Loose Women star Nadia Sawalha has opened up on a painful health condition that has left her face feeling ‘bruised’ as she explained her appearance on the ITV show
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Loose Women presenter Nadia Sawalha is battling a distressing health issue as she candidly discusses her appearance and her consultation with Dr Zoe Williams.
Throughout Thursday’s programme on 30th October, Jane Moore questioned Nadia about why she was sporting spectacles and had chosen a makeup-free appearance.
Nadia quipped that previously, whenever she donned her glasses, viewers would assume she was nursing a hangover, before revealing that her face felt ‘bruised’ owing to her stress levels.
She spoke about initially believing it was an allergic reaction before elaborating: “It just feels a bit bruised, but lovely doctor Zoe came and saw me, I had my own session with her in my dressing room, and I said to her ‘honestly Zoe I think it’s stress’ and she agreed.”
Nadia detailed how Zoe recommended taking deep breaths and allowing herself some ‘time out’, reports the Mirror.
Nadia continued by saying she hadn’t had a proper cry for approximately ‘two or three years’, stating: “I cry a little bit and then I stop. I honestly think it is that. When we get stressed, why do we think it doesn’t impact our body?”.
She proceeded to express gratitude to Zoe, describing her as a ‘special woman’.
The Loose Women panellist also posted a clip on her Instagram account where she disclosed her sister’s disbelief that she was appearing on live television ‘looking like that’.
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Nadia revealed her sister remarked she appeared as though she ‘had three bottles of sauvignon blanc’ and had ‘fallen asleep in a hedge’. Supporters quickly rallied to offer their support as one fan commented: “Bless you Nadia I hope it clears up soon it looks uncomfortable”, whilst another remarked: “Ohhh Nadia I love how strong and humble you are. You’re beautiful inside out even with puffy eyes. Hope they get better”.
This comes after Nadia recently shared details about her 23-year marriage, disclosing that it almost collapsed due to her husband’s overwhelming jealousy. The 60 year old wed husband Mark Adderley in 2002 and has previously discussed obstacles within their relationship.
Nadia has spoken before about her husband achieving sobriety following years of battling alcohol dependency and receiving a diagnosis of Bipolar II disorder and depression in 2021. Now, the television star has disclosed that following his decision to stop drinking, Mark began experiencing severe jealousy issues.
Nadia shared with the ITV programme: “My kids hate it what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger but I think that it probably has with Mark and I. I think about when things have been really tough in our marriage and we’ve thought, ‘God we’re not going to get through this’ but then we do.
“For him, it definitely would have been points through my menopause when I was a screaming banshee nutter. I was very difficult, I was awful.”
Regarding his conduct that caused her difficulties, Nadia explained: “He’s been brilliant with his sobriety and then after the sobriety, after he got sober, he cross-addicted a lot to jealousy and the jealousy was just awful. It was so bad.
“When we went to couples’ counselling, I said that unless you do some work on this, we’re not going to survive it. It’s something that’s made me love him even more that he’s done work on that.”
