Denise Welch fights back tears on Loose Women as she reveals real reason behind extended show absence

Denise Welch fights back tears on Loose Women as she reveals reason behind show absenceSource: ITV

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00:00And I got back to my husband, Lincoln, and I just said,

00:02it's here, and he knew what I meant.

00:05He knows all the signs. He knows all the signs.

00:07And it was so black, so dark, so quickly.

00:11And I haven't had anxiety for a long time.

00:13I've had depression, but not the anxiety,

00:15and the panic attacks started.

00:17And Lincoln was trying to, you know,

00:20take stuff out of my diary, and I don't eat anything.

00:24When I'm fed up, I have the appetite of a horse,

00:27and I'm very greedy.

00:28When I have depression, I can't eat a thing,

00:30but I lie to people and say that I'm eating,

00:33but I wasn't eating anything.

00:34And my health was going down, but I was determined

00:38I couldn't let them down with this pantomime.

00:40You know, when you're on the posters everywhere,

00:42and they sell tickets, and, you know,

00:44it's a huge responsibility,

00:45and my big charity ball was coming up.

00:47I'm the figurehead of this charity ball,

00:49and all of these things.

00:51Anyway, I plowed on, and I started the pantomime,

00:56and within three days,

01:00I collapsed in the foyer of the hotel.