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Loose Women star Andrea McLean has revealed she suffered a breakdown and kept “suicidal thoughts” from her husband.
The presenter, who has been married to businessman Nick Feeney since 2017, said she had the thoughts after the couple had a “tiny” argument last year.
McLean has taken a long road to recovery, which she said has been helped by joint therapy sessions with Feeney.
She also said that writing of her experience in her self-help book This Girl Is On Fire: How To Live, Learn And Thrive In A Life You Love helped her come to terms with her issues.
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But McLean has said she included details about wanting to end her life in the book that her husband didn’t know about until he read it.
Speaking to Hello! Magazine, she said: "Nick didn't know I had put it in, he didn't even know it had happened.
"I hadn't mentioned it at all. I think it was quite a shock for him. Our disagreement was tiny, I can't even remember what it was about."
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Talking in the same piece, Feeney said: “To have that in the book, that after our argument, she felt like that was it. That was really, really tough."
In This Girl Is On Fire, McLean says: "At my lowest point, I was suicidal. This is the first time I've admitted that.
"Just days after I'd collapsed on my make-up artist Donna, I had an argument with my husband, Nick, and then went away on a work trip.
'It was a trivial thing, the kind of spat all couples have, and he'd only been mildly annoyed with me.
"But I was in such a bad state of mind that it triggered overwhelming anxiety and other negative emotions."
Speaking on the White Wine Question Time podcast last month, Feeney said: “How did I not realise that she's been trying to tell me?
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“I didn't hear it, so it was actually me that said, ‘we need therapy’. And she's like, 'Oh my God, it's not that bad.'
“I said, ‘It's not about that… I need to hear you and I'm not hearing you, so I need to be taught how I can help.’”
The Samaritans operate a free helpline open 24/7 on 116 123. Alternatively, you can email jo@samaritans.org if you are struggling with mental health issues.
