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The Guardian - Life & Style • Feb. 1, 2026, 6:15 a.m.
‘I’m loving this era I’ve been thrust into’: Denise Welch on depression, daytime TV and her dramatic renaissance
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She’s gone from ‘queen of the soaps’ to Loose Woman known for her outspoken opinions and rockstar son Matty Healy. Now sober, she is enjoying another reinvention Denise Welch doesn’t seem the kind of woman who would turn up with an entourage.
But here she is having her hair primped in a makeshift changing room by two people. One tickling her fringe, the other tweaking her tufts.
Blimey, I say, have you got two assistants? She grins.
But here she is having her hair primped in a makeshift changing room by two people. One tickling her fringe, the other tweaking her tufts.
Blimey, I say, have you got two assistants? She grins.
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