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“I thought, I don’t know why he loves me as much.”<\/p>\n
She added: “Then every time I kind of finished it, I’d miss him so much, then eventually I thought I just need to sort my head out and accept that I deserve to be and can be loved like that.”<\/p>\n
The star explained that she is in “a much better place” emotionally now that they’ve reconnected as a couple.<\/p>\n
Heartbreakingly, the star revealed that she’d had relationships in the past where men didn’t fulfil key romantic needs, such as holding her hand, being attentive and paying her compliments.<\/p>\n
Don’t miss… <\/strong> We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info<\/p>\n This time around, things were different, leaving the TV star thinking: “I’m not used to someone loving me the way you do.”<\/p>\n The star tied the knot twice prior to meeting Michael, first being married to Shane Richie from 1990 to 1999, and then to Ray Fensome between 2007 and 2018.<\/p>\n She previously suggested she and Michael were actively planning their wedding, and seems besotted with her love, after swiping right on him on Tinder during the pandemic in 2021.<\/p>\n Though they were a match, Michael was seemingly uncertain initially, telling OK! magazine that he’d wondered: “Am I just swiping because I recognise her?”<\/p>\n Ultimately he decided he’d made his choice for the right reasons, and the pair proved inseparable.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Coleen also opened up on a lack of flashy romance in past relationships during another interview, groaning that she’d been proposed to in a McDonald’s cafe.<\/p>\n Former EastEnders star Shane Richie asked her to be his wife before taking her to the fast food joint and buying her a \u00a3100 ring from high street jeweller H Samuel.<\/p>\n “I\u2019d always had visions of him getting down on one knee, a rose between his teeth, somewhere like Paris or Venice. Not upright in flaming Uxbridge with a McDonald\u2019s around the corner!” she exclaimed to OK!<\/p>\n
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