Loose Women favourite Denise Welch starred on Olivia Attwood’s So Wrong It’s Right podcast today, August 29, where she gave viewers a candid glimpse into an extremely difficult period in her life.
The opinionated Loose Women star admitted that a scandal she was embroiled in caused a ripple effect throughout her family. Consequently, negatively impacting her relationships.
Denise Welch opened up to fellow Loose Women star Olivia Attwood (Credit: Youtube)
Loose Women star Denise Welch opens up about phone hacking
In an emotional confession Denise has shared just how much phone hacking warped her ability to trust. Discussing the dark side of fame, she explained: “I was hacked for many years when we didn’t know about hacking. Which was one of the worst experiences of my life.”
Explaining how a tabloid newspaper hacked her phone, Denise said: “They not only hacked my phone – obviously the people at The Mirror now are completely different and my relationship is very good with them now – but then, it was 2001 to 2007. So, I had just had a new baby as well, who was poorly.
“They not only hacked my phone – and this is all on the records, been in court, I’ve got all my payout and all that malarky – they not only hacked my phone, they put bugs in my hotel room on two occasions.”
Denise continued: “Paps have told me since that I had a massive target on my back. Olivia, believe you me, a lot of the headlines I have had over the years I’ve deserved. But a lot of them, absolutely I have not. That was because I had this target. I was just good fodder for the press.
“If I came out of somewhere and the shutter caught me with my eyes closed I was staggering out of a restaurant, which I possibly wasn’t even drunk.”
Denise discussed just how much the scandal impacted her life (Credit: Youtube)
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