Loose Women presenter Andrea McLean shocked viewers with the revelation that she had a nervous breakdown last year. Andrea, 50, has spoken before about her battle with depression including post-natal and otherwise, but has never publicly spoken about her breakdown.
Her honest admission came as Loose Women returned live on Monday after six weeks, with hosts Andrea, Brenda Edwards and Nada Sawalha socially distanced in the studio.
Coleen Nolan also joined the ladies via video link, and when she went to fetch her kittens to show her co hosts, the conversation turned serious.
Andrea revealed she would have struggled more if the pandemic occurred last year, because she was in such a bad place. "If this had happened last year, I would have been