Coleen Nolan, 61, Unveils Matching Tattoo with Boyfriend Ryan Brockbank, 46

Coleen Nolan, 61, has revealed a matching tattoo with her boyfriend Ryan Brockbank, 46. The television personality showed off the three-word inking on her right arm during Thursday's episode of the talk show Loose Women.

Nolan, who has been dating the fashion lecturer for a few months, shared that Brockbank made the first move in their relationship via Instagram. The tattoo, which reads 'UNTIL THE END,' was a spontaneous decision after Brockbank, who has numerous tattoos, suggested they get matching ink.

"He's got lots of tattoos which are great and then he said 'we should get a matching one' and I was like 'ooh ok' and then I was literally 'yeah let's do it'," Nolan explained on the show. "He was kind of joking, like testing me, and I went 'yeah, let's do it, let's do it' so we did."

Nolan addressed the reaction from her children, stating, "My kids when I went home went 'what is going on?' Do you know, I'm in my 60s now, there's more life behind me than in front and I'm going to do exactly [what I want]. I've spent my whole life working, bringing up kids like most people. All my kids are parents themselves and moving on. I'm going to live my life."

She elaborated on the meaning of the tattoo, saying, "I've met someone I want to do that with and it is for both of us, certainly for me, until the end."

Earlier, Nolan had first mentioned the matching tattoos with Brockbank on a podcast she co-presents with her daughter Ciara. Ciara had humorously expressed her dismay, telling listeners her mother "had lost the plot" and that the family group chat reacted with a desire to "kill ourselves."

Nolan recounted that her relationship with Brockbank almost didn't happen due to her initial insecurities about their age difference. She admitted that during their time on Celebs Go Dating, she had avoided dating anyone younger than 55, fearing they wouldn't be attracted to her or that they might have young children. Brockbank, however, is 46, has younger children, and lives further away, ticking all her previous boxes for avoidance.

"My own insecurity, really, I thought they wouldn't fancy me anyway because I'm 61 and I'd wonder why they did," Nolan shared. "So there was that insecurity, I didn't want anyone with younger kids because I've been through the kid thing, and I didn't want anyone who lived miles away, and he's all three of them."

She concluded that meeting the right person changed her perspective. "It made me realise that when it's the right one and the real one, all those things don't matter, you make them work." She added that Brockbank reassured her about the age gap, telling her that while she was older in years, her personality felt like that of an 18-year-old. Nolan feels she has found the right person after previous relationships.