Andrea McLean has confessed to sleeping on her first date with husband Nick Feeney.
The 52-year-old Loose Women star admitted she was “not interested” in finding love when she went on a blind date with Nick, and after getting “very drunk” the two spent the night together.
Andrea, who married Nick in 2017, also admitted that she’s only slept with four different men in her life, so it was “a big deal” for her to spend the night with him on their first date.
Revelation: Andrea McLean, 52, has confessed to sleeping on her first date with husband Nick Feeney (pictured launching their Mindset app last month)
Speaking to The Sun, Andrea revealed that she and Nick were arranged by a Loose Women make-up artist on their date in 2014.
She said: “None of us wanted to be there. We didn’t care if the date worked out or not because we weren’t interested and we weren’t looking for something serious.’
Andrea added that Nick had no idea who she was when the date started and he didn’t realize it until she was approached by a hen party and asked for a photo.
Insight: The Loose Women star admitted she wasn’t “interested” in finding love when she went on a blind date with Nick
She added: “I then got very drunk and told him everything about me. We made out and I went home with him, which I had never done in my entire life.
Andrea also confessed to only sleeping with one other person in total aside from her three husbands, adding: “My number isn’t very high so it’s a pretty big deal that I did. I thought, “Why not? He seems nice.’
Andrea first announced she was living with Nick live on Loose Women in 2016, and just a year later the couple tied the knot.
Family: Andrea revealed that she and Nick, who she married in 2017, were set up by a Loose Women makeup artist on their date in 2014 and at the time he had no idea who she was
The former GMTV star was previously married to BBC producer Nick Green from 2000 to 2005 and they share 20-year-old son Finley.
She then tied the knot with Our House host Steve Toms in 2009, but they broke up just two years later.
Andrea, who is now launching a lifestyle app with her husband Nick called This Girl Is On Fire, decided to leave the Loose Women panel in 2020 to focus on her business ventures.
Exes: The former GMTV star was previously married to BBC producer Nick Green from 2000 to 2005 and they share son Finley
Former flame: She then tied the knot with our presenter Steve Toms in 2009 but they split just two years later (pictured in 2006)
The star has previously admitted she has lost several lucrative brand deals after leaving the show and has even had to sell her home in Surrey to fund her new business ventures.
But now her app, aimed at menopausal women, has started to take off with several hundred members.
Andrea previously admitted leaving Loose Women felt like a financial “punch in the stomach” and forced her to live on her life savings for the next eight months.
Leaving: Andrea, who has now launched a lifestyle app called This Girl Is On Fire with her husband Nick, has decided to leave the Loose Women panel in 2020 to focus on her businesses
Speaking on the Secure The Insecure With Johnny Seifert podcast, the journalist said she relied on her part-time job as the main breadwinner for her family to work on her memoir and mindset membership app, titled This Girl Is On Fire.
She confessed, “When I announced that I was leaving television to follow my heart and my dreams and give it my all on ‘This Girl Is On Fire’, we obviously planned that moment very well because it’s obviously a big one jump is.
“I was the breadwinner and that was the job that paid the bills, but everyone on TV does jobs too.
The presenter revealed that she and husband Nick Feeney discussed at length the logistics of their big career change.
She said: “I had enough corporate work in line to get the funding before I wrote This Girl’s On Fire and got going, so it was a calculated decision.
Struggling: Andrea previously admitted that leaving Loose Women felt like a financial “punch in the stomach” and forced her to live on her life savings for the next eight months
“The day I announced I was leaving, every brand dropped me … so I said, ‘OK, I knew I was getting this kind of money and this kind of work to get me through the next six to.’ eight months”, it disappeared overnight.
“That’s how big the move away from television is. It was like a punch in the gut financially, my safety net was gone. I said, ‘Oh my god, I only have my life savings. I can’t turn back and change my mind. I have no agreement.”
“No one cares about you, they care about what you represent and I had just quit a high profile job.”
“I just thought, ‘I’m okay with this because these brands don’t value me or my worth, but what I’m about to do is way more powerful than working on a TV show.’
“These brands, and I won’t say who they were, were all about educating women, making us feel good, but really they didn’t care, just my profile.
“It is very important to me that people feel good. I realized they missed it and it took a lot of balls to see it that way as my bank balance went one way and it went.”
Emotional: Upon announcing her plans to leave Loose Women, Andrea broke down in tears and also detailed how her departure is also linked to her nervous breakdown
When asked about a possible return to her previous job, she said: “For me it would be no, but not in an ‘oh my god no’ kind of way.
When she announced her plans to leave Loose Women in November 2020, Andrea broke down in tears and also explained how her departure is also related to her nervous breakdown.
Andrea explained: “Like so many people, this was a time for reflection and reflection. So many people have spoken out about this that they can’t wait for life to get back to normal. I did that, as do many people, and I thought, ‘Do I want my life to go back to the normal way it was before?’
She told viewers: “Last year I had a nervous breakdown and this year the world had a breakdown. This year I’ve been really strong mentally to deal with everything the pandemic has thrown at us.
“You get a life, do you live it the way you want? Are you brave? Do you do what you want?’
Andrea got emotional, adding: “I didn’t think I was going to cry. I told you ladies just before we went on the air. I will leave Loose Women because I want to be brave…
“I want to bring to life all of the incredible feedback I’ve received from my book and the support I’ve been able to give them. It was a really, really big decision to jump and see if I fall or fly. And I just figured I’ll never know if I don’t try, so I’m saying goodbye to Loose Women.
Busy bee: The journalist said she relied on her part-time job as the main breadwinner for her family while working on her memoir and mindset membership app This Girl Is On Fire