Loose Women's Nadia Sawalha and husband nearly divorced 'many times'
Nadia Sawalha reveals that despite coming close to divorce many times and relying on marriage counselling, she and husband Mark Adderley chose to keep working through deep struggles.
Nadia Sawalha and her husband Mark Adderley have nearly divorced "many times".
The Loose Women panellist and the film producer have previously sought marriage guidance counsellors to patch up their relationship woes, but, ultimately, they have always been determined to stay together.
In a short video shared to Instagram on Monday (05.01.26) to tease discussions in an episode of Nadia, 61, and 58 year old Mark's Coffee Moaning podcast, she said: "Mark and I have been married for a bit more than 20 years now - never remember completely. That's something he could divorce me for!
"And we've been close to divorce many times. And we've been to marriage guidance counsellors, we've worked our a****, really, to stay together."
Nadia's fans rushed to the post's comments section to praise how honest the star - who has been married to Mark since 2002 - is.
One follower penned: "Love how honest you both are. That's what helps other to open up and I think also shows how you can go through tough times with a partner but weather the storm.
"I for one are glad you both survived! You are an incredible couple with huge hearts (sic)."
A second person typed: "I know this will help lots of couples, it's blooming hard living with another human, thank you for sharing your shizz (sic)."
And a third left: "Love your honesty."
Meanwhile, other supporters going through a challenging time with their relationship said Nadia and Mark's discussion about the subject of divorce will help them.
One user wrote: "I just cried. This is exactly what I need to hear right now and will listen in. My hubby and I have had a rocky start to 2026. (sic)"
A second follower shared: "I will be listening! Need some tips and help x (sic)."
And a third person shared: "Yes ups and downs I understand but now we are fine (sic)."
In the Coffee Moaning podcast episode, Nadia revealed that marriage counsellors helped her and Mark find ways to get over their arguments.
The Celebrity Big Brother 2015 housemate said: "Each time we went to a couple’s counsellor, we’ve felt our communication was completely out and completely gone. But there was still a willingness to try and make it work.
"And it did help, even the bad marriage counsellors did help.”
Later in the episode, Nadia shared the worst moments in her and Mark's marriage, and how if their eldest child had not been born, they would not have stayed together.
Nadia - who has daughters Maddie, 23, and Kiki, 18, with Mark - said: "I think there is a point where a relationship is just dead. But I would say that I have felt that in this marriage at times, and Mark has, vice versa. We’ve just thought, 'I can’t do this anymore, I literally can’t do this anymore.'
"And I’ve said this before, we’ve both said this before, if we hadn’t of had Maddie, we wouldn’t have stayed together.
"We would have both stormed off and walked away and gone and made the same mistake again."
