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Kerry Katona speaks out on Loose Women 'feud' claims and says she 'loves' Coleen

Kerry Katona has thrown her support behind Coleen Nolan amid claims of a feud behind the scenes of Loose Women.

Coleen has been at the centre of rumours that there's beef between the stars of the ITV panel show.

Rumours emerged that stars like Stacey Solomon and Nadia Sawalha were refusing to appear on the show if Coleen was due to be on the panel.

Coleen has continued to deny there's any rift between her and her co-stars and some of them, including Stacey, Janet Street-Porter and Brenda Edwards, have all spoken out to defend her, but the speculation still rumbles on.

Kerry says she loves Coleen (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Weighing in on the rumours, Kerry wrote in her new magazine column: "There were reports last week that there had been some drama behind the scenes on Loose Women and that people were refusing to work with Coleen Nolan, which she has denied.

"When I was on Loose Women, there was never any bitchiness as far as I was aware. I was on the panel with Kaye Adams, Carol McGiffin and Sherrie Hewson, and we all got on great.

"And I love Coleen. We did the Iceland adverts together back in the day and get on really well."

The speculation has hurt Coleen so much that she's planning to take legal action against the claims.

She's been on the show loads of times (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

She recently told OK! Magazine: "Oh it really hurt. The girls have been so supportive – besides, none of us on Loose Women have ever said we wouldn’t work with anyone else. It was just so upsetting."

"Brenda, Ruth and Janet are the ones I’m always talking to," she added.

"But I love Christine Lampard. I left her out last time and she said, 'I thought I was your friend!

"I get on with all of them. I would never refuse to work with anybody."

The Nolan Sisters star also insisted she could "never be high and mighty" because she "can't stand divas of any kind".

Coleen has denied the rumours and a lot of her co-stars have defended her (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Kerry is a big fan of Coleen (Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

She said she'd had enough drama in her life and would never be looking to add to it.

After the rift rumours emerged, fans of the show had been left disappointed that Coleen didn't address it when she next appeared on the show.

She had insisted the rumours would be put to bed live on air, but later explained she'd been unable to address it after advice from her lawyers.

She told fans: "I’m so sorry we couldn’t say what we planned to today but my lawyer advised me to go through the legal process, but rest assured you will hear the outcome of this and I will share it when I can."

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