Key Points
- Son's ex accuses Coleen of "cruel bullying" and cutting off contact with granddaughter, affecting Emma's mental health.
- Shane and Emma offer conflicting accounts over child support and parental involvement; court enforcement allegedly resumed payments.
- Coleen has not publicly responded; the prolonged, public family feud continues to attract media scrutiny.
Why They're In The News
LOOSE Women star Coleen Nolan is back in the headlines after Emma Kivell, the ex-partner of Coleen’s son Shane Nolan, made a series of serious allegations about their long-running family fallout.
Emma claimed to The Sun that Coleen was a “cruel bully” and alleged that the TV personality called her “every name under the sun” during tensions surrounding Emma and Shane’s daughter, Amelia-Rose.
According to Emma, Coleen was initially supportive after Amelia-Rose was born in 2016, but their relationship later broke down.
Emma also alleged that Coleen stopped seeing her granddaughter for a period because she would not visit Emma’s home. She said the situation had a major impact on her mental health.
The latest claims come amid an ongoing public dispute over contact, child support, and family involvement.
Shane Nolan previously said he had been paying child maintenance and hoped to have Amelia-Rose back in his life one day.
Emma, however, has disputed that version of events, alleging he made little real effort to be involved and that support only resumed through court enforcement.
The family rift has been playing out publicly for months, with Emma previously criticising what she described as “pettiness” and “toxicity” from the Nolan side. Coleen has not publicly responded to the latest allegations at the time of reporting.
The story has drawn renewed attention to the complicated personal lives behind one of daytime TV’s most familiar faces, as the feud shows no sign of cooling down.
Why This Matters
Beyond gossip, the dispute raises questions about child welfare, celebrity accountability and mental-health consequences when private family conflicts play out publicly—potentially affecting public trust in familiar TV personalities and prompting scrutiny of parental responsibility.
