Nadine Coyle mothers days interview: Life as a mum and on girls aloud

Nadine Coyle opens up about motherhood anxiety, using Tinder and her Girls Aloud bandmates

The Derry opens up her how life has changed for a special Mother’s Day interview

34-year-old Nadine Coyle singer opens up about her dating life and comments on her relationship now with her fellow Girls Aloud bandmates besides revealing how her anxiety even led her to stop driving as she was fearful of everything.

“I spent a lot of years feeling fearful. I saw danger everywhere. I was fearful of driving my car, and I couldn’t get on a plane without thinking I was going to die. I don’t know where the anxiety came from, but I think it got worse after becoming a mum.

“It became such an ordeal to go anywhere and I stopped driving in the end. I was also anxious about my house being riddled with mice, so I had builders in for months ripping out the walls. I was afraid to go to bed at night in case I saw a mouse. It was awful.

“I definitely found that my anxiety went through the roof after having Anaíya. There is no time to switch off. Even when I’m working, I’m worrying about whether I’m working too much. I think working mums always give themselves a hard time because you want to be there to do every breakfast, lunch, dinner and school pick-up.”

Nadine admits that she didn’t go to therapy for help but said her stint in the I’m A Celebrity jungle helped her.

“I spoke to my friends a lot. I also think going into the jungle was like therapy for me. It made me more fearless; doing that show put me in a situation where I didn’t know anybody and had to sleep outdoors. I’m less stressed out now.”

Reflecting on her dating life at the moment following her split from Anaíya’s dad, former NFL star Jason Bell last year, Nadine says she has used Tinder in her quest for love.

“I have been on Tinder in the past. I was trying to get some of my single girlfriends to go on it and they were like, “Why don’t you do it?” So I did and it was quite fun. I ended up arranging to meet this guy who was a model. I thought I was being catfished and he couldn’t possibly be the guy in his pictures, but it was him. We went on one date but nothing came of it.

“I like somebody who makes me do things that I wouldn’t do myself and takes me out of my comfort zone. They don’t have to be in the industry either. I like a guy who does a nine-to-five job.”

On Girls Aloud: Nadine said the girls aren’t ‘best mates’ but everything remains ‘cordial’

She said: “It’s been seven years since the last reunion tour and it feels like seven years! Cheryl emailed me recently and I bumped into Kimberley [Walsh] a few weeks ago as well, which was lovely. I haven’t seen Sarah [Harding] or Nicola in a long time, but everything remains very cordial.

“We’re not best mates, it’s just the way it’s always been. I’m very close to a lot of people from my time in the band, like our hair and make-up people and the dancers, but you gravitate towards the people that you have stuff in common with.