I hate that people think we're minted, I wish to God that we were, but we're far from millionaires

Blackpool singer and TV star Coleen Nolan has responded to claims that she is a millionaire.

Discussing ongoing financial pressures caused by the cost of living crisis and a reduced broadcast schedule for ITV’s Loose Women, which has gone from being a daily show to airing only part of the year, the Blackpool star dismissed overblown claims about her family’s wealth.

Speaking on her new family podcast Nolan’s Uncensored, the Fylde coast celebrity - who rose to fame as a member of pop group The Nolans alongside her sisters - Coleen rubbished inaccurate reports of a purported £5m fortune.

On the podcast, hosted alongside son Shane and Daughter Ciera, Coleen replied to Shane’s point that many people think the family is ‘minted’, saying: “I hate that they do. Honestly I wish to God that was true. Everything I do people go, ‘It’s alright for you, you can afford it’. We are far from millionaires... far, far, far!

"I think that’s the thing that winds me up, still for me now, because if anything happens, it’s ‘that’s alright for you, you can afford it’ or ‘you obviously got it free’."

She also discussed the economic pressures of running the family’s 6-acre Staffordshire farm, explaining: “My dream from being a toddler has been I wanted to live on a little farm with all my animals and, it’s taken me 160, years but I am.

“OK we need to work on the aesthetics but I am here and I am doing it, I just didn’t know it would be this hard, I didn’t realise it would be this hard as in doing it all. Because contrary to what you all believe, I am not a millionaire and I can't afford staff!”

In the meantime, Coleen has continued to pursue alternative TV opportunities, including this year’s season of E4's Celebs Go Dating.