalment of the programme, showing up to the studio alongside co-stars Katie Piper, Brenda Edwards and Frankie Bridge dressed to the nines in a sequined navy blue dress and chic up-do.

The presenter kicked off this Wednesday’s episode – shortened to half an hour due to horse racing – with a conversation around friendship, prompting Brenda, 55, to confess her “unlikely” friendship with Coleen was significant to her.

Coleen asked: “What is your most significant friendship?” to which the former X Factor star said: “Unlikely, with you”, leaving a surprised Coleen to retort: “Well, I don’t know where that’s coming from.”

Brenda admitted this Wednesday on Loose Women that some viewers didn’t expect her to be on good terms with Coleen Nolan(Image: ITV)

Brenda went on to explain that the feud was only theorised by certain fans of their show. “A lot of people come to me and they keep saying ‘ so are you really friends with Coleen?’

“I think they think I’m so serious and you’re so funny so we can’t mix”, she added. “Are you serious? Well, that’s where they’re going wrong”, muttered Coleen, sipping from her mug.

The pair dismissed these suspicions with Brenda saying: “It surprises me when people say that because I think you’re lovely.” Coleen concluded: “We have got a really good friendship.”

But while Coleen and Brenda are on good terms, feuds have often shaken things up behind the Loose Women scenes and rumours of behind-the-scenes disagreements are far from recent.

Kaye Adams, who has recently taken a break from the panel due to her health, once told Metro.co.uk that tensions between hosts do sometimes exist.

She admitted that “there have” been times of tension between hosts, adding: “I’m not going to deny that there are occasions when people maybe have a bit of a beef with somebody else but it’s nothing that hasn’t been fixable.”

Kaye then added that no host ever refused to work with any one of their co-stars: “There’s nobody who will walk out of the door when somebody else walks in. Nobody refuses to work with anybody else.”

Back in 2022, reports also alleged that several Loose Women stars had refused to work with Coleen Nolan after it was reported she and her agent had clashed with co-star Nadia Sawalha.

However, an ITV spokesperson soon denied the rumour at the time, saying: “This story is untrue. Panellists are chosen for each show by the Loose Women Editor and senior production team, not the panellists themselves.”

Coleen herself had also spoken out on social media, most notably on X: “Nothing printed in The Mail article today is true & I am taking legal advice about the slurs on me personally. We’ll also be addressing it on @loosewomen. Thanks for your support. Love Coleen.”